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Subject: OT: Man sues fellow chatroom members for abuse

XENOPHONZ opened this issue on Jan 12, 2006 ยท 72 posts


randym77 posted Thu, 12 January 2006 at 12:43 PM

It's more than just chat:

*Gillespie alleges that the duo intruded into his "private affairs." The complaint states that Marlowe actually drove from Alabama to Ohio to photograph the plaintiff's home, which he then posted on the Web. He also allegedly went to the courthouse in Medina to dig up personal dirt on Gillespie, which he then also disseminated over the Internet.

The case is not simply "someone conversing in a chatroom" but also involves "harassing someone in Ohio," which gives Ohio courts jurisdiction, according to Gillespie's lawyers.

"Had the defendants stayed in the chatrooms, there would be no jurisdiction here, case closed" Gillespie's attorney Theodore Lesiak stated in the complaint. "Defendant did not."*

Dunno if that really happened or not, but I have seen cases where what happened on the Internet didn't stay on the Internet. A friend of mine had all four of her tires slashed by a woman who took exception to things she said online.