have a common interest or duty. Chambers v. Am. Trans. Air, Inc., 577 N.E.2d 612, 615 (Ind.Ct.App.1991). Application of the privilege is a question of law. Id. If the privilege'applies, it can be disregarded upon a showing by the plaintiff of “abuse,” which is demonstrated in one of three ways: (1) the communicator was primarily motivated by ill will; (2) the communication was published excessively; or (3) the communication was made without belief or grounds for belief'in its truth. Schrader v. Eli Lilly and Co., 639 N.E.2d 258, 262 (Ind.1994). [41] The Defendants argue that they have an interest in communicating with parents, the local media, and other community members about the conduct of its coaches. See Gatto v. St. Richard Sch., Inc., 774 N.E.2d 914, 925-26 (Ind.Ct.App.2002) (<HOLDING>). In other words, the Defendants maintain that
recognizing a subset of the common interest privilege as parents and schools have a corresponding interest in the free flow of information about administrators and faculty members recognizing that a parents liberty interest in the custody of a child is subject to due process protection recognizing privilege holding that when information which potentially undermines the best interest of the child as well as the interest sought to be protected by the legitimation statutes and the policy of this state it must first be tested in light of the best interest of the child standard recognizing parents fundamental liberty interest in the care custody and management of their children