I have much to say why my reputation should be rescued from the load of false accusation and calumny which has been heaped upon it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There are two way of establishing a reputation, one to be praised by honest people and the other to be accused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the first one, because it will always be accompanied by the latter.
My integrity had been called into question; I was being called a liar, and I am not a liar. And I just think it is time that we stop viewing public figures as fair game.
For a long period of history, you were what people said about you, and if your reputation was stained, you were in very serious trouble. People fought duels over this. Then it fades away historically.
You can never take your reputation back. There really is nothing as powerful as a good reputation.
How an individual's reputation is protected online is too important and subtle a policy matter to be legislated by a high court, which is institutionally mismatched to the evolving intricacies of the online world.
I was falsely arrested twice, slandered and defamed.
Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but it is the light by which the world looks for and finds merit.
I did not have a reputation to defend.
I come all wreathed in a reputation the press has made for me. Judge me on my actions. That's all that counts.
As a lawyer who has dealt in defamation, I know that someone's reputation has to be lowered in the eyes of right-thinking people to sue.