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Originally Posted by Minnie
And how can he sue over her being called a prostitute? He might have a case against whomever said he hangs out with prostitutes and employs their services, if that is what was said, but the only person who can sue or take legal action over being called a prostitute, is the person named. Not Ford. And as you said, he gave her actual name, no one else did that. There were inferences made that the woman was a prostitute but no names were mentioned until Ford got yappy. He is going to get sued at this rate.
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Yeah, and it's really laughable that he thinks he can sue anyone for things that were said to police in the course of an investigation, initially redacted in court documents, and then released to the public only after a judge ordered that the information be released because they relate to public interest. Can you imagine the precedent that would be set if you could successfully sue someone else for talking to police?
It would be a different matter if an individual went to the press with these allegations (although probably it's still defensible on public right-to-know grounds), but this information came out in exactly the way that it should: from individuals to police, to the courts, and finally to public knowledge.