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Originally Posted by sterlingice

Agent Casey Close sues Fox Sports radio host Doug Gottlieb for libel over tweet about contract offer to Los Angeles Dodgers' Freddie Freeman

Does this have any hope of succeeding? Like I doubt Gottlieb had a bone to pick with Close - I'm guessing he just stupidly said something he had heard but not verified.

SI

Success of the suit may come down to whether Close is ruled a "public figure" (with malice being required for libel) or a "private figure" as the suit requests.

Then it just has to be false, malice isn't an issue.