A Nashville doggie day care is suing several individuals for libel, fraud and other charges related to Facebook posts.

The Dog Spot in East Nashville is seeking $2 million against Jamie Bayer and Bari Rachel Miley Hardin for allegedly posting false comments on Facebook. According to news reports, Bayer posted "...how many dogs have died at The Dog Spot?" and, "I found out two dogs died there. Since then I've heard up to four, and recently even seven." And Hardin is accused of saying, "Lots of dogs have been killed there" and "people can't talk when they've been paid off."

The Dog Spot denies the statements.

"It's not acceptable, it's not freedom of speech. you cannot yell fire in a movie theater," said Chad Baker, one of the owners of The Dog Spot. "Just because it's Facebook, doesn't mean you can go on, and say things that are not true, and what's being said about us is not true."

Hardin's attorney responded saying, "This lawsuit is just another transparent attempt to silence The Dog Spot's many deeply unhappy customers..." and "The Dog Spot is about to learn a very expensive lesson about free speech, and we look forward to seeing them in court for a short period of time and exposing this ridiculous lawsuit for the sham that it is."

A separate lawsuit filed recently against The Dog Spot claims at least one dog death at the day care. Rachael Waldrop's Chihuahua "Hall" died after an incident with a larger dog last year.

—Source: riverinteractive.com