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> See, for example, the British aristocrat who was truthfully outed as a Nazi sex fetishist...but won a judgement against the tabloid that published the pictures.

I know of a similar, somewhat high-profile case in the US[0]. The point is not even whether or not the plaintiff can win; the issue is whether they have enough of a case to make your legal fees + opportunity cost of time wasted in court sufficiently high.

[0] I'd try and find it, but I'm hesitant to Google the keywords at work!




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