Sean Kent
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And so that is something that she still can say she's defamed.
But somebody on the jury could say, I don't think that is a defamatory contact to simply that say somebody is trans trans.
But their lawsuit doesn't stop there.
As you said, it's got so many levels of the things that they have done that put her in a negative light and she believes it has defamed her.
But you're still going to have to prove the actual malice stance.
New York Times versus Sullivan, even though it says New York Times versus Sullivan, is actually a case in Alabama.
It was dealing with everything that was going on with race issues in America.
A gentleman by the name of Sullivan was a commissioner down in Alabama.
He was trying to, you know, this is when we're talking about busing schools and things are going on and segregation and things that were end up happening.
Well, there was an editorial or an article written about what was happening in Alabama, what was happening with Mr. Sullivan.
And the New York Times put several inaccuracies, things that were just wrong inside of this article.
OK, they just put just some stuff that was just wrong.
Well, Mr. Sullivan sued the New York Times.
He got like a $50,000 verdict, $50,500 something.
He got a big verdict against him.
Well, New York Times appealed this all the way up to the Supreme Court, and our Supreme Court unanimously said,
Journalists can make mistakes.