No. What good reason does anyone have to forgive someone who purposely spread malicious lies about them? I feel like only weak ppl always feel the need to forgive, cuz they're too weak to live without whoever fucked them over.
let me add another hypothetical.... this happens a lot. could u forgive a family member messing up ur credit with debt or not paying u back a huge sum of money they owe u?
depends what was said if its something petty... on second thought nah.. all you have is your name in this world.. once thats tarnished its hard to get that shine back.
And yall in here lying who claim you wouldn't care. I don't buy that if your homie/fam spread sum foul shit like you a rapist/pedophile, robbed someone, you got HIV, or something along those lines and you wouldn't care. FOH, ducktales.
If you forgive someone who deliberately set about trying to tear you down, the only thing you're doing is giving them license to do it again the next time they get a wild hair up their ass regarding something about you.
It might be divine to forgive, but I don't have any aspirations to godhood, so fuck 'em.
Most of my family wouldn't do some dumb shit like that and the one who possibly would, I love from a distance. Like @jono said I keep my circle small and keep most of business to myself.