false light

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“Defendants have caused Plaintiffs reputational and financial harm, public embarrassment, unfairly tarnished their business reputations, portrayed them in a false light, and negatively affected President Trump, and the other Plaintiffs’ public standing,” the lawsuit said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, naming the previously anonymous woman and accusing her of “ongoing attempted extortion,” defamation, false light invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress “through outrageous conduct.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2024

Bush contended the statement cast him in a false light.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 24, 2024

Rachel Williams — a victim of con artist Anna Sorokin, whose story became the Netflix true-crime series “Inventing Anna” — is suing the streamer for defamation and false light invasion of privacy.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2022

Then he was lifted and hurled by Coach Murphy toward the infield lights, his spikes silvered with false light, and Ben came down laughing and jubilant to Coach Murphy.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy