I have a coworker going around saying I abuse and beat my girlfriend and now people act different towards me. Can I take legal action?
The coworkers also have said that I'm using drugs and got demoted from a promotion I got, when in reality I didn't and don't do drugs.
1 answer | asked Nov 14, 2015 3:57 PM [EST] | applies to Massachusetts
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There is something you can do about it. This is called slander, and you can sue the person doing it. Of course, you need to have provable damages to yourself or your reputation, and it would help to have witnesses to testify. The person doing it has to purposely want to harm you. All of this makes it very hard to prove and succeed in a lawsuit. Your would want a "personal injury" type of lawyer. If the employer is doing this, the company may be liable, but that is rare.
posted by Kevin McGann | Nov 18, 2015 1:12 PM [EST]
posted by Kevin McGann | Nov 18, 2015 1:12 PM [EST]
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