how to people publish with out getting sued...

some people confront their abusers before going public. this way everything is out in the open before any thing is put in print.

some people wait until their abusers have died before going public

some people just take the risk to go public because they are at a point in healing that they dont care whether the abuser is going to seek justice either through intimidation, harm or through the court system.

also not every one gets sued. here in america whether to sue someone or not, prosecute and abuser or not is a personal choice. some abusers choose to let it go, let it slide under the carpet, let the "problem" solve itself. Some abusers choose not to sue or prosecute their victims for slander and libel because they know theres a possibility of their going to prison if the courts side with their victims.

my point is there is no way to know for sure whether someones abuser is going to figure out their victim is telling on them. some do some dont. usually the ones that do are the ones that are persistent and know they did something wrong so they have a need to shut up\silence their victims. thats why I always tell someone unless you have proof that will stand up in court dont put anything in print even if you dont use names and dates. even something so simple as describing the abuse can lead to an abuser discovering their victim is telling, one person i know thought she was completely safe because she did not tell the abusers name and places and dates but in the end what did it was the abuser recognized the description of the abuse act. abusers have patterns and this abuser recognized their pattern. I know someone else that was found out because their statements of abuse contained what the victim looked like, wore and how they reacted before, during and after.

Im not telling you this to scare you, my point of telling you this is that should you decide to continue writing about your father and the abuse you will need to edit not only names and dates, you will need to change /edit more than just his name and dates and such. you will need to also make a plan for ....in the event that... he discovers its you. obviously something in you is telling you its a very real possibility of him discovering its you and you are writing about what he did to you. other wise you would not have even thought to ask the question of whether he can sue you or not.

if someone is questioning whether someone can sue them for false abuse statements...... here in my location..... that points to two things...

1. theres a possibility that the articles may contain false statements
2. something or someone, possibly the abuser has told the victim that they know what they are doing and they better stop before they get sued.

here in my location....usually getting sued doesnt enter someone's mind out of the blue if neither of those two things are happening.

since you have a fear of being sued (which is evidenced by your first post in this thread) that tells me its time to think about making a plan just in case it does happen. that way you are fully prepared and it wont be like a time bomb waiting to explode. you will have your plan and you can continue to write what you want knowing full well you will be safe and ok if he finds out what you are doing.