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(1) a public official; (2) an individual who "achieve [s] such pervasive fame or notoriety that he becomes a public figure for all purposes and in all contexts," referred to as a general-purpose ...
If you are a public figure, or potentially a limited-purpose public figure, you should find an experienced defamation attorney and schedule a consult before pursuing a defamation claim.
That is one thing that public figures in the US do have in common with their European counterparts. It is not impossible but close to it for a public figure in the US to prove defamation.
"Public figures shouldn’t be subjected to degrading or sexualized attacks," Davis added, noting that Facebook would now remove severe sexualized content, derogatory or sexualized photoshopped ...
Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. (1974). Nor is he that unicorn of defamation law, the "involuntary public figure," a species Gertz described as "exceedingly rare," and some now believe to be extinct….