The Chess Thread
I think Hans is definitely a public figure for defamation purposes. A good analogy is professional athletes. If you're putting yourself on the public stage of the world chess championship circuit, you are a public figure for purposes related to that activity. That means that Hans has to prove that Magnus's statements were false, that he knew they were false, and he made them with actual malice to harm Hans.
No way. It's a junk suit. He's lucky Missouri doesn't have an Anti-SLAPP law that would apply here.