Horizon Group v. Bonnen [1]

Horizon Realty Group [2], an apartment leasing and management company in Chicago, filed a defamation lawsuit [3] last week against a former tenant, Amanda Bonnen, over a tweet she posted about the company on Twitter.  According to the complaint [4], filed in Cook County Circuit Court, Bonnen posted the following tweet on May 12, 2009: 

@JessB123 You should just come anyway. Who said sleeping in a moldy apartment was bad for you?  Horizon realty thinks it's ok.

According to Chicago Bar-Tender [5], Bonnen had just 20 followers before her account disappeared from Twitter [6].  Nevertheless, Horizon claims that, as a result of the post, the company "has been greatly injured in its reputation as a landlord in Chicago."

Update:

1/20/09 - The court dismissed the complaint with prejudice, according to press accounts [7].