Name: _______________ LES 330 Cyberlaw C. Read Spring Block II Structured External Assignment Part II. Regulating Online Speech (Total Possible Points: 30) Read the hypothetical below. Then type your answers below the questions provided. Use as much space as you need. Hypothetical: A professional baseball player brings a defamation action against his former personal trainer and against the owner of an online sports-news website based on: (i) an interview published on the website in which the trainer alleges that the baseball player used performance enhancing drugs, and (ii) statements posted by anonymous Internet users in the comments section attached with the article stating that the player used performance enhancing drugs. Assume that the trainer's allegations and the anonymous users' statements are true. Identify and explain one (1) defense that the personal trainer will likely assert in the defamation action. (10 points: 5 points for correct identification of defense, 5 points for correct explanation of application of defense). Identify and explain two (2) defenses that the website owner will likely assert in the defamation action. (20 points: 5 points for correct identification of each defense; 5 points for correct application of each defense) Hint: One defense will be the same as the trainer's defense. Defense #1: Defense #2: [End of Part II of Structured External Assignment. 1 Remainder of page intentionally left blank.] 2