Legal Question in Criminal Law in Virginia

I recently was hired at a new company. The day of my orientation the general manager informed me he had heard rumors I was an alcoholic and had trouble not drinking on the job. He still made me believe I was hired. A few days later a lower level manager informed me they had received an anonymous call that was extremely degrading my character. Due to past circumstances I'm fairly certain it was my sister in law. I'd like to serve her a cease and desist letter with the threat of defamation law suit. To be sure it was her I'm planning on requesting a meeting with the management team to see if they will release the phone number of the call to me. So, first, does the company have any obligation to the anonymous called to uphold the secrecy of their identity? If not, what is some wording I can use in the meeting to make my case? Second, if that fails I'm seeking legal counsel, will it be easy for a lawyer to find the identity of the caller? It may seem insignificant but this will never stop if I don't take action now. She's already called CPS multiple times with no valid claim and the harassment will continue.


Asked on 6/28/17, 2:12 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

1. No, (not in my opinion, Deliberate defamation of any person let alone a company employee is always inexcusable.. You might mention that you have good reasons to believe that it's a relative who

unjustifiably bears long standing grudge(s) against you (or whatever you believe the cause to be for her

defamatory behavior)

2. No, not necessarily.

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Answered on 6/29/17, 9:43 pm


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