With regard Galanakis’ claim that Winters had been convicted of domestic abuse, the judge noted that specific allegation appeared to based on a 2021 protective order … which was extended on at least three subsequent occasions.

Galanakis argued that under Iowa law, a protective order was close enough to a conviction to make his statement substantially true. Judge Locher disagreed, noting that a criminal conviction is very different from a civil judgment and carries a higher burden of proof.

Teenager sued for slander for claiming that the officer who wrongly arrested him was convicted of beating his girlfriend. Really, officer winters had just been civilly judged for beating his girlfriend.

It’s always so sad to see how much slander hardworking domestic abusers face - just let them get back to policing our country!