Can defamation negate a contract?

[jpinkerton]

[I'm not sure if this is in the right category so I'm sorry if not]
I live in California. One night at my boyfriends house, we were drunk and apparently I "sleepwalked" my way into his roommates room and urinated in the room and on a handful of posessions.

I have no memory of it and I have never had this incident before. I think it's somewhat shady.

He and his roommates had signed a contract saying that any guest causing damages would be responsible for monetary compensation of those damages.

I personally feel that the estimate he gave me was way too high, especially when there is no proof from what I did and what the dog in the room has done.

According to my boyfriend, I have to pay this amount to avoid being taken to small claims court. I don't want to go to court.

However, my question is this. The two guys living in that room have been going around telling everyone, slandering and defamating my character. I have a screenshot of a somewhat libelous comment being made by one of the plantiff on my boyfriends profile.

Can that be used to help negate this supposed contract?

 

[racer72]

Can that be used to help negate this supposed contract?

The simple answer is no.

 

[jpinkerton]

Can i use a countersuit for leverage and hope to negotiate a deal outside of court?

 

[Zigner]

The contract doesn't apply to you, since you were not a party to the contract.

With that said, of course you will have to pay for the damage you caused!