Nicola Stocker, 51, said millionaire businessman Ronald Stocker, 68, strangled her at home in Buckinghamshire in 2003. She will go before the Supreme Court to argue she didn’t defame him.

In a filing on Wednesday with the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, Musk’s lawyers said their client’s comments about Vernon Unsworth were free speech protected by the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment even if they lacked any factual basis. Musk on July 15 called Unsworth a “pedo guy” in a tweet to more than 22 […]

Mel B, 43, will go to trial over claims she called her former nanny Lorraine Gilles, 27, a ‘homewrecker’ and a ‘prostitute’ in legal papers. Mel could lose out on a whopping $2 million.

Gaia sues Boulder UFO filmmaker for defamationColorado Hometown WeeklyGaia, Inc., a Louisville video streaming and lifestyle brand, is suing a Boulder woman who makes films about crop circles and UFOs. Patty Greer, the defendant in the civil case filed this week in Boulder County District Court, is accused of defaming …

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A 36-year-old teacher convicted of having sex with a person under the legal age of consent in California is suing the student she slept with for defamation. Tara Stumph, who is currently serving a 180 day sentence for having sex with a 16-year-old student, says that statements made by the young man hurt her reputation […]

A leader of Thailand’s ‘Red Shirt’ movement was jailed Thursday for defaming an ex-prime minister, sidelining a key voice of dissent against the ruling junta ahead of polls expected in 2018. Thailand’s Supreme Court sentenced Jatuporn Prompan over a 2009 speech accusing then-PM Abhisit Vejjajiva of being a “tyrant” and ordering the military to shoot […]

Normandy, France, in the 1850s took their exorcisms rather seriously, so when a young boy preparing for the priesthood claimed to be besieged by poltergeist activity, fingers quickly pointed to the local braggart sorcerer. As skilled as he was at the black arts, he would never be described as overly intelligent. The boastful magician found […]

Chron.com Art Bell Sues Michael Savage for Defamation Over '10-Year-Old Hooker' JokeChron.comTwo radio titans could be squaring off in a courtroom soon. UFO-minded radio legend Art Bell has slapped conservative radio host Michael Savage, claiming that Savage defamed Bell and his wife during a September broadcast. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday …and more »

By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) – Lawyers for Bill Cosby's wife and business manager Camille Cosby will ask a judge on Tuesday to spare her from answering further questions related to a lawsuit by seven women who claim the comedian sexually assaulted them. Camille Cosby's lawyers have accused the attorneys for the seven women of […]