What, if any, defenses are available to a person who has been accused of defamation?

A) Truth and privilege.
B) Privilege but not truth.
C) Truth but not privilege.
D) Purposeful and negligence.
E) There are no defenses to defamation.

Truth

The quality or state of being in accordance with fact or reality.

Privilege

A special right, advantage, or immunity granted to a particular person or group of people.

Defamation

The act of communicating false statements about a person that injure their reputation.