Is "informal" reporting false information to local police defamation?

My husband and I work for the same company. He has always been picked on, but latly it has escalated to more. He is being unfairly repremanded, which is soon going to turn into a demotion. Well, since we live in an at-will state, there isn't much we can do about that; however the supervisors are now telling local law enforcement that he is abusing me and our daughter. They have absolutly no basis for this, no one has said a word to me, and they are beginning questioning my coworkers. There is no "official" report or I would have been notified. While he is looking for another job, is there anything we can do to make it stop?

1 answer  |  asked Sep 12, 2010 05:00 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

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Bruce Elfvin
The short response is reporting information that turns out to be false to the police may be a crime if it is done knowingly. It will probably fail as a defamation claim without strong evidence to support the knowing falsity of the statements by the employer. If you are thinking of pursuing an individual it doesn't make sense without knowing if they have real assets.

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posted by Bruce Elfvin  |  Sep 13, 2010 2:38 PM [EST]

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