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Ah I see!!I'm afraid a solicitor or barrister would be the only person qualified to speak on the merits of a claim - but from my layperson's understanding, I'd imagine that Chidera's repeated statements that FG deliberately copied and profited off of her work would be fairly easy to disprove using legal standards of intellectual property violation. If Chidera's claims can be disproved to such a standard then FG/ possibly DB could seek financial damages and/ or an injunction preventing Chidera from continuing to make such claims, as a remedy for the emotional, health-related, reputational and/ or financial (delete as appropriate lol) damage caused by CE's statements.
Defamation is not my area of expertise by a long shot, but my understanding is that libel simply means defamation in written form, as opposed to slander which is verbal defamation.
Ultimately if such a claim arose it would be down to the court to decide whether CE's statements held any truth or whether they were defamatory in nature. But for anyone interested in the specifics of how the law quantifies libel, and the possible defences, this is an interesting read:
Defamation: libel and slander - Court Stage - Enforcement Guide (England & Wales)
This Guide sets out the law and legal practice relevant to the criminal enforcement of health and safety duties.www.hse.gov.uk
I agree with littlenoodle, though - I don't think Florence would sue, although I do think DB might possibly choose to.
Thanks for explaining x
Ajabarber's recent stories (attached) say it perfectly imo. If you don't like an agency's ethics or decisions, don't sign with them in the first place just so you can personally profit from their expertise and then have the cheek to complain about it later.
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soph30
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It’s very performative
Centre a queer character fine, but this just reads like a kid trying to shock. Which is what Florence is I guess 
urghmummybloggers
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From her school days bully stories or other things?
That’sOk
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In her deference that’s not her experience so her speaking on that would be unauthentic. Then again you would expect someone who was a published author to be aware of the other intersections of feminism.I always come back to the same point. Florence NEVER shares the answers of straight white cis women in their 30s, married with Children. Feminism is for everyone.
Also, the dancing and singing whilst making coffee today on her stories
I feel after the slumflower incident she is trying to be less ‘out there’.
iknowevery1
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No she did that during the drama so now you can only comment if you follow her
buffyjayne
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Don't know why but it irks me so much that she limits comments on her Instagram.
Lanavalentine
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I don’t think anyone stated otherwise?
Theplantmum
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Has Florence deactivated her insta account? I can't see her. Maybe she's blocked me? 
Zippity_zap
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Where is she doing the mockney accent? Can't see it anywhereShe may have picked it up naturally as she lives in east London now and hangs around Londoners? Or perhaps just thinks it’s cool haha
I suspect she might have been told to be less posh. You’re right about it being offensive and laboured though, she even drops a ‘T’ which I’d do with my friends in conversation but not on a pre-recorded script for an important podcast
urghmummybloggers
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So far, all I’ve seen is that there’s half the story being told, Stephanie Yeboah hasn’t waded in and shared a message about forcing people to speak up on matters that they don’t need to (loudgrossbossy)
I think diving bell are going to either drop it or come back with some receipts.
GossipLady
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I understand she had a difficult time with L'Oréal, but how hypocritical of her to still be signed to an agency who have clearly acted so morally wrong?
She is the first to tell us to act. But because she had a difficult experience, she doesn't have to anymore? I'm sorry I'm not buying it.
Megan has been off a lot yes. Not really an excuse though is it.
i heard she droppedFor the sake of accuracy, Chidera hasn't actually been "dropped" by her management. She dropped THEM back in October, giving them 3 months' notice to dissolve their contract with each other, as per its terms. After Chidera blasted Florence on her story the management company emailed her to ask whether she agrees to bringing the termination forward by one month (it was due to end in January). Unless she's told them she agrees then she's technically still represented by them - if they wanted to drop her any sooner they'd have to argue that she breached the contract and she could challenge that in court if she wanted to. I think the management's email to Chidera is understandable since she publicly dragged one of their top-selling authors on social media with no warning or attempt at resolving things behind the scenes.
Personally I think both books are dissimilar enough that Chidera doesn't have much of a foot to stand on - which is probably why she's taken this fight to the court of public opinion rather than, y'know, actual court - i.e. suing Florence over intellectual property.
I'm indifferent to both of the authors. They both regurgitate other people's ideas into insta-friendly, non-challenging, prepackaged feminism that basically tells young women things they've been longing to hear. I thought it was kinda widely accepted that they're both hacks having fairly harmless fun on the internet, but people are acting like they're both leading academics caught plagiarizing lmao.
Basically this whole drama is trite and pointless but that won't stop me grabbing my popcorn
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in oct with the agreement they continue to manage until
jan and now with all this they’ve terminated with immediate effect
hazelnot
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I still follow her
She's all about tapping now.Zippity_zap
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The interview with Erica Storm? I think she sounds a posh as she usually does?Her grid on Instagram, first post