Author Amy Griffin sues woman who alleged she stole her stories of sexual abuse in memoir 'The Tell'

LOS ANGELES — Author Amy Griffin sued a former classmate for defamation on Monday, saying the woman's statements in a New York Times story and a subsequent lawsuit alleging Griffin appropriated her stories of sexual abuse for her bestselling 2025 memoir “The Tell” are false in “every element.”

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