Freedom of expression is a contradictory term as there is always a cost. Unfortunately, internet smear campaigns & assaults are a negative off-shoot of free speech privileges. The concept of freedom of expression requires a better peek, it is not actually free; it comes at an extraordinarily great price. The price must never be paid by a clean-handed person or business.

But, artificial assertions & libelous nasty grams are regularly posted by anonymous bad guys. They have an insatiable compulsion to hurt or control others; they are actually driven by the suffering of others; the victim's futile pleadings is what fuels them, or "narcissistic supply". Normal people such as 97% of those reading this account cannot begin to envisage what makes these people tick. I challenge you to stop for a moment, try to imagine having no conscience; it is plainly inconceivable.

This distressing social conundrum has grown in the last ten years due to unchecked anonymous cyber slander. In cases where courts have ordered that anonymous forum posters should be revealed to the libel victim, such directives are often a cause of outrage for a trivial but noisy collection of zealous people that suggest that freedom of expression deserves to be absolute and that a utterer can't be held to account for his/her words, without regard to the truth or falsity of the statements. I assume that should these same protesting people could live through the debilitating consequences that a relentless internet enabled sociopath causes to the physical, vocational, emotional, and social health of targets or their family; they wouldn't be as zealous in their opposition.

An underlying weakness of publishing anonymously is that credibility is reduced if seriously assessed by intelligent and objective folk. Despite this fact, there is a newfangled dynamic with the quandary of vindictive and anonymous internet authors. Although vitriol may smell of shenanigans, when the target is being "Googled" for employment, contract awards, Boy Scout leadership or dating, the person conducting the due diligence needs to consider the likely PR exposure from engaging the target. Although the potential employer can probably see through the denunciation, the decision maker will probably be cautious about what their customers and partners will imagine if they are not as clever and open minded.

... oh one more thing, she claims this other person does not mean anything to her ... but then she goes on Good Morning America speaking about this insignificant person ... why are some people so desperate for attention ... sado.

who gives a shit about this skank-hoe?? haha ... what ever happened to sticks & stones :)

Its quite possible the person who started the blog is the misogynist who cut her face (and who has attacked other women in bars as well). These women-haters with anger-issues never ever let anything go. The 30 days he had to serve for ruining her career probably serve to justify the website from his twisted perspective.

Do you need a real name to start a blog? I thought you just needed an email address. Which also does not require a real name.

IP logging. Look it up.

Proxies. Look em up!

Is that a real photograph of her? Looks computer generated to me. Maybe she gets her make-up applied at Madame Tussaud's.

she looks like a cyborg to me.

you nexus 6?

i make you eyes...

Good movie.

Well, this lawsuit guarantees one thing: far more people will now associate this woman's name with the word skank than would have otherwise.

And if she gets a nice payoff, I'm not sure she'll care about her "good name."

This assumes the party defaming her has any money after a legal defense.

http://i30.tinypic.com/2vvj18k.jpg

One could argue that "skank" and "ho" have become generic insults and in most instances are not allegations that a woman is actually a hooker. It's like calling a man a mother******. The word's literal meaning is not intended.

They did argue that, and lost.

As for Cohen, she tells the Post, "I really hope it's not somebody I know."

It's a reasonable guess that the chances are about 100% that it is someone she knows. A person who doesn't know her wouldn't bother,

She was charged with felony assault the night she got her grill smashed. She went freaking nuts and started throwing everything she could find.

Please go away, skank.

my bad. retract. but still, go away skank.