Defamation suit party

• One with a reputation to defend
• Defendant in a defamation suit
• Object of a scurrilous attack, maybe
• One who's disparaged
• Defendant in a defamation case
• Defamation suit defendant
• Defendant, in admiralty law
• Defendant in a law case

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. party against which a libel (hostile handbill) has been filed by a libelant n. party against which a libel (hostile handbill) has been filed by a libelant