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Could posting a negative review get you sued?

Consumers who have had a bad experience with a business may take their frustrations out by writing and posting a harsh review online.A Raleigh couple's post brought the threat of legal action.

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Monica Laliberte
, WRAL executive producer/consumer reporter
RALEIGH, N.C. — Consumers who have had a bad experience with a business may take their frustrations out by writing and posting a harsh review online.

It may make you feel better until that business threatens to sue you!

It just happened to a Raleigh couple.

5 On Your Side's Monica Laliberte has the firsthand stories of a Raleigh couple's experience and what an attorney says we need to know about the law.

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