Read the following excerpt from a US court opinion:
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truth or falsity of the statement when a private plaintiff sues a non-media defendant on a private issue. We have held that the plaintiff bears the burden of proving falsity in this situation. El-Khoury v. Kheir, 241 S.W.3d 82, 85 (Tex.App.-Houston [1st Dist.] 2007, pet. denied). We have also held that the defendant bears the burden of proving the statement was substantially true in this situation. Rodriguez v. Printone Color Corp., 982 S.W.2d 69, 73 (Tex.App.-Houston [1st Dist.] 1998, pet. denied); Vice v. Kasprzak, 318 S.W.3d 1, 17 n. 9 (Tex.App.-Houston [1st Dist.] 2009, pet. denied); see also Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem.Code Ann. § 73.005 (establishing truth of statement in action for libel as a defense) (Vernon 2011); Randall’s Food Mkts., Inc. v. Johnson, 891 S.W.2d 640, 646 (Tex.1995) . We do not need to resolve this conflict,
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What is the most suitable continuation to the opinion? Your options are:
A. holding truth is affirmative defense to slander in suits between private individuals
B. holding that laches is an affirmative defense
C. holding that truth is a complete defense to defamation
D. holding that truth is a complete defense to an action for libel
E. holding that fair use is an affirmative defense
Reply with [A, B, C, D, E] only.