not unless you want to be sued to oblivion, no.
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I suppose that's a hard libel suit to win, but it can be a big money suck in the meantime?
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money, time, responsibility, and entirely correctly your publication won't let you do the story in the first place unless you can stand it up
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Huge money - lawsuits like that dragging on can go into the $100’s of $Ks & possibly $Ms - even if eventually dropped or settled. Energy, mental health, time, stress-related medical stuff - you don’t want to get into that unless you’re buttoned down tight.
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