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Glenn Beck's Lawyers Fight 'Defamatory' Domain Name

Joke site says Fox host raped, murdered a girl

Sep 11, 09 11:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Can a domain name be defamatory? When that domain name is GlennBeckRapedandMurderedaYoungGirlin1990.com, maybe it can be, Ars Technica reports. Beck’s lawyers were on the case within 2 days. They’ve both pressured its host to give up the name of the site’s anonymous proprietor, and filed a... More »

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Internet • satire • Fox • website • defamation • Glenn Beck • GlennBeckRapedandMurderedaYoungGirlin1990.com

(Newser) - A Manhattan judge has forced Google to reveal the identity of an anonymous blogger who called model Liskula Cohen a "40-something" "skank," reports Canada.com. In the precedent-setting ruling, Cohen, 37, convinced the court to unmask the writer so she could sue for defamation; when Google handed... More »

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Google • lawsuit • defamation • blogger • Jay-ZTV • Liskula Cohen

(Newser) - Why Gov. Sarah Palin has chosen to leave office well before the end of her term is anyone's guess; but watch what you say, reports the Anchorage Daily News. An attorney for the soon-to-be-ex-governor threatened yesterday to sue anyone publishing "defamatory" stories about Palin—including rumored criminal investigations into... More »

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defamation • blogger • Sarah Palin

 Realtors Sue CSI 
 Over Kinky Portrayal 

Real estate agents allege producer defamed them in episode

May 23, 09 10:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Scott and Melinda Tamkin are your average married real estate agents. Unless you watch CSI, in which they are conniving, kinky-sex-loving real estate agents. The couple is suing the producer of a February episode they say is based on a warped version of them, the Los Angeles Times reports. The... More »

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entertainment • real estate • lawsuit • defamation • CSI • Scott Tamkin • Melinda Tamkin

 How Much Is Donald Worth? 
 Here's How He Figures It 

'Mental projections' and ballpark estimates rule Trump's valuation of his empire

May 18, 09 9:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - As a defamation action brought by Donald Trump against a writer for allegedly understating the Donald’s net worth gets under way today, the question on everyone’s mind is: How much is Trump really worth? The 2005 book put the figure at $250 million, Deutsche Bank pegs it at... More »

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Donald Trump • deposition • defamation • ownership • The Donald • net worth

(Newser) - The man trying to put away Amanda Knox is getting fed up with her supporters calling him “mentally unstable,” the BBC reports. Giuliano Mignini says he’s “never visited a psychologist,” and to prove it he’s taking legal action against the West Seattle Herald,... More »

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newspaper • lawsuit • defamation • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • Giuliano Mignini • West Seattle Herald

 Ex-Manager Sues Britney 

Lutfi claims Spears family sought to 'destroy' him

Feb 3, 09 4:20 PM CST
(Newser) - A former associate is suing Britney Spears and her family for libel and defamation, TMZ reports. Sam Lutfi claims matriarch Lynne Spears’ tell-all book Through the Storm contains numerous false claims about him, part of a “campaign of lies and intimidation" to destroy his reputation and "drive him... More »

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Britney Spears • libel • lawsuit • defamation • Lynne Spears • Sam Lutfi • restraining order • manager

Lobbyist Sues NYT Over McCain Affair Allegations

Vicki Iseman seeks
$27M for defamation

Dec 30, 08 7:14 PM CST
(Newser) - Washingon lobbyist Vicki Iseman filed a $27 million defamation lawsuit today against the New York Times for running an article that she says falsely implied an affair with John McCain, the Virginia Lawyers Weekly reports. The February article said McCain aides worried in 1999 that their relationship had become romantic.... More »

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John McCain • New York Times • lawsuit • defamation • Vicki Iseman

Trainer Slaps Clemens With $10M Defamation Suit

McNamee, made famous by the Mitchell report, sticks it to ex-boss

Dec 23, 08 1:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Brian McNamee is suing his former boss for $10 million, the New York Post reports, saying Roger Clemens libeled and slandered him in the wake of the Mitchell Report on steroids in baseball. The former star pitcher is likewise suing McNamee for telling federal investigators Clemens used steroids, but McNamee... More »

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Roger Clemens • lawsuit • defamation • Mitchell steroids investigation • Brian McNamee

High Court Won't Hear Hatfill Suit

NY Times off the hook for columns on 2001 anthrax attacks

Dec 15, 08 2:52 PM CST
(Newser) - The US Supreme Court will not hear an appeal of Steven Hatfill’s defamation suit against the New York Times, Bloomberg reports. Hatfill, who was once suspected of masterminding the 2001 anthrax attacks, has long maintained that the paper's coverage—specifically, columns by Nicholas Kristof—damaged his reputation. But... More »

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New York Times • appeal • lawsuit • defamation • anthrax • US Supreme Court • Steven Hatfill • Nicholas Kristof

Dole's Foe Set
to Sue Over
'No God' Ad

Democrat Hagan, critics blast NC senator for attack on faith

Oct 31, 08 4:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kay Hagan, the North Carolina Democrat challenging Elizabeth Dole for her US Senate seat, has launched a defamation suit, and counter-ad, against the incumbent after a Dole spot questioned Hagan’s belief in God, the Charlotte Observer reports. The ad showed Hagan, a Sunday-school teacher, while another woman’s voice... More »

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Senate • North Carolina • lawsuit • defamation • Elizabeth Dole • political advertising • attack ad • Election 2008 • Kay Hagan

Coleman Sues Franken in Minn. Senate Race

GOP incumbent says comedian rival's ads are defamatory, false

Oct 30, 08 5:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Minnesota's tight Senate race has turned litigious. Incumbent Norm Coleman sued opponent Al Franken today for character defamation, the Hill reports. Coleman’s campaign says ads claiming he is the “fourth most corrupt senator in Washington” are false and violate Minnesota campaign law. “Our ads are factual and... More »

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lawsuit • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • defamation • Al Franken • political advertising • Senate race • Election 2008

 Oprah Sued for 
 $180M in Extortion Case

Louisiana man claims false charges and FBI arrest damaged his reputation

Oct 23, 08 8:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Louisiana man is suing Oprah Winfrey and the FBI for $180 million for falsely accusing him of extortion and damaging his reputation, Access Hollywood reports. Keifer Bonvillian was arrested in 2006 after recording conversations with—and accepting money from—a Harpo Productions employee. The extortion charges were dismissed after... More »

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FBI • Oprah Winfrey • extortion • lawsuit • defamation

Judge Tosses Wikipedia Defamation Suit

Judge says site
isn't responsible for user-generated content

Aug 15, 08 7:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - A judge has thrown out a defamation suit against Wikipedia, upholding the principle that a website isn't responsible for user-generated content, Ars Technica reports. In the lawsuit, a literary agent charged that her Wikipedia entry damaged her reputation because it included nasty comments from bloggers and from a website that... More »

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Internet • Wikipedia • lawsuit • defamation

Woman Sues Spitzer Call Girl in ID Theft

Dupre 'showed driver's license closeup to get on Girls Gone Wild'

Jul 18, 08 5:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - A New Jersey woman has filed a federal lawsuit against Ashley Dupre—better known as Eliot Spitzer's high-priced call girl—and Girls Gone Wild for defamation and invasion of privacy for Dupre's use of the woman's lost driver's license on the raunchy program. More »

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Girls Gone Wild • lawsuit • identity card • defamation • driver's license • political scandal • Ashley Dupre • invasion of privacy

 50 Cent Sues Ex for $20M 

Rapper fights back after she goes public with  arson accusations 

Jun 21, 08 7:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - 50 Cent has slapped the mother of his 11-year-old son with a $20 million defamation lawsuit, the New York Daily News reports. The rapper's ex has publicly accused him of being behind the blaze that forced her out of the home they once shared. 50 Cent—barred from contacting his... More »

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50 Cent • celebrity • lawsuit • Long Island • defamation • arson • rapper

 Roger's Pals Appeal: 
 Cut Your Losses! 

Friends want Rocket to drop suit, critics agree

May 2, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Friends and critics of Roger Clemens agree on one thing: He's well beyond "say it ain't so" and entering "stop the bleeding" territory. Those close to the rambling family man are urging him to drop his defamation lawsuit against Brian McNamee, and a legal expert compares him to... More »

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steroids • Roger Clemens • perjury • defamation • Brian McNamee • performance-enhancing drugs • Mindy McCready

2nd Nanny Sues Lowes for Sex Harrassment

This one points finger
at Rob Lowe's wife, calling her 'perverted'

May 2, 08 10:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Yet another nanny is suing over sexual harassment in the Rob Lowe household. Laura Boyce made her case yesterday in a teary-eyed presser in which she claimed that the actor's wife behaved in a "perverted, disgusting, and crude manner." With lawyer Gloria Allred's arm around her, Laura Boyce... More »

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sexual harassment • Los Angeles • defamation • nanny • civil lawsuits • Rob Lowe • Sheryl Berkoff • Laura Boyce

Clemens Had More Women, Source Says

'Family man' flew several in private jet; gave gifts of jewelry

Apr 30, 08 10:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - It wasn't just country singer Mindy McCready that Roger Clemens carried on with, a source tells the New York Daily News. The former Major League pitcher apparently had several lovely lady friends whom he jetted across the country in his plane and presented with expensive jewelry. One of them... More »

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Roger Clemens • perjury • adultery • defamation • Brian McNamee • performance-enhancing drugs • Mindy McCready

 Maddy 'Suspect' Sues UK Media 

Record libel suit rocks major outlets

Apr 14, 08 4:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - A former suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann is suing 12 British news organizations for libel. It's the largest number of claims ever against British media concerning a single issue, reports the Guardian. Robert Murat lived near the Portuguese vacation apartment where the McCanns were staying when the 3-year-old... More »

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Madeleine McCann • libel • Robert Murat • Gerry McCann • Kate McCann • defamation • Praia da Luz • Find Madeleine Fund • British media • British tabloids

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