Mom of young 'Modern Family' star sues for defamation
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The mother of "Modern Family" star Ariel Winter is suing an associate of her other daughter, saying he called her abusive in the comments of a story about a custody battle for the teenage actress.
Chrisoula Workman filed the defamation and false light lawsuit Monday in Los Angeles. She has been accused of being emotionally abusive to Winter and temporarily lost custody of her daughter in October.
Winter is currently living with her adult sister Shanelle Gray.
The lawsuit names actor Matthew Borlenghi, a teacher at one of Gray's acting studios, as the defendant. It accuses him of falsely calling Workman an "abusive monster" in an online comment posted with a Los Angeles Times story last month.
Borlenghi says he hasn't yet seen the case but has seen comments from Workman that he says are fabricated.
Chrisoula Workman filed the defamation and false light lawsuit Monday in Los Angeles. She has been accused of being emotionally abusive to Winter and temporarily lost custody of her daughter in October.
Winter is currently living with her adult sister Shanelle Gray.
The lawsuit names actor Matthew Borlenghi, a teacher at one of Gray's acting studios, as the defendant. It accuses him of falsely calling Workman an "abusive monster" in an online comment posted with a Los Angeles Times story last month.
Borlenghi says he hasn't yet seen the case but has seen comments from Workman that he says are fabricated.
Considering how many different ways you can emotionally abuse a person, I don't think she has a case.Â
Saying that someone is an "abusive monster" is clearly a statement of opinion, not fact. I would question whether there's a case for defamation here. Freedom of speech trumps people's hurt feelings.
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Can she just go live with her pretend t.v. family? Â Seems better.
That mom is so psycho...
Two of her own daughters said she is abusive. Â Is she going to sue them too? Â The best thing she could do is shut up and let the story fade quietly, but no...........