DEFAMATION OF CHARACTER

At 16 years old, Javan Williams, a high school senior was falsely accused of initiating a fight with an opposing football team. As a result, he was kicked off his football team. His opportunity to play in his senior homecoming game, participating in senior night, a chance at being selected for the All-Star Team, and being seen by college scouts for possible scholarships was snatched from him. Let's not forget about the mere glory a high school senior feels just being a part of the Varsity football team his last year of high school. 

Javan is an outstanding athlete and WHY his skills were not used to help the team improve a losing season will never be answered.


Instead of offering this high school senior encouragement and preparing him for his future, he was lied on, looked over, and eventually kicked off the football team. No action was taken to correct this wrong, so the parents have decided to make a right out of this shameful wrong.

Definition of Defamation of Character

"Any intentional false communication, either written or spoken, that harms a person's reputation; decreases the respect, regard, or confidence in which a person is held; or induces disparaging, hostile, or disagreeable opinions or feelings against a person.

Defamation may be a criminal or civil charge. It encompasses both written statements, known as libel, and spoken statements, called slander."


 Comment by parent, P. Boyd, FL

You never know what will inspire a person. My son's coach said to him " No matter how much I yell at you, you don't get mad enough to play harder." My son of course shrugs because he's not that type of kid. Well, his Nana was hospitalized and he told her he would score 6 points for her in his next game. Low and behold, my son scored eleven points and his coach asked if we fed him some pepper. No, we didn't, but sometimes LOVE is all the inspiration you need.