Question

A salesman in a highly visible and competitive field went to the police station to post bond for his son, who had been arrested for possession of a small quantity of narcotics. A photographer for the local newspaper who was at the police station took a picture of the salesman flanked by two bulky police officers. The photo, which looked like the pictures of alleged criminals being taken into custody, ran on a quarter of the front page because it was a slow news day. The photo was accompanied by a very small caption giving the salesman's name and stating that his son had been arrested for possession of narcotics. The salesman's boss was hypersensitive about the reputation of his company and fired the salesman after he saw the picture in the newspaper. If the salesman brings an invasion of privacy action against the newspaper, what is the most likely basis

Answer 1

False light publicity

Step-by-step explanation:

The salesman's bias for the invasion of the privacy action will be that the newspaper publishing facts about the salesman which placed him in the false light.

The picture of the salesman in the newspaper flanked by the two policemen suggests that the salesman had committed any sorts of crime it looked like the newspaper often prints alleged criminals that are being arrested for crimes. This "false light" would be highly offensive to any reasonable person under the circumstances.