My question involves defamation in the state of: Washington State
I bought a horse and decided it was best that I sold him due to a job loss. While trying to rehome him I had a person who I do not know start to harass, slander and threaten me about it on facebook, on another site where I found the horse from and through email. I have never been in this situation before so I did not go to my authorities yet. I have since come to found out though that one of the officers has mentioned my name and has been saying things to another party who informed me about it today. I don't know this person nor do I know how this officer knows me as I have never been in trouble with the law.
Because of the overwhelming stress and bulling from this person and a few others I ended up surrendering my horse to a local rescue group. This has really effected me mentally and ultimately has damaged my reputation.
I have never had this happen before so I'm at a loss of what to do. Is there anything I can do? Can anything be done about the officer? This has all happened recently.

