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Can you be libeled by a fictional character?
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Can you be libeled by a fictional character?

ByJosh Bernoff August 11, 2020May 3, 2023

A character on the CBS program “The Good Fight” called Alan Dershowitz a shyster. Is that libel? Dershowitz says yes. The producers of the show say no. So let’s get into it. There are really two questions here. First, can a fictional character’s statements be a cause for libel? And second, is what the character…

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