False light

Restatement (Second) of Torts §652E provides:


 * One who gives publicity to a matter concerning another that places the other before the public in a false light is subject to liability to the other for invasion of his privacy, if
 * (a) the false light in which the other was placed would be highly offensive to a reasonable person, and
 * (b) the actor had knowledge of or acted in reckless disregard as to the falsity of the publicized matter and the false light in which the other would be placed.