Samantha Markle sued her half-sister Meghan Markle for defamation in the Middle District of Florida last year over statements Meghan made on a televised interview with Oprah Winfrey and in the Netflix series Harry & Meghan. Meghan defended the case, Markle v. Markle, aggressively, with the court ultimately dismissing the complaint for failure to state…
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A recent defamation lawsuit filed against the Brevard County sheriff made headlines, as it targets the sheriff’s “Wheel of Fugitive” Facebook videos, which spoof Wheel of Fortune. The plaintiff, David Gay, said he wasn’t a fugitive when his name and image appeared — several times — on the wheel, and, as a result, lost a job…
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The “libel-proof plaintiff doctrine” is a defense to defamation, though one that has not been applied in in Florida. What is the libel proof doctrine? The underlying theory behind the libel-proof doctrine is that the plaintiff’s reputation is so tarnished it could not possibly be any more damaged. For example, in New York, if there…
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