• Accusations of illegal conduct orinvolvement with the criminal justicesystem or criminals• Charges of sexual misconduct or promiscuity• Statements that attack a person's honestyor integrity• Negative statements about grades or academicability• Statements of racial, religious or ethnicbigotry• Charges that question a person's financialstability, creditworthiness, or economic status• Statements that negatively affect a person'sability to engage in his business, trade orprofession