Yeagle sued the Collegiate Times for defamation. She       argued that the phrase implied the commission of sodomy     and was therefore actionable. What…

Yeagle sued the Collegiate Times for defamation. Sheargued that the phrase implied the commission of sodomyand was therefore actionable. What is Collegiate Times’sdefense to this claim? [Yeagle v. Collegiate Times, 497 S.E.2d136 (Va. 1998)] (