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One day, you're anonymously trashing a woman who badmouthed you to your boyfriend. Months later, because the woman is upset about being called a "psychotic, lying, whoring..skank," your identity has given up by Google! Unmasked Skanks in NYC blogger Rosemary Port tells the Daily News about her planned $15 million suit against Google (her website was on Google-owned Blogger), "When I was being defended by attorneys for Google, I thought my right to privacy was being protected. But that right fell through the cracks. Without any warning, I was put on a silver platter for the press to attack me. I would think that a multi-billion dollar conglomerate would protect the rights of all its users."
Port's target, model Liskula Cohen, had said of Port on Good Morning, America, "Thank God it was her… she's an irrelevant person in my life. She's just somebody that, whenever I would go out to a restaurant, to a party in New York City… She was just that girl that was always there." Cohen also added she would sue Port for defamation, because the skankusations affected her business. Port now says, "By going to the press, she defamed herself. Before her suit, there were probably two hits on my Web site: One from me looking at it, and one from her looking at it. That was before it became a spectacle."
Cohen's lawyer now says she won't sue Port, "My client is walking away from it," the lawyer said. "She's said, 'It adds nothing to my life to hurt hers.' Liskula has offered her forgiveness. But even after she has been forgiven, [Port] has no interest in redeeming her soul."
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Now what were some commenters saying about 'misogynistic males' cyberbullying Liskula Cohen?
You approve of the Fairness Doctrine , I suppose. The history may be off in Strazzullo's statement , but this case does open the door to trample the first amendment
If the complainant were a politician or a public figure I would agree with you. But criticism of a private citizen which is arguably libelous is not even in the same ball park.
strazzullo claims the first amendment existed when the federalist papers were written?
That was a first rate comment. Thank you.
Not to jump to her defense or anything, but couldn't those be read as two separate separate statements?
Oops, too many separates...
Every time I see a picture of Liskula Cohen I find it hard to believe she is / was a model. Was she a hand model or something. She is not attractive.
She was attacked by a psychotic guy in a bar (who has since gone on to attack another woman) - Liskula's face was cut open with glass, and she's had reconstructive surgery. Her career was ruined. It's kind of like Mark Hamill between the two Star Wars movies....
That said, I think the surgery was amazing and she's still very pretty.
Agreed.
"I was put on a silver platter for the press to attack me."
Jesus Christ. Cry me a river.
Who's the skank now, Ms. Rosemary Port?
Here defense against the defamation charge is that only few people were looking at the website?? I don't think that's going to fly, especially as Google was following a court order. And I'm sure Google has a lot better lawyers than hers. She's not going to get anything in that lawsuit. She's definitely a nutjob.
She supplied personal information to an entity and used that entity to further her libelous agenda. Said entity revealed that information after being ordered to do so by a Court, and only after a vigorous defense against having to do so. Now she thinks she can successfully sue that entity for obeying a Court ruling? May her legal fees be exorbitant and crippling, and may her counsel's tongue cleave to the roof of his mouth.
Actually, it seems she is claiming that Google's lawyers didn't do an acceptable job of fighting the demand for her identity.
I can't believe people are still talking about this loser!!
The only good thing to come out of this press is the word "skankusations".
tear... lol NOT!