Courtney Love's Twitter Rants Cost her $430,000
Notorious rocker Courtney Love has settled a dispute over a few poorly thought-out 140-character rants for a whopping $430,000. This is the first Twitter defamation case of its kind, and it sets quite a hefty precedent against using Twitter to mouth off against someone on the very public forum that is Twitter.
Love had been brought to court in a lawsuit filed by Dawn Simorangkir, a fashion designer who ended up in a debate with Love over a $4,000 payment for clothing.
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