Twitter Comments to Land Courtney Love in Court
Twitter Comments to Land Courtney Love in Court
Posted 01/06/2011 at 9:16am
| by Paul Lilly
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We're not surprised Courtney Love said/wrote something that earned her a lawsuit, we're just surprised this is the first time a celebrity's been sued over comments left on Twitter.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Love had been in a dispute with Dawn Simorangkir, a fashion designer seeking payment for clothes worth several thousand dollars. For whatever reason, Love decided to fire off a string of insults and personal attacks against Simorangkir on her Twitter account.
"She has received a VAST amount of money from me over 40,000 dollars and I do not make people famous and get raped TOO!," Love tweeted.
That was the least of Love's comments, according to the Hollywood Reporter, which says Love also accused the fashion designer of being a drug-pushing prostitute. The end result is the first high-profile defamation trial over Twitter comments.
"We don't believe there's any defamation, and even if there were defamatory statements, there was no damage," says James Janowitz, an attorney for Love.
The big question -- and potential precedent -- is whether or not users would legally interpret Love's Twitter posts as facts rather than opinion.
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austin43
January 06, 2011 at 12:19pm
As much as I think Courtney Love is a degenerate, she's protected under the first amendment on this one.
Scootiep
January 06, 2011 at 12:26pm
No she's not. It's called slander, look it up. There's a difference between insulting someone and alledging they did something or are something.
austin43
January 06, 2011 at 12:58pm
They have to prove that what she said was damaging to the person's career and reputation, and that will be the slippery slope.
The hardest part to prove, however, will obviously be whether or not she legitimately "meant it", which is why I believe this one will be thrown out.
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