Ohio Code § 2317.05

§ 2317.05.

The publication of a fair and impartial report of the return of any indictment, the

issuing of any warrant, the arrest of any person accused of crime, or the filing of

any affidavit, pleading, or other document in any criminal or civil cause in any court

of competent jurisdiction, or of a fair and impartial report of the contents thereof,

is privileged, unless it is proved that the same was published maliciously, or that

the defendant has refused or neglected to publish in the same manner in which the

publication complained of appeared, a reasonable written explanation or contradiction

thereof by the plaintiff, or that the publisher has refused, upon request of the plaintiff,

to publish the subsequent determination of such suit or action.  This section and section 2317.04 of the Revised Code do not authorize the publication of blasphemous or indecent matter.