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Libel and Defamation Suit

Los Angeles Times (Dec. 9, 2003): A Hollywood stunt woman has filed a libel suit against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for suggesting to the media that she had a criminal record. Erwin Chemerinsky, a USC constitutional law professor, said for a defamation suit, Rhonda Miller – "clearly a private figure" – has to prove that false information was published and that the people who published it "were at least negligent in what they did and that it harmed her reputation."