GLICKSTEIN, Judge.
Appellee, a police officer, filed an action for slander and libel against appellant. He claimed appellant orally uttered defamatory communications to other police officers and to an assistant state attorney and originated and sent a defamatory letter to various officials. Because appellee was a public official at the time he was defamed, malice or reckless disregard for the truth of a publication had to be established. St. Amant v. Thompson,...
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