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Man Accused of Groping Woman on Flight Said Trump 'Says It's OK' Summary of Legal Issue             The FBI has arrested a man by the name of Bruce Alexander for allegedly groping a woman on a Southwest Airlines flight bound for Albuquerque from Houston. Halfway through the flight the woman sitting in front of Bruce claimed that she felt him reaching forward to touch her body around the rib cage area along with her breasts as well. This happened a couple times until she turned around and shouted at the man to stop. The flight attendants moved her seat and had radioed what had happened to ground control. When the plane landed he was taken into custody by the FBI. Once he had been apprehended, he started claiming that the President of the United States, Donald Trump, says it is ok. This claim comes from the access Hollywood tape where Trump notoriously said you can “just grab them by the pussy”. Trump has dism...

Chapter 4 Topic Review Protecting individual reputation is held with high value since it is easily torn down while having lasting impacts. Threats from libel suit are thought to be quite awful when they take place in the media which places a reluctance to publish freely and peruse stories aggressively. What must be proven in court is as follows: a statement of fact, that is published, that is of and concerning the plaintiff, that is defamatory, that is false, that causes damage (or harm), and that is the result of fault by the defendant. Libel plaintiffs are to show that the defendant is the reason for publishing defamatory material. This in turn makes the level of fault that must be proved difficult since it varies on the plaintiff’s status. Coinciding with libel is the intentional, reckless extreme, or outrageous conduct that can result in severe emotional harm and may lead to intentional infliction of emotional distress. Plaintiff’s suing for this, neglige...