Skanks In NYC Blogger Rosemary Port Suing Google For $15 Million

August 23rd, 2009 by Castina

Liskula Cohen has dropped her $3 million defamation suit against a blogger she accuses of defaming her name through an online smear campaign — just as the outed blogger readies a suit of her own against web giant Google.com.

The Vogue model successfully sued Google.com bosses to identify the once-anonymous blogger as Rosemary Port. The 37-year-old model filed a defamation in the form of a libel and intentional emotional distress’ suit, claiming Port had written derogatory comments about her on the Skanks In NYC blog.

The Skanks in NYC blog, which branded Cohen an “old hag” and a “ho,” was launched in August 2008 and shut down in March.

“This is about forgiveness. It adds nothing to my life to hurt hers. I wish her happiness,” Cohen told The New York Post on Friday.

Unfortunately for Google, Port isn’t in a forgiving sort of mood.

The 29-year-old student at Manhattan’s Fashion Institute of Technology is furious at Google for revealing her identity, so much so that she plans to file a $15 million federal lawsuit against the corporation.

“When I was being defended by attorneys for Google, I thought my right to privacy was being protected,” she told The New York Daily News on Sunday. “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.”

Rosemary adds that Liskula Cohen has herself to blame for bringing attention to the Skanks site, remarking curtly that her arch-nemesis “defamed herself.”

“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,” Port said. “That was before it became a spectacle. I feel my right to privacy has been violated.”

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6 Responses to “Skanks In NYC Blogger Rosemary Port Suing Google For $15 Million”

On August 23rd 2009, tdog wrote:

rosemary port is a skanky ho… heheh…
On August 24th 2009, Mae Westside wrote:

• • Shakespeare wrote a whole play about JEALOUSY and Iago and Othello and Desdemona were a lot more interesting than hearing about women who have nothing better to do than write trash on a blog.
• • Pitiful.
• • Come up and see Mae . . .
On August 24th 2009, skankyho wrote:

you a skanky ho too
On August 24th 2009, Chrystal K. wrote:

What an odd situation.
On August 27th 2009, sam I am wrote:

Rosemary Port’s lawsuit is a “guaranteed loser” according to one expert: http://bit.ly/4DT8Cg

What a waste of time.
On August 29th 2009, Michael Roberts Internet Libel Litigation Support & Investigator wrote:

In many cases horrible problems have been avoided for the community as a result of anonymous blogging. This includes whistleblowing for white-collar criminals, community awareness when sexual predators move into the neighborhood, and many other alerts that are of great community benefit.

Benefits notwithstanding, you can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs and anonymous free speech on the Internet is one such omlette. There is no such thing as free speech, there is always a cost. Sometimes that cost is acceptable, moreover desirable, particularly in the case of positive community awareness. But often their many false and deceptive rumors, and libelous attacks are motivated only by hatred and vindictive antisocial promptings. More often than not, these serial cyber defamers have some type of antisocial personality disorder. They have nothing better to do than hurt other people, in fact they are actually fueled by other people’s pain. Normal people like 97% of the readers of my comment cannot begin to relate to how these people think. Stop for a moment and imagine not having a conscience….. is simply impossible.

A concerted, focused and malicious Internet smear campaign can be as devastating for a person that relies on his or her reputation for employment as a fire can be for a farmer who loses his fields, barns, and livestock.

Respectfully submitted by Michael Roberts. Internet Libel Victim’s Advocate.
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