JONATHAN TURLEY (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
We have been following the expansion of defamation cases linked to Internet sites, here, and here. We now have an interesting Twitter case involving rock star Courtney Love, who lost her bid recently to dismiss a libel action filed by designer Dawn Simorangkir. Simorangkir claims in the lawsuit that Love “has embarked [...]
Media News (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
"In a case that would have been impossible even five years ago, bad-girl rocker Courtney Love is being sued for libel by a fashion designer for allegedly slamming the woman on Twitter. The suit claims that after a disagreement over what Love should pay Dawn Simorangkir for the clothes she designed, Love posted allegedly derogatory and false comments about the designer -- among them...
Zandar Versus The Stupid (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
... slamming the woman on Twitter. The suit claims that after a disagreement over what Love should pay Dawn Simorangkir for the clothes she designed, Love posted allegedly derogatory and false comments about the designer -- among them that she had a "history of dealing cocaine" -- on her now-discontinued Twitter feed. But as technology evolves faster than the laws that govern...
Voices (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
By Manav Tanneeru, Contributor, CNN Tech In a case that would have been impossible even five years ago, bad-girl rocker Courtney Love is being sued for libel by a fashion designer for allegedly slamming the woman on Twitter. The suit claims that after a disagreement over what Love should pay Dawn Simorangkir for the clothes she designed, Love posted allegedly derogatory and false comments...
What Really happened (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
The suit claims that after a disagreement over what Love should pay Dawn Simorangkir for the clothes she designed, Love posted allegedly derogatory and false comments about the designer -- among them that she had a "history of dealing cocaine" -- on her now-discontinued Twitter feed.
BennyHollywood (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
The Los Angeles clothing designer Dawn Simorangkir brought a suit for libel when Ms. Love tweeted about the designer calling her a thief, drug dealer, and an unfit mother.
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
COURTNEY LOVE lost the first round of her battle with a fashion designer after a judge denied the rocker's bid to have the case thrown out of court.Dawn Simorangkir...
PerezHilton.com (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Courtney Love is being sued by fashion designer Dawn Simorangkir, whom Courtney found on Etsy.com, for making malicious statements about her on Twitter. A judge has already rejected Courtney's argument that the suit goes against her right to free speech and apparently Simorangkir has a pretty good chance of winning her case! Courtney commissioned Simorangkir to create [...]...
