Sentence examples for convicted of defamation from inspiring English sources

Has it escaped your notice that Knox was convicted of defamation, a criminal charge, in Italy — a conviction that was upheld — for falsely accusing an innocent man of murdering Meredith Kercher?

Despite an outcry from civil society groups, he was convicted of defamation.

She was convicted of defamation, slander and menaces towards Doria Manfredi on three separate occasions.

In 1712 he was convicted of defamation because of a satirical verse that he claimed (probably truthfully) he had never written.

In the most widely publicized case, Rafael Marques, 29, was convicted of defamation in March after an article in which he described President dos Santos as a dictator.

A young political activist was convicted of defamation in June and jailed for spray-painting slogans critical of the government on the walls of his house.

The party experienced a setback in 2005 when Rainsy fled the country before being convicted of criminal defamation against Hun Sen and Prince Ranariddh.

A lawyer allied with the state's Democratic Party was cleared of bribery charges today but convicted of witness tampering and defamation for paying a former call girl to accuse a Republican candidate of rape.

In addition to charges of defamation, the journalists were also convicted of supporting Islamist group the Muslim Brotherhood - charges they have denied.

(Darmanin has said that he will sue her for defamation. In 2004, she was convicted of blackmail).

Now, according to CTV Calgary, Tatyana has launched a $7.3 million defamation lawsuit against Co-Op, claiming that being convicted of the crimes led to emotional distress and material loss.