§ 6.4.5.11 DEFAMATION AND BANKRUPTCY.

• Jurisdiction: Arizona

§ 6.4.5.11 Defamation and Bankruptcy. A defamation claim may not be dischargeable in bankruptcy if it is found to be a cause of a "willful and malicious injury."²³⁰

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^[230] 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(6); see In re Sicroff, 401 F.3d 1101 (9th Cir. 2005) (court upheld a non-dischargeability order against what was said to be a malicious defamer.