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He has denied any wrongdoing and called the allegations an attempt to defame him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka, who said she turned down an invitation to perform, shared excerpts from a contract that allegedly included bans on any material that could "degrade or defame" the Saudi royal family or religion.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2025

It contends that county officials went out of their way to defame Baldwin and their pursuit of criminal charges deprived the actor-producer of his civil rights.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025

Last year, she filed suit against the church, seeking to end what she said were the “mob-style tactics” it had used to harass and defame her.

From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2024

The films often had the opposite effect: Despite the mountains of evidence, many Hitler Youth told themselves that the films were exaggerated, if not invented by the Allies as propaganda intended to defame the Nazis.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

A Hong Kong arts hub cancelled the revival of an LGBTQ-themed play hours before tickets went on sale on Saturday, the cast said, after complaints that it "defames" the Chinese city.

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2025

“And here, the prospect that he could have to pay millions of dollars in punitive damages each time he defames E. Jean Carroll again has to weigh on his mind.”

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 23, 2023

"These are clear that we prohibit content that demeans, defames, or promotes discrimination."

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2022

If she fails to do so or defames the singer, “Britney will be forced to consider and take all appropriate legal action.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2022

“It’s slanderous. It defames my good name. It’s a shameful way for a member of the Arcanum to behave.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

"As a result, the jury's unanimous verdict that Donald Trump sexually assaulted and then defamed E. Jean Carroll is now final and cannot be challenged in any court," she added.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

South Korean police raided the Starbucks national headquarters Wednesday, the chain's local operator told AFP, following allegations an advertising campaign defamed activists slain in 1980 pro-democracy protests.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

The ad did not mention Sullivan by name but he said he was defamed by the ad’s criticism of the police.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

“Instead of actually listening to us and providing evidence of studies or environmental impact statements, we just get called names and bullied and defamed on national television.”

From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026

Physical impossibility excuses, for example, when one does not know who the persons were before whom one detracted, or cannot recall who the person was whom one defamed.

From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Charles Jerome Callan

Starbucks quickly rolled it back, saying it was unintentional but civic groups filed a criminal complaint against the company, demanding the police investigate it for defaming victims of the military dictatorship.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

A federal jury in Manhattan in 2023 found Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming Carroll and ordered him to pay $5 million in damages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

Chaves has had strained ties with local media, whom he accuses of defaming him.

From Barron's ● May 5, 2026

A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit in which Drake had accused the world’s biggest record company of defaming him with the release and promotion of Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy-winning diss track “Not Like Us.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025

Adams read in the newspapers that Jefferson had compiled “a Magazine of slips of newspapers, and pamphlets, vilifying, calumniating and defaming you.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis