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Why Is Defamation So Expensive? Inside the Baby Reindeer's $170M Lawsuit

2024/6/12
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Nicole Lappin
一位致力于财务教育和媒体的专家，通过多种平台帮助人们提高财务素养。
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Nicole Lappin: 本集探讨了Netflix剧集《Baby Reindeer》中Fiona Harvey提出的1.7亿美元诽谤诉讼。该诉讼的核心是剧集对Harvey的虚假描述，以及由此造成的经济和精神损失。Lappin详细解释了诽谤的法律定义，包括书面诽谤（libel）和口头诽谤（slander），以及构成诽谤的条件：虚假陈述被当作事实呈现，并对原告的名誉造成损害。她还分析了诽谤案件中的三种经济赔偿类型：补偿性赔偿（compensatory damages）、惩罚性赔偿（punitive damages）和名义赔偿（nominal charges）。Harvey的索赔包括补偿性赔偿（精神痛苦、生活乐趣丧失、业务损失）、剧集利润赔偿和惩罚性赔偿。Lappin进一步解释了诽谤诉讼的举证责任，包括证明陈述为假、已传播给他人、造成损害，以及如果被告是公众人物，则需要证明其存在恶意。她还分析了几个类似案例，例如Carol Burnett胜诉的案例和Sarah Palin败诉的案例，以及麦当劳的McLibel案，说明了诽谤案件的复杂性和不确定性。最后，Lappin提到Netflix最近和解了一起类似的诽谤诉讼，暗示了《Baby Reindeer》案的长期性和复杂性。

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You don't often see defamation lawsuits for a couple thousand bucks. Typically, the figure is more like $170 million, which is exactly the amount of money that Fiona Harvey is suing Netflix for over what is allegedly a depiction of her in the series Baby Reindeer. Today, Nicole follows the money trail of this lawsuit, along with some other famous examples, to illustrate why defamation is so expensive.