No one knows what story she’s denying, or what images she’s claiming are fake. The most likely possibility is that someone is preparing to release a story on the links between her and Epstein. It’s standard practice in journalism to contact the subject of a piece, inform them of the contents of that piece, and request their comments. A request for comment on an upcoming story seems a likely trigger for this reaction. The entire speech strikes me as a thinly veiled threat, essentially saying “If you publish your story I will sue you for defamation.”
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CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net 20 hours ago
I still don’t know what story she was denying. What were the images that she was saying we’re fake?
CountVon@sh.itjust.works 19 hours ago
DokPsy@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Can’t sue for defamation if the commentary is either true or had reasonable belief to be so
forrgott@lemmy.zip 16 hours ago
That’s… not how it works. They absolutely can sue, but they’re not supposed to be able to win (or the case ought to be thrown, not completely sure). With all the current bullshit I’m not sure what would happen, though.
DokPsy@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
While you are pedantically correct, I was speaking with the understanding that frivolous lawsuits can be ignored. Like, you could sue a person you’ve never met for stealing your intellectual property that you don’t have with absolutely no evidence or for wearing a blue shirt but no one would reasonably count those as actual suits.
Defamation requires falsehoods based on precedent and case law so a suit that alleges defamation when the person spoke no lies is not a reasonable suit and doesn’t really count
tourist@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Muddy waters here
From what I’ve gathered
idk how law works, but I don’t know what preempting it is meant to do
I haven’t seen it nor tried to find it. Last time I checked Facebook, I learned several horrific slurs for ethnic groups I did not even know existed
I’ve met people who just check the news and/or the internet once per year, if ever
I’m legit not intelligent enough to understand nor recall the explanation there
Probably a legal thing. Photos/Documents may be releasing soon
If not, yeah…
Just more bizarre
Like if I announced:
In the middle of a family dinner.