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Courtney Love Slammed With Twitter Slander Suit

by Warren Riddle on April 1, 2009 at 07:30 PM



We may have bombed in the Switched NCAA tournament brackets, but we just nailed our first annual Twitter Celebrity Lawsuit pool. That's right, we picked the effusive Courtney Love, and she wasted no time in eliciting a slander lawsuit by posting rambling, profane tweets (updates on the microblog site Twitter).

According to Reuters, Dawn Simorangkir, a fashion designer also known as Boudoir Queen, filed a lawsuit against Ms. Love for defamation, invasion of privacy and infliction of emotional distress after Love lambasted the fashionista on Twitter. Embroiled in a breach of contract dispute stemming from Simorangkir's allegations of not being paid by Love for services rendered, Love responded by calling Simorangkir a "nasty lying hosebag thief" and accusing her of being a drug-addicted prostitute. Oh, the irony! Not yet finished, Love went on to tweet, "oi vey don't f--- with my wardrobe or you will end up in a circle of corched eaeth [sic] hunted til your dead." Please, please don't let her home-school her daughter.

There's no dearth of disturbing sound bites when it comes to Love, as she's established her notorious reputation with disturbing comments ranging from parenting tips ("I'm more like, 'You're not going to do that, so f--- off, or I'm taking your computer and your f---ing BlackBerry'") to calling out other public figures on the blogosphere. While we are tempted to beat our chests over the correct Love pick, we really can't accept too much credit since the outspoken, and barely cogent, former musician has already been sued for not paying various groups for rehab stays, legal services and contractual obligations.



And, though it may sound implausible, you can actually learn something from Ms. Love with this recent conflict. That is, watch what you say on Twitter and other social networking sites, as Internet slander and Web defamation do exist in a gray area. That, and don't ever let her borrow money. [From: Reuters]

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