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A Guide to Celebrity Defamation Cases
Blake, Baldoni, Diddy, Drake … the list goes on!
Defamation is a legal remedy “that allows people the right to protect their reputations from publication of false and damaging information about them through a civil or tort lawsuit,” Roy S. Gutterman, director of the Newhouse School’s Tully Center for Free Speech at Syracuse University, told Vulture. I think he’s done his best to fully own that mistake and try to atone for it.” He also said, “I’m glad we live in a country that has second chances, but the simple fact that Chris made a mistake at one point in his life does not give people the carte-blanche right to smear his name with allegations that they know are false.” A rep for Warner Bros. said it stood behind the documentary and “will vigorously defend ourselves against this lawsuit.” As for Diddy’s suit, his team claims that NBCUniversal knew that it was promoting “outrageous lies” against him, among them “false accusations of serial murder, sexual assault of minors, and sex trafficking when there is no credible evidence to support any of these heinous allegations.” His civil attorney, Erica Wolff, said that the show’s backers “made a conscious decision to line their own pockets at the expense of truth, decency, and basic standards of professional journalism.” NBCUniversal did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The music giant, which said it has invested massively in Drake’s career, said they would fight the case “to protect our people and our reputation, as well as any artist who might directly or indirectly become a frivolous litigation target for having done nothing more than write a song.” Tony Buzbee did not immediately respond to Vulture’s request for comment on Jay-Z’s suit.
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