Comment on Can a judge sue a defendant for slander/libel?
Bertuccio@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
IANAL. Probably not.
Defamation needs to show damages and the judge would need to show that somehow those statements materially damaged them.
Public figures also need to meet higher bars for defamation.
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Assuming OP is talking about Trump, this would take place in the USA. So because they are in the USA, they would also need to prove the things said were actually false, that the things said were said with malicious intent, and that what was said was not protected such as something protected by the first amendment.
Winning a defamation case is very, very hard in the USA. Its not like Japan where the law literally gives away wins because you don’t even have to prove that what was said wasn’t true. The USA requires a lot of things be met in order to even qualify as defamation.
NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth 4 weeks ago
As well it should
Bertuccio@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Before showing falsehood you need to show damages. In the US it’s completely OK to lie about someone as long as it doesn’t cost them money.