Slander 【TOP-RATED】

Require falsity, a third-party listener/reader, and damage.

It must be heard by someone other than the person being slandered. The Legal Threshold: Why Slander is Hard to Prove slander

It must cause actual harm to a person’s reputation, business, or character. Require falsity, a third-party listener/reader, and damage

The statement must be factually incorrect. Truth is an absolute defense. a third-party listener/reader

"It's only slander if it's false," say legal analysts, noting that malicious rumors are often confused with protected, albeit unkind, opinions. An opinion, no matter how nasty, is generally not actionable. Slander must misrepresent facts.