Legal Challenges for Athletes and Media in the Public Eye
In this one-hour presentation of Athletes vs. the Media: Defamation Cases in Sports, Mr. Chester provides an overview of defamation in the context of cases involving professional and amateur athletes and coaches. He focuses on the concept of malice and how an athlete or coach might go about proving this essential element of the tort. Mr. Chester also explores two hot issues: the statutory immunity of social media that have posted libelous statements and the ability of maligned coaches to utilize defamation as a vehicle to address the damage to their reputation.
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New Jersey trial attorney
Gary J. Chester is a New Jersey trial attorney who has been in practice since 1983. He has reported and commented on sports law issues for The New York Times, CNN, ESPN Sportsticker, WFAN, KMOX, Street & Smith’s Sports Business Journal, and others. Mr. Chester serves as an adjunct professor at Montclair State University and Caldwell University in New Jersey, where he teaches The Law of Sports, Ethics in Sports, and Travel and Hospitality Law. Mr. Chester holds a J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law and a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Wisconsin. He has been conducting national CLE programs since 2014.
