slander

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Then there was Sly Stone’s oft-delayed set that ended with him ranting about his former manager and led to a slander lawsuit.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

The document was later ruled inadmissible at trial, but earlier this year, Italy’s highest court upheld Knox’s separate conviction for committing slander against Lumumba.

From Salon • Aug. 20, 2025

As accusations mounted, Do claimed he was the victim of slander, responding with defiant vitriol against the reporter who broke the story, Nick Gerda, and demanding his firing.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2025

Mexico's President Sheinbaum says the claims are "slander."

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2025

Although Chicago was rapidly achieving recognition as an industrial and mercantile dynamo, its leading men felt keenly the slander from New York that their city had few cultural assets.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson