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Anthony Ciolli, former AutoAdmit Defendant, Sues Everyone [1]

Submitted by Sam Bayard on Wed, 03/05/2008 - 16:46

Breaking news from Above the Law [2]: Anthony Ciolli, former defendant in the controversial AutoAdmit case [3], has filed a lawsuit in Pennsylvania state court against the two plaintiffs in that case, their lawyers, ReputationDefender and one of its employees, and the shadowy "T14 Talent." He alleges wrongful initiation of civil proceedings, abuse of process, libel, slander, false light invasion of privacy, tortious interference with contract, and unauthorized use of name or likeness. It looks like Ciolli has outed one of the pseudonymous defendants in the AutoAdmit case -- "pauliewalnuts."

Here's the complaint [4] -- we're still digesting it.

Update:  I didn't mean to be snarky about this lawsuit. Assuming that his allegations are true, I have a lot of sympathy for Ciolli, and he appears to have some actionable claims. Marc Randazza, his attorney in the AutoAdmit case, has a thoughtful post on the new lawsuit [5].

Jurisdiction: 

  • Pennsylvania [6]

Subject Area: 

  • Defamation [7]
  • False Light [8]
  • Section 230 [9]
  • Anonymity [10]
  • Business Torts [11]

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Source URL (modified on 07/05/2008 - 4:09pm): https://www.dmlp.org/blog/2008/anthony-ciolli-former-autoadmit-defendant-sues-everyone

Links
[1] https://www.dmlp.org/blog/2008/anthony-ciolli-former-autoadmit-defendant-sues-everyone
[2] http://www.abovethelaw.com/2008/03/breaking_anthony_ciolli_goes_o.php#more
[3] https://www.dmlp.org/threats/doe-v-ciolli
[4] https://www.dmlp.org/sites/citmedialaw.org/files/2008-03-04-Ciolli%20Complaint.pdf
[5] http://randazza.wordpress.com/2008/03/05/oh-noesdoes-pwned/
[6] https://www.dmlp.org/jurisdiction/united-states/pennsylvania
[7] https://www.dmlp.org/subject-area/defamation
[8] https://www.dmlp.org/subject-area/false-light
[9] https://www.dmlp.org/subject-area/section-230
[10] https://www.dmlp.org/subject-area/anonymity
[11] https://www.dmlp.org/subject-area/business-torts