Re: defamation and internet harassing

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Ya think! I have to disagree. Good luck trying to get the isp to
turn over their records.

On 1/09/06, Donald wrote:
> Yep I agree with No Plea Mike, regarding Curmudgeon, all he does
> is harrass, intimidate and offend people that comes for counsel
> on this chat room, his advice is totally out of control, and
> nothing to do with the Law, don't listen to him
>
> To add a bit more about the advice Mike is giving you, after you
> send a subpoena to the Internet
> Service Provider (in this case, it's probably AOL), they have to
> suspend their internet provision who ever that may be and you
> have very good chances of winning this Law suit if what you are
> telling us is true and the fact that is several people doing
> this to you, also any threats of bodily harm are a big NO NO on
> the internet
>
> Best of luck
>
> Donald
>
>
> On 1/09/06, No Plea Mike wrote:
>> First of all, don't listen to anything that Curmudgeon has to
>> say. He pretends to be an attorney, but most of us on the
> site
>> agree that he's a wantabe that probably flunked the bar exam
> or
>> something, and now, he derives a certain degree of pleasure
>> from harassing people on this chat board. Second, the way you
>> handle it is to file a defamation lawsuit against "John Doe".
>> Once the lawsuit is filed, you send a subpoena to the Internet
>> Service Provider (in this case, it's probably AOL) of the IP
>> address where you traced the info back to. Once you get the
>> person's name, you just file a motion to substitute his name
> in
>> the lawsuit for "John Doe." The caption of the case will then
>> change to reflect the correct name of the defendant. It's
> very
>> simple, and it's done all the time.
>>>
>>> On 1/08/06, tessa wrote:
>>>> for 10 months i have had a certain group of people in a
>>>> chat room i frequently use harass me. they talk about me
>>>> all the time, spread lies, send hateful emails, and even
>>>> have made up screen names using mine and my husbands real
>>>> names and proceed to defame me under those names. one even
>>>> went so far as to send out fake porn pics to 45 people and
>>>> say the pics were of me. AOL has not helped at all. every
>>>> day and night even if i am not online, these people have
>>>> steadily slandered, defamed me and harassed me. they have
>>>> made allegations i am a drunk, neglect my kids, have on
>>>> line sex with men, i am bi polar and they reveal my real
>>>> name and such in the chat room. i have had enough, this
>>> has
>>>> gone on nightly for 10 months. any advice?