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Since December, more and more celebrities have found themselves involved in the defamation court drama. Of course, the prominent legal battle includes, of course, End with us boss Justin’s defamation lawsuit against the co -star Blake Vitality on her allegations that he offended her treatment of the group. In addition to Lively allegations that raise many other lawsuits, they are inferior to the New York prosecuting Times On her story on the accusations of Levli. (She suits intuitively related to this alleged ill -treatment. Various public relations representatives claim that they were distorting.) As these cases continued to reveal, other celebrities decided to defend their reputation in court. On January 15, for example, Drake was defam suit Against Universal Music Group on the Diss Kendrick Lamar path, “not like us”, claiming that the wrong entertainment giant that threw Canadian rapper threw as sexual.
Meanwhile, Sean “Didi” Comes, who will soon face a sex -tracking trial, filed a defamation lawsuit against NBCUNIVERSAL, claiming that Didi: Make a bad boy He falsely claimed that he participated in his ex -wife Kim Porterdeath. Chris Brown, on January 21, prosecution Warner Bros. Discovery and Production Ample LLC on the documentary Chris Brown: History of Violence – On the pretext that he falsely gave him as a serial aggressor. On March 15, Jay Z prosecution Rape was accused of alleged defamation after several weeks of withdrawing her legal demand against him, which was part of a lawsuit against Didi. The lawsuit of rapper accuses the lawyer of the behavior of this woman. So, why do you follow many stars in defamation cases at the present time? Will they come out? Vulture spoke to many legal experts about this trend – and how Johnny Depp’s 2022 victory against Aber Heard may have an impact.
Defamation is a legal treatment “that allows people the right to protect their reputation from publishing wrong information and destroyed by them through a civil law or harm”, Roy S. Germain, Director of Newhaus School Tulia Freedom of Expression Center At the University of Siraches, I told Vulture. So, if someone says something is the total BS – and destroys your reputation – you can file a defamation suit. Defamation is “the written or permanent form of defamation”, for all Guterman. This includes the materials published by “traditional, broadcasting or published in modern or digital media”. Meanwhile, “it is the operative or oral form of defamation, which rarely involves prominent media or public figures.”
In a case of defamation, a person who suits that “the defendant publishes a false statement about a fact that causes harm to his reputation,” adding, “The damage means damage, and this always means money.” Most of the defamatory data “is attracted towards the wrong data that calls someone a criminal or claims another kind of misconduct, as we see from a series of prominent celebrity defamation issues these days.” When it comes to celebrities, there is a “big obstacle”. “Public officials and public figures, such as celebrities, do not have to prove that they have been harmed by the wrong published statement, but it was published either with a known false falsehood or a reckless ignorance of the truth. This is a higher burden because the general numbers tend to obtain resources to face wrong information before the litigation.”
Nima Al -Rahmiya, head of the trial lawyer in the West Coast and the former federal prosecutor, has expressed similar feelings. “When you deal with celebrities or public figures in the United States, they must show slag,” she said. “The slag means that the victim knew that the statement was a liar, or an actual knowledge of the falsehood of the statement, or they acted with a reckless ignorance of the truth.”
Yes! A person can have a lot of luggage-such as domestic violence claims (in the Brown case) or a set of allegations of sexual crimes (as with Didi)-but they are still protected from false allegations that can harm her general personality more. “They can have a distorted reputation, but if there is a different observation or statement, it can be implemented,” explained Tri Lovil, the veteran lawyer in Los Angeles. “It really doesn’t matter their characters.” Luville said. When it comes to a defamation statement he claims, “in terms of whether the statement is correct or not, it is his judge.” “Even when a person is under a lot of scrutiny, they may have to fight strategic claims,” said Juda Engelmayer, public relations, and veterinarian to respond to crises that include the list of her agent Harvey Winstein. Didi, “He has no choice to get away,” said Englander. “He had to find any feature he could influence, perhaps a judge and perhaps a jury and the public in this matter.” Whenever Didi does this, “he can start planning his opposition and defense in the public as well as in court. Fasting the lawsuit helps in obtaining some there.”
Certainly it looks. “I haven’t seen her to rise to this level of beating,” Loville said. He said: “I think the reason that celebrities are collidingly is that when they are attacked, their brand is attacked, and their name is attacked in the press.” “They can respond to the press and say,” This is not true, but what gives them more credibility is if they take legal action. “Engelyer said the allegations” forced “high -level personalities to find ways to get out of these claims, which represents a shift from the past. Perhaps prominent numbers were more frequent in submitting defamation demands a few years ago, but the stars began to see defamation claims in the files of their colleagues and win.
Several experts told Vulture that these claims can be part of the smart media strategy. A person can deny allegations, but he does not get press attention such as the official legal deposit. Engemayer said that submitting paperwork to a court “suddenly gives reasons for legal coverage.” He said: “I think more celebrities realize that at least, even if it does not win in court, the fact that the legal process begins to help in obtaining more attention, which may help to lead to a settlement.”
Isn’t it always? Al -Rahmi said that there are similarities between the center of the inferior, the La Flei conflict and the case of Deeb defam against Hurd. After hearing it, with the allegations of domestic violence against Deeb, the actor’s reputation and professional life suffered from serious blows. Deeb needed to recover his general image, and to defend himself in the Court of Law is the way to do so. A profession also achieved a great success. Al -Rahbani said: “He may go without the blog and Blake Levli for trial because it is like the Johnny Depp case, where he wants to wipe his name.” “This case has a very high probability of trial due to the nature of allegations. [Baldoni] It was canceled. “
Levi Macharne, who represents Brown in this lawsuit, told Vulture that the show was a clear case of defamation, claiming that the producers knew “the data made about Chris was wrong.” Maktharin did not think that the former public relations problems in Brown undermine the current defamation demand. “Chris made a mistake while he was still a teenager who was clearly obtained a lot of advertising. I think he made his best to possess this mistake completely and try to atone for that.” He also said: “I am happy that we live in a country that has second opportunities, but the simple fact that Chris committed at some point in his life does not give people the right to take revenge on distorting his name with allegations that they know that they are wrong.” Lorener Bruce delegate said he stood behind the documentary and “we will defend ourselves strongly against this lawsuit.” As for Daidi’s suit, his team claims that NBCunivesal knew that he was promoting “terrible lies” against him, among them “false accusations of serial killing, sexual assault on minors, and sex trafficking when there is no reliable evidence to support any of these heinous allegations.” His lawyer, Erica Wolf, said that the supporters of the show “made a conscious decision to pocket their pockets at the expense of the truth, fitness and basic standards of professional journalism.” NBCuniversal did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Drake camp previously said that he is suing the Global Music Group to wander it intentionally “false allegations against him”, in addition to raising “a dangerous and inflammatory message designed to assassinate Drake’s character, and led to actual violence on Drake’s threshold.” “We have not been involved and did not get involved in defamation – any individual,” said Universal. The music giant, who said it has invested greatly in the Drake profession, said that they would fight the issue “to protect our people and our reputation, and any artist may become a trivial or indirect goal to see something more than writing a song.” Tony Bouzbi did not immediately respond to Vulture’s request to comment on the Jay-Z suit. He insisted on the one who is vibrant, and others involved in the many cases that they did not participate in the commission of violations.
