HELP! former boss plans to sue me for libel.?

Question by sjb12681: HELP! former boss plans to sue me for libel.?
Just got an email from my former boss (owner of a small local restaurant) saying he plans to sue me for libel. Here are the circumstances:

I was approached by the owner in private and asked if I could procure him some marijuana while his wife was out of town. I told him no, I dont do drugs, and dont know anyone who could get him some, then told him to go ask someone else. Several weeks later, I quit on an unrelated note.

Several weeks later, another team member who was a friend also quit, and the owner took to twitter to berate him about his professional abilities. I responded on the tweet telling him to leave others alone. In the tweet I also mentioned the fact that maybe he shouldn’t be asking his staff to get him drugs. This is what he is apparently planning to sue me over.

SO….

2 questions:

1. Does he have a case? The statement actually happened (he DID approach me for drugs) and with the business being so small, is it even libelous to his business?

2. In a response to my tweet, he wrote this :

” Id also like to nominate ************ (my screen name) because he and I, despite our differences, have a deep love for one another. Plus he gets me Meth.”

Isnt this just as libelous? He is accusing me of being a Meth Dealer. Perhaps he meant it as tongue in cheek, but I am under the impression that sarcasm and jest cannot be legally construed in written word.

Any help is greatly appreciated. I am just a college kid who serves tables and who has little money to spend on a lawyer, any advice would be amazing.
my real question is the 2nd one. Isnt he either admitting the claim in his response, by stating “he gets me Meth” thus negating the libel (as it would be an admission of truth) or, on the flipside, just as libel in stating that I “get him meth” and attempting to defame my character by portraying me as his dealer?

I know that it can be construed different ways, but I just want to make sure I have legal recourse if, in my opinion, his statement is just as slanderous as mine was (or wasnt) no more no less.

The biggest difference is that outside of him, I have 29 followers on twitter, mostly news feed that are automated (hence, no person reading the tweets I post) there may be 6 live people who may have seen my post, as I rarely post at all.

HE has over 1300 followers and posts nonstop. so IMO, I now have 1300+ people who may think I am a drug dealer due to his post (which is false, non withstanding) while I posted to maybe 1/2 a dozen people that he asked a server (me) for weed.

How

Best answer:

Answer by D J
He can sue but he has to prove that what you said cause him harm. It’s an uphill battle on his side. So the lesson you should take away from this is be careful what you say on the web. Stop engaging in conversation with him. An never list him as a former employer, didn’t think of that did you?
Never say anything bad about a place you use to work. They are part of your work history & can effect you future.

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