false light
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“Defendants have caused Plaintiffs reputational and financial harm, public embarrassment, unfairly tarnished their business reputations, portrayed them in a false light, and negatively affected President Trump, and the other Plaintiffs’ public standing,” the lawsuit said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026
The Richmond-based court also upheld the lower court’s decision to side with the news organizations against Blankenship’s false light invasion of privacy and civil conspiracy claims, again saying he lacked sufficient evidence.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 22, 2023
Rachel Williams — a victim of con artist Anna Sorokin, whose story became the Netflix true-crime series “Inventing Anna” — is suing the streamer for defamation and false light invasion of privacy.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2022
The woman’s lawsuit also accused Snoop and the other defendants of defamation, false light and intentional and negligent inflictions of emotional distress, as well as a number of labor code violations.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2022
The gods were cruel to let a man sail across half the world, then send him chasing a false light when he was almost home.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
