§ 6.4.5.6 CONSENT

• Jurisdiction: Arizona

§ 6.4.5.6 Consent. Another issue that often arises in defamation is that of consent. If the employee consents to the making of a defamatory matter, that consent is a complete defense to an action for defamation.¹⁷⁷ A Restatement illustration¹⁷⁸ indicates that if a discharged public employee demands that the reasons for dismissal be made public, then there can be no liability, because the employee consented to the publication. However, if the plaintiff is not providing consent to the publication, but...