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In reply to the discussion: Biden Press Secretary Jen Psaki Called Out for 'Homophobic' Tweet Mocking Lindsey Graham as 'Lady G' [View all]SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)I correctly stated the law and gave you recent instances. "Settled for an undisclosed sum" does not mean "$10,000." The defendants were unable to dismiss Ventura's defamation case, so it was not a mere nuisance settlement, your attempt to move the goal posts notwithstanding. They had desperately tried to dismiss it and fought it tooth and nail until they failed. If they had thought it was a mere nuisance lawsuit resolvable for $10,000, they would have done so before incurring hundreds of thousands in attorneys fees litigating it through trial and appeal.
And Tom Cruise got more than "jack"; he got a judicial determination that what that porn actor said was false, which is one of the most important goals of any defamation case. Lindsey Graham could have sued the porn actor who made the allegations against him just like Tom did, and gotten such a determination, but he didn't. Those are facts.
It is a fact that public figures can sue for defamation. Your claim that "Public figures can't sue for defamation" is not true.