Legal Question in Intellectual Property in Washington

A friend of mine works at a local restaurant, my boyfriend and I went in last night for dessert. We sat down, ordered and at our dessert in a total of about 30 minutes. During that 30 minutes our friend (the waitress) sat down with us for about 2 minutes while she counted her money, figured out her tips and recorded her earnings and things for the night. Her manager called her away and said that it was inappropriate that she was sitting with us, so she did not return to our table except to cash us out. The entire time we were there she was actually off the clock and was not working anymore. When we were done we went out to my car and she sat in the car for a minute visiting with us. Her manager is now saying that he saw a drug deal happen at our table and that when she was outside in my car he saw her smoking something out of a pipe. Nothing even remotely close to that happened. There are cameras that record all parts of the restaurant, so we know we can prove that nothing of the sorts happened. Our first concern is our friend losing her job over something that is untrue and our other concern is that my boyfriend is on DOC and could get in big trouble if something like that did happen. IT IS A COMPLETE LIE and we know the cameras will prove that. If and when the cameras do prove it, can we sue him for slander or defamation of character?? He made alligations that are not only untrue but could cost our friend her job and get my boyfriend in big trouble. The accuser wrote this statement in the restaurant's log book, so it is written and recorded and was not just communicated verbally. What are our legal options in this situation? Thank you.

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