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| Twitter Defamation Lawsuit: NBA Referee Edition | Top |
| It worked for the designer who sued Courtney Love to the tune of a $430,000 settlement, and now we'll see if an NBA referee can similarly recover for "defamation by Twitter." The Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal reports that NBA ref Bill Spooner has filed a defamation suit in federal court in Minneapolis against Associated Press writer (and Timberwolves reporter) Jon Krawczynski following a Krawczynski tweet back in January. Spooner alleges that during a Jan. 24 game between the T'wolves and the Houston Rockets, he called a foul on a Minnesota player that Minnesota coach Kurt Rambis vehemently disagreed with. Spooner allegedly promised to review the call at the half, but Rambis, as the Journal puts it, "asked him how he would get the points back." According to Spooner, he did not respond to this question but according to the Krawczynski tweet in question, Spooner "told Rambis he'd 'get it back' after a bad call. Then he made an even worse call on Rockets. That's NBA officiating folks." Spooner alleges that the tweet is defamatory and accuses him of game-fixing. He has demanded that the tweet be unpublished and retracted and seeks "more than $75,000" in damages. According to the Business... | |
| Tuesday's Three Burning Legal Questions | Top |
| Here are today's three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: My neighbor's lawn is a mess. Turning brown, sprouting weeds, outrageous! Can I go water it even though he doesn't want me to? Answer: First of all, that is trespassing, so no. And if they call the cops on you (it happens) and you get into a scrap with the police (also happens), you could wind up with two black eyes plus an arrest for battery to a law enforcement officer, assault on a law enforcement officer, resisting an officer with violence, depriving an officer of communication, and resisting an officer without violence. Worry about your own lawn. (WFTV.com, Man Watering Neighbor's Lawn Fights Cops) (via Legal Juice) 2) Question: I lost my license and it turned up as bogus "proof" of some other girl's age in a Girls Gone Wild video. Can I have $3 million, please? Answer: No problem. (Internet Cases, Woman mistaken for Spitzer prostitute in Girls Gone Wild internet video awarded $3 million) 3) Question: I was halfway finished getting a haircut when, to make a long story short, I got into a fight with someone in the barbershop... | |
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