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Someone is slandering me.
What should I do if: I met a woman several months ago. She has 3 kids. At firse we got along. But shortly after she met me, things changed. You see, I showed her a Cook Book where I have prize winning entrys. I also told her I've published graphics for Smiley.com At the moment, she did not say anything. Then I learned she is sending e-mails to me, my family, and friends in the community claiming I'm a Liar
about the accomplishments I told her about.
She also wanted the name of my copyright attorney and she also wanted to know other stuff. Finally,
she started declaring to everyone I'm a liar about everything. I have consulted an attorney and he said she could be sued for slander.
So my question is (1.) What do you make of anyone who would falsely claim you're lying when in fact, you aren't. I have tons of Court papers, publishing contract's, award certificates, and other proof. Strangely enough, she never wanted to see my proof, yer she's telling everybody I have no credential's. So (2.) Could she be sizing me up for money? (3.) An attorney told me I could sue her. (4.) Should I have my attorney let into her to teach her a lesson?
Please let me know.
Persey Harris
Publisher
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Suing someone in order to 'teach them a lesson' is never a very good idea. If that is your goal, you might as well give up now. Lawsuits are not very good at teaching a person a lesson besides 'don't get caught'. They generally just cause a person to dig their heels in and defend their pervious choices, no matter how bad.
If you goal is to redeem yourself and your professional reputation, by all means sue her.
I am not a lawyer, but I am pretty certian that people do not get sued for ‘slander’. Technically, you would be suing for defamation. It’s good to know the legal terms.
In most jurisdictions you must prove that the defamation that this person engaged in harmed your income potential, your public image, or was not of public concern, and it was reasonable for you to be offended by its release.
That is the rub: Winning a lawsuit for defamation does NOT mean what she said was necessarily declared untrue by a court of law. It simply means that it was harmful and did not need to be aired to the public. It is merely a technical difference of course, but it’s important to understand that that is the result you really from a defamation suit. I doubt it’s exactly the one you want.
But that is just something to consider as you move forward with this. Seriously weigh if it is worth it to pursue this as far as a lawsuit. A simply cease and desist letter from your attorney might produce just as much as an actual suit would against her (and would cost you far less!).
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I don't know much about legal stuff, but if your lawyer/attorney says that you could sue her, and it's really affecting you, then do it.
I personally can't stand it when people don't believe me, especially when I'm telling the truth about an accomplishment. So I don't blame you.
I would leave everything for the court room- don't have your attorney confront her or anything.
Good luck ;]
--Jack
(16/m)
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