cannot be liable if the report is based upon a good faith mistake. In other words, the person making the report cannot be liable unless she acted maliciously. Under the common law of Florida, for example, a mistaken report to the police that leads to an innocent person being prosecuted rises to the tort of malicious prosecution only when it is done with malice. Pokorny, 382 So.2d at 683. A mistaken report to the police of suspicions of a crime rises to the level of defamation only if done with malice. Fridovich, 598 So.2d at 69 (adopting a qualified privilege for defamatory statements voluntarily made to police). A mistaken report to the police rises to the level of slander only if it is done with malice. Myers v. Jim Russo Prison Ministries, Inc., 3 So.3d 411, 412 (Fla. 2d DCA 2009) (<HOLDING>). A mistaken report to the police that leads to
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