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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So RR called JB’s agent and told him JB was a sexual predator and then he was dropped by his agency. It really seems to be that JB suffered the damages here. Nothing he did was even remotely the behavior of a sexual predator. [/quote]

But isn’t RR legally allowed to do that (free speech and all that)? [/quote]

I'm no lawyer, but I don't think you can make false accusations that cause someone to get fired, no.[/quote]

I think you can if it's a matter of opinion and you genuinely believe it.

Baldoni could argue that his agent should have done some due diligence on the claim before dropping him. I would guess it would depend on what his contract with the agency says.

Also, while industry parlance is that the agent "fired" Baldoni as a client, technically Baldoni is the boss and the agency is the employee. So it's more like they quit. Which you are allowed to do.

Baldoni still might have a defamation claim here, as well as a tortious interference claim, but I think they'll have to prove Reynold's didn't believe the claims, and that might be hard.[/quote]

People on here are really not under legal issues.

It will be easy to prove Reynolds’s didn’t believe or had no reason to believe JB was a sexual predator if there are no facts supporting that he was one. Which there doesn’t seem to be.

Defamation law doesn’t protect for people saying ‘my opinion is that Bob is a serial killer’ unless there are some solid facts pointing to that being a *reasonable* conclusion. And typically the greater the negativity of the statement, the more the facts have to be sound and verifiable. [/quote]

Lots of us aren’t lawyers but are trying to understand. So, what if she comes home and tells RR that JB did all these things (called her sexy, said “it’s so hot” as he dragged his lips on her, talked about having nonconsensual sex) and RR then thinks he’s a predator and tells people? If BL mischaracterized events, is she then responsible for RR’s actions? [/quote]

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