Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Utah

I recently applied for a job with a company I had worked for a few years back, This company I had worked for is franchise owned so each store has a different owners but they all get structure from the corporation and have district managers and such. I applied to a different location and was hired. The manager wanted me to give one week notice to my current employer. I did not feel comfortable with this but I really needed to make more money. I gave my notice to my current employer who was very understandable and informed the new manager of this. She then called me two hours later and told me that they could not hire me because the people I had worked for didn't have anything nice to say about me. I was shocked and confused. I had never had any write ups, warnings or complaints against me. I had been promoted shortly after starting with this company and had even given a months notice before leaving. I called this manager back and asked her who had said this and what exactly had been said. She said that the district manager had said that the whole group I had worked with was nothing but trouble and problems. I had only met this person maybe 3 times and never worked with her personally. I had no knowledge of my co-workers being problems either but to group us all together instead of treating me as an individual does not seem fair or right. As I said, I was even promoted, no write ups or anything. The owners I had worked for had had some problems and struggled running the business that is all I know. The district manager not only cost me that job but could have cost me my current position as well if I had not been such a good employee for them too. In addition I would not have been re-hirable at my current job because of my one week notice that the other manager insisted I give. So, I am wondering about a defamation of character lawsuit?

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