If it's proven in a court of law she was wronged, she can sue for millions because this is defamation of character.
Quotes about defamation (16 Quotes)
Defamation is becoming a necessity of life inasmuch as a dish of tea in the morning or evening cannot be digested without this stimulant
This is defamation ... and disinformation. The prophet of Islam did not found a terrorist religion, quite to the contrary.
More people need to understand the games secular liberals play. Here's one rule-of-thumb: No matter how bad a story sounds - particularly if it sounds bad - recognize the pattern of defamation.
My initial response was to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized that I had no character.
This is not a book. This is libel, slander, defamation of character. This is not a book, in the ordinary sense of the word. No, this is a prolonged insult, a gob of spit in the face of Art, a kick in the pants to God, Man, Destiny, Time, Love, Beauty... what you will. I am going to sing for you, a little off key perhaps, but I will sing.
Areas of claimed autonomous exercise range from classic church property disputes to more recently developing questions over the extent to which various regulatory regimes, including labor law, civil rights law, and even malpractice, defamation, and contract law, should be permitted to intervene in the internal relations of religious institutions and communities.
Your nation's stated commitment to a free press and to democracy is undermined by measures that provide special protection to public officials. We believe criminal defamation laws are unnecessary in a democracy and that prison penalties for such charges undercut the fundamental democratic principle of free expression.
The appeal court did, it is true, reduce the amount of damages awarded by the lower court but it is still exorbitant and more than five times the maximum damages mentioned in the press code for defamation cases.
This (defamation) suit creates an opportunity to publicly litigate the claims even though the Archdiocese of Miami already settled the lawsuits.
While this is a landmark crucial step in our campaign to abolish criminal defamation in Indonesia, we still have more work to do.
I'm sure I took some licks at the system, and at trials and lawyers in general. I've seen enough of them for so many years both as a cop and a defendant in defamation cases.
I lean toward it's not (defamation). Some of it is opinion. (In) some parts of the state, voting with liberal Democrats is not a bad thing at all.
We have a two-fold mission To stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure just and equal treatment to all citizens alike.
While this decision sets an important precedent in the trying of defamation cases, it is only the beginning. In order for journalists to be protected from serving jail time, the decision to use the Press Law and not the penal code when involving the media must be used by all Indonesian courts.
Any prison sentence for an offence of opinion is unacceptable, even in cases of insult or defamation.