Colorado defamation is a false statement of fact that holds an individual up to contempt or ridicule, thereby causing them to incur injury or damage.

This means that the statement must assert that some harmful fact is true. Defamation is an umbrella, under which there are two types of communication: libel and slander.

Libel is a written communication that is defamatory. For example, a false story published in the newspaper which falsely accuses someone of robbing a bank would be libel.

A more common example of libel that one might encounter would be somebody spreading lies about them by posting on Facebook or Twitter.

Slander is a spoken communication that is defamatory. Much like libel, slander must still be “published” to a third party.

What this means in the context of slander is that the statement must be made to a third party. To clarify, somebody, making a derogatory statement directly to you would not be slander because it has not been published to a third party. Somebody making that same statement to your friend would be defamation, as your friend is a third party.

Ultimately, the relevant question with respect to a defamation claim is not whether it was slander or libel, but rather that the statement was false, harmed you, and was made to somebody else.

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