[john70t]

I've been dealing with an ongoing soap opera for the last half-decade.
After all the drama that transpired, I thought it might make an entertaining book. There are ups and downs, switching alliances and backstabing, mexican standoffs, etc. and
Above all, a heaping spoonful of just sheer stupidity. It would hopefully make the reader want to keep repeating "why the fk didn't they____?"


My question is how to write it and not fall under defamation/libel/slander laws?

I know there is changing names, anonymous authorship, saying "he was acting like a sociopath" instead of "he was a sociopath", etc..but how else is this done?
The main anti-protaganist character is a member of a "culturely-protected class" and could have access to powerful resources.