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Re:Microsoft Intern’s Rape Claim Highlights Struggle to Comb... by skookumchuck on Saturday December 16, 2017 @05:19PM (#15942512)
Slander - "Some statements such as an untrue accusation of having committed a crime, having a loathsome disease, or being unable to perform one's occupation are treated as slander per se since the harm and malice are obvious,"

https://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/slander

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Re:Microsoft Intern’s Rape Claim Highlights Struggle to Comb... by TheCoelacanth on Saturday December 16, 2017 @06:58PM (#15943029)
To be slander it would have to be provably false, not to simply be something that they can't prove to be true.
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Re:Microsoft Intern’s Rape Claim Highlights Struggle to Comb... by skookumchuck on Saturday December 16, 2017 @08:38PM (#15943430)
When a suspect is arrested for murder, the newspaper uses the words "suspect" and "alleged" in order to avoid slander lawsuits.
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