Legal Question in Discrimination Law in Florida
defamation?
I am the President of a Local Little League as well as a Coach.
I have busted my butt to make the league better for the kids.
In trying to make things better, I have made a few enemies of
the people that wanted things to stay the same whether it
hurts the children or not.
Anyway these people have started accusing me of things that
are not true and they know it. They said that I am swearing at
the children on my team and reported me to the District
Administrator of the County when it is completely not true
and I have witnesses. Then to make things worse they are
attacking my child by saying that I didn't live in the area last
year, to try to say that I forged my residency information. One
of them even went as far as to say that they helped me move
to my new address (which they didn't) and claimed it was
months earlier than I actually did to make it look like I lied.
These people will not stop until I am gone, all I wanted to do
was help the children, but I am not going to hurt mine in the
process. Is there anything legally that I can do? They
shouldn't be able to slander my name like that and try to hurt
my family. Please help me, I don't want to quit the league.
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: defamation?
They can't slander you, but fighting these types of things can be expensive and time consuming.
Re: defamation?
No good deed goes unpunished, and I've seen how ugly it can get when a group of parents goes after one of the coaches. It's particularly disgusting that they've brought your child into this. But, unfortunately, unless you are damaged monetarily by what they've said, you can't file for defamation.
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