Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in Florida
Rebuttle or What?
What charges can I charge comeone with after a false allogation of repeat violence?
Asked on 8/19/08, 8:45 pm
1 Answer from Attorneys
Adam Lambert
The Law Office of Adam S. Lambert
Re: Rebuttle or What?
Filing a false police report is a crime, but only the DA can file criminal charges on someone. There are civil options available to you, however. You can file a civil suit for defamation of character. Accusing someone falsely of a crime is what attorneys call "defamation per se", which means it is always defamatory to falsely accuse someone of a crime.
You will have to prove that the accusations were clearly false, though. Truth is always an absolute defense.
Answered on 8/20/08, 6:48 pm
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