☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Public Figure

A person who has achieved pervasive fame or notoriety, or who has voluntarily injected themselves into a public controversy. Public figures must prove actual malice to prevail in defamation claims.

Category: Media Law · Source: Gertz v. Robert Welch, 418 U.S. 323 (1974)
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