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Message: [QUOTE="CL82, post: 2591757, member: 44"] True, but remember she is entitled to discovery. He will have to list his basis for his statement. She needs to prove that 1) the statement was made, 2) that wasn't true, 3) that the AD knew that, and 4)that she was damaged. 1) is a given, 2) and 3) are where discovery comes into play. If Steck's answers show he had no basis for making the statement, and especially no proof that it occurred, he's in trouble. I think you are alluding to the fact that defamation has a higher standard for public officials, and it does, but if "I have no proof, but I actually believe the statements I made" was a defense no public official would ever win a defamation case. [/QUOTE]