[nikanj]

Yes, you can sue anyone for anything. Your suit probably won't prevail, unless you have access to very expensive lawyers and your opponent doesn't.

But you can totally sue anyone for anything, and that makes for entertaining headlines - even though if plaintiff lost promptly

[olliej]

The problem of course is that the "victim" has a lawyer operating on a contingency, whereas you have to pay your legal costs, and generally cannot recuperate them.