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Originally Posted by TheTyman9
no because he didn't slander him and there'd be no way to prove or quantify that as a loss of income.
Well, slander is to make false and damaging statements about someone - . oral defamation, in which someone tells one or more persons an untruth about another which untruth will harm the reputation of the person defamed. Slander is a civil wrong (tort) and can be the basis for a lawsuit. Damages (payoff for worth) for slander may be limited to actual (special) damages unless there is malicious intent, since such damages are usually difficult to specify and harder to prove. Some statements such as an untrue accusation of having committed a crime, having a loathsome disease, or being unable to perform one's occupation are treated as slander per se since the harm and malice are obvious, and therefore usually result in general and even punitive damage recovery by the person harmed. So if there is no actual proof of the cheating, the accusation appears slanderous. Damages would be another question, as the loss of earnings would be hard to quantify.
Though still no rush by Fernando to play a range of players live. He's probably too busy reading online revelations about Mrs Mercier.