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This review of The Desperate Hours play in Life Magazine led to a false light claim by James Hill. False light invasion of privacy is a cause of action for portraying an individual unflatteringly or as something they are not. The Life review compared the play to real events in which the Hill family was taken hostage. Hill had said his family had been treated courteously and were not harmed in any way, and he believed Life had portrayed the events falsely for financial gain. The Supreme Court found in Time, Inc. v. Hill that Hill had to show actual malice to prevail in the false light claim.

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False Light: What is False Light?

April 12, 2022 The Truth News

False Light: What is False Light? False light invasion of privacy is a cause of action for portraying an individual unflatteringly in words or pictures as someone or something that…

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