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sarah4567
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- Jurisdiction
- Michigan
Hi,
An ex spouse of mine recently attended a State Representative Committee meeting and presented a testimony to help get the bill passed. His testimony dealt with our relationship and in this testimony he specifically mentioned his name, his age, my age, and the duration of our relationship(my name was not mentioned). Since this time, the story has been featured in the news and online in multiple articles, videos, and pictures. So for people who were aware of our relationship, it is very obvious that he is referring to me.
Now, the issue I have with this is the testimony was purposely very misleading, contained lies, and also contained quotes of mine that he changed on purpose to fit his lies. In this instance I am wondering what my rights are if any?
Could he possibly be in trouble for perjury?
Could I pursue defamation damages of some kind even if my name wasn't directly mentioned.
I was told that he requested to not have his name shared in the press or in videos. However, I am not sure if this is true. If I pursue a defamation, would this create issues?
Those are my main questions for now. Any help that anyone could provide on this issue would be very much appreciated. I just wanted to get an initial overview before I begin to look for a lawyer to possibly take on this case.
An ex spouse of mine recently attended a State Representative Committee meeting and presented a testimony to help get the bill passed. His testimony dealt with our relationship and in this testimony he specifically mentioned his name, his age, my age, and the duration of our relationship(my name was not mentioned). Since this time, the story has been featured in the news and online in multiple articles, videos, and pictures. So for people who were aware of our relationship, it is very obvious that he is referring to me.
Now, the issue I have with this is the testimony was purposely very misleading, contained lies, and also contained quotes of mine that he changed on purpose to fit his lies. In this instance I am wondering what my rights are if any?
Could he possibly be in trouble for perjury?
Could I pursue defamation damages of some kind even if my name wasn't directly mentioned.
I was told that he requested to not have his name shared in the press or in videos. However, I am not sure if this is true. If I pursue a defamation, would this create issues?
Those are my main questions for now. Any help that anyone could provide on this issue would be very much appreciated. I just wanted to get an initial overview before I begin to look for a lawyer to possibly take on this case.