defamed

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District Judge Darrin Gayles, based in Miami, Fla., ruled Trump hadn’t made a valid legal claim that he was defamed by an article about a letter to financier Jeffrey Epstein bearing Trump’s name.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

The lawsuit alleges that Bass and others in her administration defamed Crowley, retaliated against her in violation of California’s labor code and violated Crowley’s 1st Amendment rights.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

“No Californian should be falsely arrested, defamed, or retaliated against because of who they are or what they stand for.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2025

They knowingly and maliciously defamed, and they should be held to a higher level of ethical and journalistic standards.

From Salon • Jul. 1, 2025

I learnt now of his pettiness, of the way in which he had defamed me; but let that pass.

From Adventures of Working Men From the Notebook of a Working Surgeon by Fenn, George Manville