defamatory

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Cizeron, who is competing in next month's Milan-Cortina Winter Games with a new partner, has denounced "defamatory remarks" and is considering legal action.

From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026

In response, Lizza said at the time: “Dating a woman for several months after working together is not misconduct, and it was absurd and defamatory for The New Yorker to have stated otherwise.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

Patricia Glaser, an attorney representing Schmidt, called the lawsuit “yet another desperate and destructive effort to publish false and defamatory statements to escape accountability from an existing arbitration over a business dispute.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025

A preliminary ruling at the High Court in London in December 2024 found that report had been "defamatory".

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2025

The heads of the executive departments of government are absolutely privileged for defamatory statements made by them while acting within the limits of their authority.

From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Bolles, Albert Sidney