jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 months agoLauren Boebert got so mad at boxer Imane Khelif that she's raising thousands for her opponentwww.lgbtqnation.comexternal-linkmessage-square75fedilinkarrow-up1267arrow-down116
arrow-up1251arrow-down1external-linkLauren Boebert got so mad at boxer Imane Khelif that she's raising thousands for her opponentwww.lgbtqnation.comjeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square75fedilink
minus-squarenfh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up63·3 months agoWell an Olympic athlete is probably a public figure in this context, so she’d need to show that Boebert defamed her “with knowledge that it was false or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not.” Pretty good, I’d wager.
minus-squareMirshe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-23 months agoRemember there’s a harm component as well - Khelif is Algerian, where being outed as LGBTQIA of any stripe can get you killed by the state.
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoWhere would the lawsuit even take place?
Well an Olympic athlete is probably a public figure in this context, so she’d need to show that Boebert defamed her “with knowledge that it was false or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not.”
Pretty good, I’d wager.
Remember there’s a harm component as well - Khelif is Algerian, where being outed as LGBTQIA of any stripe can get you killed by the state.
Where would the lawsuit even take place?