a demand for retraction was made within 10 days by Moore's attorneys in accordance with defamation statutes for punitive damages so we shall see what happens soon.
“Vindictive or punitive damages shall not be recovered in any action for libel on account of any publication unless (1) it shall be proved that the publication was made by the defendant with knowledge that the matter published was false, or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not, and (2) it shall be proved that five days before the commencement of the action the plaintiff shall have made written demand upon the defendant for a public retraction of the charge or matter published; and the defendant shall have failed or refused to publish within five days, in as prominent and public a place or manner as the charge or matter published occupied, a full and fair retraction of such charge or matter.”
https://www.lawserver.com/law/state/alabama/al-code/alabama_code_6-5-186
In an action of slander or libel, if a retraction as provided in Section 6-5-184 shall be published in such medium within 10 days of the date of the publication, then the plaintiff in such case shall recover only actual damages.
https://www.lawserver.com/law/state/alabama/al-code/alabama_code_6-5-185
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