Duffin v. MySpace, No. BC410118 (Cal. Super., Los Angeles County filed March 19, 2009).
Status: Withdrawn by plaintiff


Plaintiff Cyd Duffin, principal of Colony High School in Palmer, Alaska sued MySpace and several John Doe defendants in California, where the company is based, over a fake profile created on the social networking site in her name which claimed that she went to strip clubs after school hours and was a member of the Klu Klux Klan. Duffin dropped the suit after the creators of the fake profile confessed and were punished by the school.

Links and Court Documents:
http://www.dailybreeze.com/ci_11977752
http://chs.matsuk12.us/knightlynews/2008-2009/Dec2008.pdf
http://splc.org/newsflash.asp?id=1935

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