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		Terr_ on March 20, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook Security Chief Said to Leave After Clashe... I don't know whether Weinstein would have qualified as a "Public Figure" before the news coverage. If not, he would have been in a substantially better position to sue for libel.

danso on March 20, 2018 [–]

He was one of Hollywood’s most well-known producers, he most certainly qualified as a public figure.

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