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Charles, a weight lifter, sues Greg for slander when Greg tells Charles that he "obviously takes illegal steroids."________

A) There was no slander because the statement was an opinion.
B) There was no slander because Charles was a public figure.
C) There was no slander because extrinsic facts are needed to understand the defamatory meaning.
D) There was no slander because the statement was not published.

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