Can this be considered as libel/slander?

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Can this be considered as libel/slander?

I was the lead teacher at the facility and then I chose to resign. I have proof that they accepted my resignation but on this website they are making it seem, in my opinion, as if they fired me and that I was involved with what happened, when in fact I was not. It reads,

Asked on July 10, 2016 under Employment Labor Law, Virginia

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SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 7 years ago | Contributor

Based on what you write, if you were the lead teacher in that classroom, this is not defamaton: the assertion that you were removed from the classroom is not factually untrue, since a person can be removed by accepting his/her resignation.  They have not actually stated a factual untruth, such as that you were fired for cause or terminated, and if the statement is not provably untrue, it is not actional defamation.


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