Sentence examples for slanderous statements from inspiring English sources

"I really have to be careful, because I don't want to make slanderous statements," Mr. Garland, 59, said.

In early-eighteenth-century China, Emperor Yongzheng deployed his vast bureaucracy to ferret out the origins of certain slanderous statements.

"Unfortunately, the course of the election has become tainted with all sorts of lies and slanderous statements," Mr. Rafsanjani said.

The show served as a live feed into the house, and was edited only for slanderous statements and music copyrights.

In it, DiMaggio said he was "hurt by these false accusations and malicious, slanderous statements that are simply not true".

Slanderous statements are statements of fact that can be proven or disproven, not statements of opinion.

People who are not elected officials but are influential or famous, like movie stars, must prove that whoever made the slanderous statement about them spoke with actual malice in order to recover for slander.

Long added that she was "shocked" to see the Interior Department put out such a "slanderous" statement.

To prove that you have been defamed by a slanderous statement, you must prove that the statement was "published".

Actual malice means that the person who made the slanderous statement knew the statement wasn't true, didn't care whether it was true or not, and acted with reckless disregard for the truth.[25].

Mike Leach, the former Texas Tech football coach, filed a defamation lawsuit against ESPN on Wednesday, accusing it of "slanderous and libelous statements" in its coverage of his treatment of wide receiver Adam James last season.