Originally posted by Kok123
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i'm no lawyer but i think to prove slander/libel you have to show 1 of 2 things:
1. that the defendant intentionally stated something he knew was false.
2. there was malicious , vindictive intent to harm a person's reputation
#1 is hard to prove. how do you prove a person knew something?
#2 is a bit easier against the mayweather's and golden boy. though it's still no slam dunk.
i don't know if pacquiao can win the case but if it goes to a jury "all bets are off". you know how weird some of these jury's decisions have been in high profile cases.
what malignaggi and atlas did is totally different.
atlas reported something a source told him. he never claimed it to be true. he just reported it.
malignaggi , from the interviews i've heard , never said it as a fact. from what i heard , he gave his opinion on it.
one could argue the mayweathers and golden boy were stating their opinions as well but there is somewhat of a case to be made about why they would state those opinions and pacquiao's lawyers can attempt to prove some kind of malicious intent or at least motive for malicious intent.
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