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Question

John, an at-will employee, works as a custodian at a private high school. After work one day, John visits an exotic dance club. At the dance club, John's photograph is taken where he is sitting next to the star of a primetime television show. In the photograph, both John and the celebrity appear intoxicated at the dance club with a female dancer. The photographer sells the photograph to a celebrity tabloid website, and the photo is posted on the Internet. The principal of the high school where John works see the photograph of John on the celebrity tabloid website and then fires John for violating the school's personal conduct policy. John finds another custodian job two months later. What tort actions, if any, could John potentially file? Who are the potential defendants? What would be John's damages in a civil tort action?