Lawyer for doctor who provided abortion services to 10-year-old rape victim sends cease-and-desist letter to Indiana AG demanding he stop making 'false or misleading statements' about the physician. - MaddowBlog
, “In other words, Rokita went forward with a series of defamatory claims and accusations against Bernard ... apparently without even the most cursory of records checks that were not only available to him as attorney general but members of the public in roughly 24 hours.”
But Rokita, a former member of Congress, made rather specific claims about alleged misconduct, which were contradicted — with remarkable speed — by evidence he could’ve reviewed before making accusations to a national audience. “Please cease and desist from making false and misleading statements about alleged misconduct by Dr. Bernard in her profession, which constitute defamation per se,” the lawyer’s letter read. “Moreover, to the extent that any statement you make exceeds the general scope of your authority as Indiana’s Attorney General, such a statement forms the basis of an actionable defamation claim.”
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