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How NOT to get sued for writing a bad Yelp review?

Asked by furious_rose (476points) November 20th, 2019

In my second lawsuit of the month . . .

I hired an expensive lawyer to expunge a DUI from my record, and he dropped the ball. He didn’t even file the paperwork.

So, I wrote a bad review about him (we’ll call him Brian) over at Yelp. Now he is threatening to sue me for $50,000 if I don’t remove the review by the end of the month.

I’ll admit that my review needs to be modified; I got emotional and didn’t stick to the “facts.”

Yelp’s legal team wants to put a “warning” on Brian’s business page, but they need my permission to do it. It’s basically a text box that calls him out for potentially trying to silence his critics by threatening to sue them.

It looks like this, if you’re interested: https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2016-07/25/14/asset/buzzfeed-prod-fastlane03/sub-buzz-32240-1469469745-10.png?downsize=700%3A%2A&output-quality=auto&output-format=auto.

I seek your advice on what to do about my review (delete it entirely, modify it, leave it as it is and let him sue me), and whether to let Yelp post their warning.

I guess I could also try to play hardball by telling Brian that if he gets my DUI expunged LIKE HE WAS SUPPOSED TO DO IN THE FIRST PLACE, THEN will I modify and/or delete my review. But that’s a bit risky.

I promise not to sue any of you for giving me your opinions.

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