Posted on 02/03/2017 9:15:45 PM PST by detective
A Russian-tied tech firm named in a controversial dossier containing uncorroborated allegations about President Donald Trump and the hacking of Democratic National Committee email accounts announced late Friday that it has filed defamation suits against the online news site BuzzFeed, its editor in chief and a former British intelligence agent.
The lawsuits were brought by XBT Holdings, a Cyprus-based company owned by Russian tech magnate Aleksej Gubarev. Lawyers for his firm filed complaints Friday in London against the former spy and his company, and against BuzzFeed and its editor in chief, Ben Smith, in Broward County Circuit Court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where XBT’s subsidiary Webzilla is headquartered.
“The dossier included libelous, unverified and untrue allegations regarding XBT, Webzilla and Gubarev. The lawsuits seek yet undetermined compensation for the damages suffered by XBT, Webzilla and Gubarev as the result of the publication of the dossier,” a statement said.
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CNN should be sued next.
That’s funny. I didn’t see that one coming
England libel laws are a lot stricter than ours, so they could lose this.
Good. It’s great when they get beat at their own game. If nothing else this will make the editor at Buzzfeed thing twice before running an uncorroborated story anytime soon. It’s a step in the right direction.
What does this have to do with England?
The suit was filed in London.
Ah, correction, a suit was filed in London, against the “former British spy”, and others were filed in the US against other parties.
The one lawsuit was filed in London, England.
I actually hope the Russki’s successfully sue BUZZARDFEED.
Glad to read this.
The Buzzfeed lawsuit was filed in FL.
” and against BuzzFeed and its editor in chief, Ben Smith, in Broward County Circuit Court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida”
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