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Posted on 06/30/2006 1:46:55 PM PDT by martin_fierro
Man sues over Web site comments
Fri Jun 30, 11:51 AM ET
PITTSBURGH - A city attorney is suing the creator of a Web site that lets women dish dirt on men they claim have wronged them, saying they made defamatory statements about him.
Attorney Todd J. Hollis sued because he contends two Pittsburgh-area women and other anonymous users posted items about him on http://www.dontdatehimgirl.com in which they claim he is unfaithful, among other things, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Thursday.
Hollis filed the suit Thursday in Allegheny County against Tasha C. Joseph of Miami, who created the site, which bills itself as a "cost-effective weapon in the war on cheating men."
Joseph, 33, a former columnist for the Miami Herald, said any man can post a rebuttal on the site.
Lida Rodriguez-Taseff, an attorney representing Joseph, said the site is no different than the proverbial coffee shop where people go and chitchat."
"You would never think of holding the coffee shop owner liable because other people went in and defamed other people," Rodriguez-Taseff said.
Hollis' suit contends Joseph "conspired with disingenuous people whose only agenda is to attack the character of those individuals who have been identified on the site."
Hollis, 38, a criminal attorney for 12 years, also said the site does not have safeguards in place to ensure the truthfulness of items posted on it.
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"You would never think of holding the coffee shop owner liable because other people went in and defamed other people,"
A lawyer would....
Geez, don't give them ideas.
He is his own worst lawyer. By his own statement, I count a minimum of four women.
An impossible standard to meet. But let that stop you, Mr. Hollis.
I think what really pissed this guy off was something not mentioned in the article.
A few of the girls commented that one of Todd's favorite jokes was about his own body. He used to say to the girls after sex: "you can't do precision work with a sledge hammer."
Hmmm.
The "proverbial coffee-shop" doesn't save your comments in a thought bubble for the world to eavesdrop upon weeks later.
"you can't do precision work with a sledge hammer."
BWAHAHAHAHA!! I'm gonna steal that one, it's great.
Reminds me of a joke about the opposite affliction. A woman justifying a request for divorce because her extremely well-endowed but skinny-legged, buttless husband is a lousy lover. The punchline being "you can't drive a railroad spike with a tackhammer."
;-)
I took a look at the site, out of curiosity; apparently that "sledgehammer" had herpes on it, according to one poster.
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