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Blogger Awarded $85,000 in Lindsay Lohan Defamation Suit

by Terrence O'Brien on January 25, 2008 at 10:57 AM

Perez Hilton Damages Lindsay Lohan

The term "celebrity blogger" may sound like an oxymoron, but we swear it means nothing about Perez Hilton's popularity. Hilton was awarded almost $85,000 to pay for his legal fees stemming from a defamation suit brought against him by Lindsay Lohan hanger-on Samantha Ronson.

Hilton, who claims to have the most hated blog in Hollywood, had re-posted a report on another Web site that claimed Ronson had planted cocaine found in Lohan's car following the train-wreck starlet's run in with a tree in May.

Hilton's lawyer, Bryan J. Freedman, defended him successfully on First Amendment, freedom-of-speech, grounds, then proceeded to take Ronson to bank for Perez's exorbitant legal fees.

We're wondering what happened with the blog that originally posted the accusation of planting cocaine, but also sure (and thankful) that Ronson learned a thing or two about free speech in the process.

From AOL News/AP

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