If a judge is called ‘corrupt’ by a defendant outside court in front of the media, or if something more unambiguously libelous is said, can the judge sue the defendant?
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IANAL. Probably not.
Defamation needs to show damages and the judge would need to show that somehow those statements materially damaged them.
Public figures also need to meet higher bars for defamation.
As with everything it depends. The judge can file but unless they can show they suffered loss because of the comment another judge would throw the case out due to lack of standing.
They can always sue for defamation I guess, depending on the laws of whichever country
I’m guessing that could give the defendant ground to appeal the original ruling because the judge was biased by the alleged libel.
Asking for no particular reason?
