James Woods Sues Twitter User For Libel

James Woods, libeled on Twitter

[From article]
James Woods has defied skeptics and gotten past an initial First Amendment hurdle in his provocative defamation lawsuit against an anonymous Twitter user who suggested he was a "cocaine addict."
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mel Recana has reviewedWoods' complaint against a "John Doe," as well as the defendant's motion to strike, and has decided to let the case proceed. As a result, despite Twitter's own resistance to discovery demands in this case, Woods will likely be given the green light to unmask the user known as "Abe List," whose social media profile identified him as a Harvard-educated partner at an L.A.-based private equity firm.

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/02/james_woods_gets_judges_ok_to_pursue_10_million_libel_suit_against_twitter_troll.html

February 14, 2016
James Woods gets judge’s OK to pursue $10 million libel suit against Twitter troll
By Thomas Lifson

University of Virginia Fraternity Files Defamation Lawsuit Against Rolling Stone Magazine

[From article]
The fraternity at the center of a now-discredited Rolling Stone rape article says the story was defamatory and reckless and they are pursuing legal action against the magazine.
Phi Kappa Psi said Monday in a statement that the article was viewed by millions, led to members being ostracized and there was vandalism of the fraternity house.
The fraternity's statement came as the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism released a report, saying the magazine's shortcomings "encompassed reporting, editing, editorial supervision and fact-checking."

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_FRATERNITY_ROLLING_STONE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2015-04-06-13-01-06

Apr 6, 1:01 PM EDT
FRATERNITY PURSUING LEGAL ACTION AGAINST ROLLING STONE
BY LARRY O'DELL
ASSOCIATED PRESS

Cosby Accuser Files Lawsuit Against Cosby For Defamation

Tamara Green, inset, filed a defamation lawsuit in federal court in Springfield, MA against Bill Cosby, left, saying he branded her as a liar.


[From article]
Tamara Green filed the suit yesterday in Springfield federal court, accusing Cosby and his handlers
of publicly calling her a liar after she first went public with her allegations in a 2005 “Today” show appearance.
Green was an aspiring model and singer helping Cosby raise money from investors to open a new club in the early 1970s when the comedian offered her red and gray pills that he said were over-the-counter cold medicine, court records show. After the pills left her weak and dizzy, Cosby drove her to her apartment, where he sexually assaulted her, Green’s suit alleges.
Joseph Cammarata, a Washington, D.C.-based attorney who once represented Paula Jones’ sexual harassment case against Clinton, said the suit “provides Ms. Green with an opportunity to restore her good name and reputation and attempt to prove that what she said happened, did in fact happen.”
[. . .]
Victims advocate Wendy Murphy said Green’s suit “provides a forum about what this man has done over the years.”
“Bill Cosby has gotten away with saying nothing so far,” Murphy said. “Now with this lawsuit, he has no choice but to submit to discovery. He has to give a deposition, so win or lose, just forcing him to answer questions will be a tremendous victory.”
Murphy said other alleged victims could also testify at the trial.
“What will be interesting is if he starts throwing money at her because that’s been his pattern in the past,” said Murphy. “I hope she doesn’t take it and it goes to trial.”

http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2014/12/bill_cosby_hit_with_defamation_charges

Bill Cosby hit with defamation charges
Thursday, December 11, 2014
By: Erin Smith, Donna Goodison
Boston Herald

Judge Rules Defamation Suit Against Glenn Beck May Continue

[From article]
A federal judge has rejected a bid by conservative commentator Glenn Beck to toss out a libel lawsuit filed by a Saudi student Beck repeatedly accused of funding the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.
In a ruling Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge Patti Saris said the suit brought by Abdulrahman Alharbi could go forward notwithstanding claims by Beck, his website The Blaze.com, and firms connected to his radio show that the Saudi's role in events near the finish line of the marathon made him a public figure. If deemed a public figure, Alharbi would have found it difficult or impossible to proceed with the suit since he would need proof of actual malice: namely, that Beck intentionally lied or recklessly disregarded the truth.
[. . .]
"Choosing to attend a sporting event as one of thousands of spectators is not the kind of conduct that a reasonable person would expect to result in publicity. Quite to the contrary, a spectator at an event like the Boston Marathon would reasonably expect to disappear into the throngs of others, never attracting notice by the press. Because he did not 'assume the risk of publicity,' Alharbi does not meet the definition of an involuntary public figure," the judge wrote.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2014/12/glenn-beck-loses-bid-to-dismiss-saudis-libel-suit-199438.html

Glenn Beck loses bid to dismiss Saudi's libel suit
By JOSH GERSTEIN | 12/2/14 1:24 PM EST

Student Sues University For False Accusation of Rape

[From article]
Explained Sevcenko: “FIRE has been arguing that university judiciaries are ill-equipped to handle such serious allegations for years, starting with the case of Caleb Warner. Warner was expelled from the University of North Dakota for sexual assault, a decision the school refused to reconsider after the police issued a warrant for his accuser’s arrest for filing a false police report.”
She said any college administrator “will tell you, school disciplinary hearings are not designed to be the strict equivalent of a criminal trial.”
“But branding someone a rapist without the benefit of meaningful due process protections betrays the fundamental principles of justice. And because courts are often very deferential to internal school disciplinary procedures, when a sitting judge nevertheless publicly casts doubts on those internal procedures, it would be foolish to ignore the possibility that serious reform may be needed.”
WND reported last month that there was a high level of concern because of the Obama administration’s efforts to have such campus cases decided on a “preponderance” of evidence.
Several college cases of abuses of false claims of rape on campus.

http://www.wnd.com/2014/03/college-facing-trial-for-branding-innocent-student-rapist/

COLLEGE FACING TRIAL FOR BRANDING INNOCENT STUDENT 'RAPIST'
Federal judge refuses university request to dismiss claims
Published: 03/14/2014 at 8:39 PM
Bob Unruh

Defamation Suit For Claim Climate Change Data Is Fraudulent

[From article]
The case stems from Mr. Steyn’s written reference to Michael Mann’s climate change data as fraudulent, according to news website Raw Story.
Of especial ire to Mr. Mann was that Mr. Steyn quoted Competitive Enterprise Institution analyst Rand Simberg, who compared Mr. Mann to convicted Penn State child molester Jerry Sandusky.
Mr. Simberg called Mr. Mann “the Jerry Sandusky of climate science, except that instead of molesting children, he has molested and tortured data.”
[. . .]
Mr. Steyn is representing himself after firing the magazine’s legal team over a dispute related to how the judge was handling the case.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jan/31/climate-scientist-case-against-national-review-go-/

Defamation suit against Mark Steyn, National Review a go, judge says
Friday, January 31, 2014
By Cheryl K. Chumley
The Washington Times

Tawana Brawley Ordered To Pay Judgment; Fund Raiser in Paterson, NJ

Posted January 31, 2013 4:12 AM ET; Last Updated August 4, 2013 6:35 PM ET

Related Story


BIG BASH: Tawana Brawley attends an event in her honor last night in Paterson, NJ, where she was given donations to pay off debts stemming from her ’87 rape hoax.
Photo NY Post: G.N. MIller

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/pay_up_time_for_brawley_8q8M98zvpApS46BonCokvI


Pay-up time for Brawley: '87 rape-hoaxer finally shells out for slander
Just $431,000 to go
By MICHAEL GARTLAND
New York Post
Last Updated: 2:57 AM, August 4, 2013
Posted: 12:05 AM, August 4, 2013


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http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/it_tawana_fe_z178pEfXuhZ2VlacVTvaQO

Hoaxer Tawana Brawley celebrated in New Jersey fund-raiser
By REBECCA ROSENBERG and PEDRO OLIVEIRA JR.
New York Post
Last Updated: 5:37 AM, May 13, 2013
Posted: 2:53 AM, May 13, 2013


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http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/time_to_pay_up_tawana_VNfKyp8kwALfSZZE4DdAQI

Time to pay up, Tawana
Rape-hoax $lap
New York Post
By CHUCK BENNETT
Last Updated: 3:51 AM, January 31, 2013
Posted: 1:41 AM, January 31, 2013

French Man Convicted of Defamation, Claimed Middle East Footage Was Faked

Israel claims iconic image may have been staged

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2349038/French-media-analyst-convicted-defamation-accusing-state-TV-station-faking-footage-Palestinian-boys-death.html


French media analyst convicted of defamation after accusing state TV station of faking footage of Palestinian boy's death
Phillip Karsenty claimed the footage, shown on French TV, was faked
It shows boy cowering in a gunfight between Israeli and Palestinian militants
The footage, which also showed his body, galvanised anti-Israeli sentiment
Now Mr Karsenty has been convicted of defaming the French channel
By SAM WEBB
Daily Mail (UK)
PUBLISHED: 13:26 EST, 26 June 2013 | UPDATED: 13:46 EST, 26 June 2013

Columbia Student Sues Soros' Lover For False Rape Claim

Legal battle: Adriana Ferreyr, who is suing billionaire George Soros, is herself being sued for falsely accusing a man of rape

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2295192/Ex-girlfriend-suing-billionaire-George-Soros-sued-5million-falsely-accusing-student-rape.html

George Soros' former Brazilian lover, 31, 'cried rape' against Columbia student after naked fight in elevator
Adriana Ferreyr is suing billionaire Soros for not buying her $1.9m home
Ferreyr herself to be named in $5m lawsuit for falsely accusing man of rape
Student claims pair had consensual sex after which Ferreyr called cops
Actress allegedly 'drew blood' when she tried to stop him from leaving
By SARA MALM
Daily Mail (UK)
UPDATED: 09:38 EST, 18 March 2013

Hate Speech of The Day, November 29, 2012

In a letter published by the Cambridge (Massachusetts) Chronicle (link below), a non academic weakly, a former Executive Assistant of the Mayor  of Cambridge wrote calling me "a gutless wonder." The Mayor he worked (works?) for is the latest in a long line of family members who served as Mayor of Cambridge. The City Council Chambers are named for the family. The courthouse is named for another member of the family. The Mayor he served is now the Clerk Magistrate of the Superior Court of the district. Currently seven crime families take turns harassing me, keeping me under 24/7 surveillance, threatening me, provoking me, humiliating me, ridiculing me and broadcasting non stop character assassination. The California syndicate leads the harassment for 40 years in three states. They are joined by groups now from Worcester, MA; Somerville, MA; St. Louis, MO, and some other local psychopaths who like to harass vulnerable citizens. They are a depraved group. But keep in mind that this criminal abuse is conducted on and near Harvard University property, and in Cambridge, MA, with the knowledge of Harvard officials, city, state and US law enforcement and elected officials in Massachusetts. So it is not just the psychopaths who do the actual harassment who are depraved. The upstanding academics, police and politicians who stand by and allow it to continue are at least as depraved and doubly hypocritical. But that is the situation in Massachusetts in 2012. This is after the FBI used me to fight organized crime and did not pay me one cent for 15 years in New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts. What the FBI did do is steal my personal journals and sell copies to crime families and local police who used them  for humiliation and for ridicule. The women I dated and mentioned were culled from the journals and are married to crime family associates and to FBI informants. Isn't that special of the FBI? Since 1988 the FBI in Boston played the role of passive bystander. One agent said to me, "What have you done for us lately?" Another said of me, "He'll come around." But mostly they laughed at me, while stirring up racial animosity for 30 years in  three states.  Today seven crime families take turns trying to have me arrested or put into a hospital every day. They currently use black racists who hate white men. The enablers include but are not limited to the FBI as well as local police, the state police, the District Attorney, the Attorney General, and those darling Harvard University campus cops, who love to insult me and to humiliate me. When black people are offended, they hurl racism accusations. This man charges "gutless wonder" at those he dislikes. When I was a teen, calling a male colleague a girl was the worst accusation. Today that is hate speech. For this politician, it is calling someone gutless. He thinks I am a public figure. That is defamation, specifically, it is libel. While politicians in Cambridge bully vulnerable elder citizens, the City and state appropriate taxpayer funds to stop students bullying other students. They set an example for the students using their official positions to bully civilians. Isn't that special?

The newest editor of the paper which published the libel, is unable to distinguish between First Amendment protected speech criticizing the government, and defamation of a private citizen. The former editor now Managing Editor was one of the worst censors in the 40 years I've read that paper. He arbitrarily deleted any comments which conflicted with his love of Harvard and the local government. It is and was truly amazing how low the level of integrity of journalism has fallen in this city and in this state. 

Gutless Wonder Author
http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/news/x1107416020/LETTER-Bercaw-hurls-generalities-without-specificity#axzz2DlOFZKGA

My Letter Lamenting Moral Collapse of Population
http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/news/x1107416018/LETTER-Cambridge-voters-do-not-want-honest-government#axzz2DlOFZKGA

Two Men Sue Cruise Line For False Imprisonment, After False Rape Claim

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/illegal_seas_ure_MJ4EyFnMC8ghka1dlK1RTL

‘Illegal’ seas-ure: Cruise pals sue over week in ‘brig’
By REUVEN FENTON and BRUCE GOLDING
New York Post
Last Updated: 3:22 AM, May 16, 2012 Posted: 1:54 AM, May 16, 2012

Bloomberg Slanders Law Abiding Woman Tourist

[From article]
"Meredith Graves, the Tennessee nurse who, upon visiting the 9/11 memorial in New York and seeing the signs forbidding firearms, asked the staff if she could check her pistol (lawful and licensed in her home state). She was handcuffed, arrested, and now faces three and a half years in jail for firearms possession – for the crime of being unaware that the Second Amendment does not apply in New York City.
Asked about the case, New York’s thuggish mayor decided to add insult to injury:
Let’s assume that she didn’t get arrested for carrying a gun. She probably would have gotten arrested for the cocaine that was in her pocket.
There was no cocaine."

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner

Bloomberg’s Law
By Mark Steyn
January 13, 2012 9:15 P.M

Only The Rich Get Restored Honor?

On behalf of DSK formally charged, Bernard-Henri Levy demands restoration of DSK's honor. What about a man I know who was never charged, but slandered for 40 years? FBI agents, and police who believed them destroyed his reputation and career. For 40 years police not only slandered him, but they harassed him daily punishing him for the allegations. No money no justice? What laws allow the FBI to destroy the lives of law abiding civilians? Where is the accountability of criminal FBI agents?

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/07/02/bernard-henri-l-vy-lessons-of-the-dominique-strauss-kahn-affair.html

End of the DSK Affair
The Dominique Strauss-Kahn affair isn’t over. And won’t be until his honor is restored. Bernard-Henri Lévy on the lessons of the case.
July 2, 2011 12:39 PM EDT

Defense Lawyer Sues City for Slander

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/imette_slay_lawyer_sues_PozIWnIsG2nEutEuUqDW4I

Imette-slay lawyer sues
By KATHIANNE BONIELLO
New York Post
Last Updated: 7:29 AM, June 13, 2011
Posted: 12:19 AM, June 12, 2011

Son Defends Father Against Defamation

Norman Gold is extremely fortunate to have a son who tried to restore his father's reputation. Others are not so lucky. Criminal US officials led a campaign of character assassination employing nine organized crime families against one man who did the government a favor. The campaign proved Mark Twain's observation that "The lie gets halfway around the world before the truth gets its boots on." Is this another example that the US Government is run by organized crime?

[From article]
"The younger Golb said all he did was set the record straight.

"He's been smeared on the Internet. He's been blackballed," said Golb, testifying in his own defense. "He was viciously attacked over the Internet, [in] books, journals by scholars, including [NYU's] Dr. [Lawrence] Schiffman."

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/dead_sea_rious_son_w3KlQWCwOoDczmgcCrsJBJ

Dead Sea-rious son
Defending Scroll dad vs. rivals
By DAVID K. L I and DAREH GREGORIAN
New York Post
Last Updated: 10:48 AM, September 28, 2010
Posted: 1:20 AM, September 28, 2010

Iran Media Calls French President's Wife Prostitute

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100830/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_bruni

Iran state media call French first lady prostitute
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI,
Associated Press Writer
August 30, 2010

Columbia Grad Sues Over YouTube Insult

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/columbia_business_school_grad_wants_qMJ16uniGRV6fruCukqnON

Columbia grad wants to know who called her a 'whore' on YouTube
By DAREH GREGORIAN
New York Post
Last Updated: 7:59 PM, August 17, 2010
Posted: 7:39 PM, August 17, 2010

Model Photo Release Upheld

[From article]
"Krupnik was paid $1500 for the shoot and signed a release "that not only permits the use of her image for any and all purposes . . . but expressly waives any claims for misappropriation of the right of privacy or publicity and defamation."

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/retreat_film_suit_is_tossed_lNkK0YkCIiCxZDxkdjD6eL

Ex-model's 'Couples Retreat' lawsuit is tossed

Bikini girl's $10M claim rubs judge wrong way

By DAREH GREGORIAN

Last Updated: 6:59 AM, July 10, 2010

Posted: 3:26 AM, July 10, 2010

Michael Savage and Me


"Free speech is not limited to the right to express one’s viewpoints. It includes the right not to be punished for expressing ideas contrary to those of the government. That means the right not to be libeled or slandered, not to have the government knowingly make false statements about you, or falsely attribute statements to you. It also means the right not to have the government ban you from the country as an alternative means of censorship."

http://frontpagemag.com/2010/01/11/license-to-libel-by-deborah-weiss/

License to Libel
by Deborah Weiss
Jan 11th, 2010
FrontPageMag

Political Tactics of Isolation, Defamation, Propaganda


"When somebody really considers you their enemy you have no choice. Either you return the compliment, or you get overwhelmed by the new Chicago Mob in DC."

I know this paradigm well. For many years groups attacked me personally, physically, with threats, and intense brutal relentless character assassination. They destroyed my career and my reputation. Today young people have no conception of my history. Others remain indifferent to the criminal abuse of an individual by organizations.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/11/the_president_of_resentment.html

November 10, 2009
The President of Resentment
By James Lewis
The American Thinker