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    Oct 29, 2010, 03:53 PM
    Can I sue a newpaper if they slander my name? My son is up for a college football
    Award it said he chose this college to stay closer to his mother after his father went to prison
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    Oct 29, 2010, 04:23 PM

    How much truth was in the article? Can you prove the article caused you judgemental harm? What Constitutes Slander
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    Oct 29, 2010, 08:11 PM

    It would be libel, not slander, if it was published.

    What did they say which was untrue, and did writing that harm your reputation?
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    Oct 29, 2010, 08:40 PM

    Yes, did the father go to jail or prison ? The first issue will be if the statement made was true.
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    Oct 30, 2010, 10:13 AM

    If his father did in fact go to prison this is public information. If this is true then it would not be slander. It would just be a case of an overzealous reporter doing more of an indepth story than was necessary.
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    Oct 31, 2010, 09:54 AM
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    No I did not go to prison in my 54 years of life I have spent 18 hours totalin jail
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    Oct 31, 2010, 09:56 AM
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    No not prison
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    Oct 31, 2010, 09:59 AM
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    They said I was in prison,not true. This reporter retracted his comments but it went out to 342 sports reporters that vote on my sons award that he is up for
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    Oct 31, 2010, 10:02 AM
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    No truth to the article, but it went out to 342 more sports writers which published theirs
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