Question for DU legal minds about defamation

[mrreowwr_kittty]

If I write in a blog that an attorney has been disbarred (true story) am I obligated to explain why he was disbarred?

The former attorney in question is claiming that a blogger friend of mine engaged in "false light defamation" because she mentioned he'd been disbarred on her blog. He claims the charges against him were bogus.

I'm no attorney but I don't see how this is a tort. He was disbarred. That is a fact.

Is there any basis for his claim?

[The Magistrate]

1. Hard To See One, Ma'am: Disbarment Is a Matter Of Public Record

The disciplinary committee's view of the charges is the one that sticks. Did your friend offer this as support for some other charge against this person?

[mrreowwr_kittty]

2. Not that I know of.

The guy was a candidate for a minor local office. Our local paper reported that he was a "disbarred attorney", without offering any of his supposedly exculpatory evidence, I might add. He lost in the primary. My pal simply mentioned his disbarment in a blog post about the general election. Now he's threatening her.

[The Magistrate]

3. He Has Not Got A Leg To Stand On, Ma'am

[mrreowwr_kittty]

5. That's what we thought but wanted the opinion of one of our DU experts

Many thanks, kind sir. :hi:

[lonestarnot]

4. Doncha just love our Magistrate!

:loveya: Magistrate! :applause: