I once went to one of these to sign up. There was a desk there, and a guy sitting behind the desk. He introduced himself as “Sail Boat”, apparently his name, and he said he was just released from prison and he was friends with the owner. He was nice enough. He showed me around the nastiest gym, puddles of sweat (or worse) everywhere I’ve ever seen. I’m sure the gym was very profitable but Sail Boat did not get my credit card and my sign up.
Is he correct in his accusation? If he’s right it’s not defamation.