Legal Opinion
Gail Bierman and Beth Weier v. Scott Weier and Author Solutions, Inc.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided January 18, 2013No. 10–1503PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANSFIELD, Justice.
This defamation case concerns Mind, Body and Soul, a book written by Scott Weier. In the author’s words, the book is “based on my life.” It discusses Scott’s *440personal transformation, largely through his relationship with God, following his divorce “on bad terms” from his first wife. Scott’s ex-wife and her father concluded the book falsely accused them of lying, abuse, and suffering from mental illness. They sued Scott and Author Solutions, Inc. (ASI), the company that produced the book, for libel, invasion of privacy, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The…
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