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[zippyneedsawin]

Originally Posted by RealBigD

I agree with the above . . . I suspect I am not the only lawyer around here.

You can say most anything you like, as long as it is expressed as an opinion. Certainly there are no criminal consequences; without getting too deeply into it, conceivably you could be required to pay monetary damages if you made a false statement about someone and it caused them eonomic harm.

You may sleep easier if you think about this: If it came down to it. could the defamed/slandered jockey establish that he was damaged? Did anyone believe your wild theory about the race fixing claim? If so, did they, on the basis of what you said, deny the jockey mounts? Unless the jockey suffered injury to his business and/or reputation based on your statements, he/she has no viable claim for damages.

All in all, it seems highly unlikely that anything would come of this.

I am no lawyer, but I also think you need to prove an "intent to do harm."