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“I am confident that those materials will show they knew they were defaming me,” Mr. Spofford said in his statement.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2023

"You were defaming a wide number of people to Mr Grigson in the hope he would pay you money to sort out the problem," Mr Green suggested.

From BBC • May 16, 2023

Instead of confronting the commenters directly, Mr. Voller sued the news media outlets, arguing that they were defaming him by permitting the comments on their Facebook pages.

From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2021