I was falsely accused of a hippa violation that was reported by the step-mother of my niece after she attempted to have my niece seen for services at my place of employment. Due to step-mother not having verbal or written permission by a biological parent she was refused service. This event took place in November and the complaint was just filed end of January My daughter posted a comment during a Facebook argument in December, with a family member of my neices step-mother that she (step-mother) had no legal custody over my niece and was limited to things she can do with her such as bring her to the doctor, etc. If my daughters comment was directed towards my neices refusal of service it was due to conversations she had with my niece. They are close cousins and grew up together and I have no control over their conversations but the step-mother is accusing me of telling my daughter that I told her about the incident at work. How can I protect myself from this false accusation.