Courtney Love prevails in landmark Twitter libel case
http://twitter.com/#!/Courtney/status/426899623840452608
Rocker Courtney Love will not be held liable for a tweet in which she was alleged to have libeled her former lawyer. The Hollywood Reporter writes:
The case is believed to be the first trial in a U.S. courtroom involving allegations of defamation on Twitter. Holmes was hired by Love to handle a fraud case against those managing the estate of Kurt Cobain, but in 2009, the relationship between the colorful rock star and her ex-attorney went south, and Love composed a tweet that read in part, “I was f***ing devestated [sic] when Rhonda J. Holmes esq. of san diego was bought off.”
Holmes sued, claiming the tweet had hurt her reputation.
http://twitter.com/#!/SPINmagazine/status/426883189798211584
Love testified that she had intended to send a direct message to Holmes and quickly deleted the tweet when she realized it was public. Also, “social media experts who took the witness stand … said there was no evidence that Love’s ‘bought off’ tweet had ever been retweeted.”
Read more: http://twitchy.com/2014/01/24/courtney-love-prevails-in-landmark-twitter-libel-case/
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