Q: What could I do about my fiance being slandering with false allegations on social media?
Hello. I am 19 and my fiance is 21, and we're dealing with an issue. My mother and father are posting about me being missing and my fiance being a human trafficker when it's 100% false. My fiance is visually impaired and walks with a walker, and makes motivational content. My mother posted a fraudulent gofund me raising funds for me being "missing" when I came here to be happy with my fiance, to start a life together. She doesn't like the fact that he's Caucasian and disabled, and she's using any false allegation she can to stop us from being together. She is slandering his name all over Facebook and posted a video of him walking without his consent. She has zero evidence to back up her allegations.
I was physically abused as a kid by my mother, and I filed a case against her. I moved to be with the person I love and to get away from her abuse and narcissistic personality. Her lies are out of line and insane. I would love some legal advice on what I can do.
A:
Not much you can do. For one thing, if the slander is directed toward your fiance, then only he has standing to do anything about it; you can't do it for him. And it's questionable whether what your mother is saying is libel or slander. There is very much a difference between an opinion and false fact. The downside of social media is that it gives everyone a platform to amplify their opinion.
You are unlikely to ever get her to change or opinion or stop voicing it to anyone who will listen, even with a lawsuit. Just hope that whomever you care about, cares enough to hear your side of things and comes to their own conclusion.
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