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To: Sasparilla

No. No strange.

Cruz cannot sue NE for libel based on incorrect, harmful allegations that damaged his reputation. He is a public figure. To prevail in a libel case, Cruz would have to prove that NE acted with malice and knew the allegations to be false.


45 posted on 03/29/2016 7:58:06 PM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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To: BuckeyeTexan

... He is a public figure. To prevail in a libel case, Cruz would have to prove that NE acted with malice and knew the allegations to be false...

And???


51 posted on 03/29/2016 8:13:43 PM PDT by Sasparilla (Hillary for Prosecution 2016)
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