Monday, June 01, 2009

Blogger jailed in Anna Nicole Smith suit...

A real estate agent in Houston who blogged about Anna Nicole Smith was jailed for contempt last week in a defamation case brought by the late Playboy model's mother.

Legal experts said bloggers are increasingly the targets of such litigation, which are testing the bounds of free speech.

Lyndal Harrington, who is accused of helping to spread falsehoods that Virgie Arthur married her stepbrother and abused Smith as a child, spent four nights in jail after she failed to comply with a court order to turn over her computer.

The 53-year-old grandmother claimed her computer was stolen during a burglary less than a week after it was subpoenaed. More...

See also:

  1. When the New York Times plagiarises a blogger...
  2. South Korean blogger Minerva is freed from jail...
  3. Phoenix cops raid home of anti-police blogger...
  4. Police arrest Thai website editor...

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