Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Florida

Re: ffalse statement signed and submitted to a courtI

Usually you would be entitled to a defamation claim, but not in this case.

Generally in order to claim defamation the plaintiff must show 4 things:

1. A false and defamatory statement concerning him;

2. A communicating of that statement to a person other than the plaintiff;

3. Fault on the part of the defendant, amounting to at least negligence;

4. Special harm or harm of a pecuniary nature.

In your case since she accused you of a crime it would be considered "slander per se", meaning you don't have to show special harm.

Unfortunately, since she made the statement as a witness during the course of a judicial proceeding she has an absolute privelege as to what she said even if it was motivated soley by malice or other bad motive.