If aperson is posting over the internet lies about both myself and my business, what can I do to make them stop?
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If aperson is posting over the internet lies about both myself and my business, what can I do to make them stop?
This person is saying that I am not paying child support to a child that is not legally mine and there’s no child support established; my business name is being compromised due to this allegations. My business is my sole source of income and I am losing new and future customers because this comment and of course revenue.
Asked on December 25, 2011 under Personal Injury, Florida
Answers:
MD, Member, California Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
If this is an outright law, then despite the First Amendment right to free speech, this would be considered defamation (in written form, which is called libel). You need to talk with your lawyer (if you don't have one, get one). Immediately begin figuring out which websites this person is posting to and where and have your lawyer issue cease and desist letters to those websites, the web registrant and web administrator. Also, figure out the website operators by going to web address research sites. Have your lawyer also send cease and desist letters or even possibly file a lawsuit against this person. If you have proof this child is not biologically yours and you have not been legally ordered to pay child support and you are not on the birth certificate, then make sure the court is aware of this when filing the lawsuit.
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