GOP Leader Sues Anonymous Poster

Item: GOP leader sues anonymous commenter /Coeur d’Alene Press; And: Original HucksOnline post here

More Info: An anonymous commenter on a local blog is the target of a lawsuit filed Monday by Tina Jacobson, chair of the Kootenai County Republican Party. The suit claims a commenter using the pseudonym “almostinnocentbystander” posted libelous, defamatory statements about Jacobson in February on the Spokesman-Review’s Huckleberries blog. It also alleges that several other bloggers made similar statements.

DFO: Three days after the post was made and deleted, “almostinnocentbystander” issued an apology and statement that was posted on Huckleberries Online. Click here. You can read Tina Jacobson’s lawsuit here.

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