Freelance writer Moira Donegan is facing a defamation lawsuit over her role in creating the “S–ty Media Men” list. The anonymous Google spreadsheet went around newsrooms last winter and accused dozens of media men of sometimes graphic incidents of sexual misconduct.
Writer Stephen Elliott — one of those named men on the list — filed a lawsuit against Donegan. In the suit, which was obtained by TheWrap, Elliott says that Donegan and up to 30 anonymous women identified as “Jane Does” caused severe damage to his name by perpetuating false information.
“The List contained false information and unsubstantiated allegations, including untrue statements alleging Plaintiff engaged in criminal sexual conduct, namely rape accusations, sexual harassment, coercion and unsolicited invitations to his apartment,” the suit reads. “The inflammatory false statements published in the List were abusive, vulgar, intentionally misleading as well as damning to the Plaintiff’s reputation and good name. The List was...
Writer Stephen Elliott — one of those named men on the list — filed a lawsuit against Donegan. In the suit, which was obtained by TheWrap, Elliott says that Donegan and up to 30 anonymous women identified as “Jane Does” caused severe damage to his name by perpetuating false information.
“The List contained false information and unsubstantiated allegations, including untrue statements alleging Plaintiff engaged in criminal sexual conduct, namely rape accusations, sexual harassment, coercion and unsolicited invitations to his apartment,” the suit reads. “The inflammatory false statements published in the List were abusive, vulgar, intentionally misleading as well as damning to the Plaintiff’s reputation and good name. The List was...
- 10/12/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
Noted feminist author and professor Katie Roiphe lashed out at “Twitter feminists” who attacked her for a Harper’s magazine essay on the #MeToo movement before it had even been published. “Before the magazine article had even been published, thousands of people took to Twitter, furious at me for rumors about what might be in the piece,” Roiphe said in an essay aired on “CBS Sunday Morning.” “Total strangers called me ‘a garbage person,’ ‘a ghoul,’ ‘human scum.'” She compared these preemptive critics to George Orwell’s “thought police,” arguing that, “If we as a culture are going to sort through the very tangled...
- 2/4/2018
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
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