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

Baldoni’s lawsuit, first reported by Variety, was filed Tuesday against the New York Times for libel, false light invasion of privacy, promissory fraud and breach of implied-in-fact contract.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2025

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 wall extends in all directions, except for the part that is the stone wall with the false light.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz