Lionsgate founder sues Twitter for publishing defamatory comments

The founder of Lionsgate Entertainment is suing Twitter for publishing content that he says was "imitation and defamatory," which escalated during the 2016 United States election.

According to CTV, Frank Giustra, a British Columbia man of affairs and as well the CEO of Fiore Group of Companies, said a group targeted him on Twitter and tried to defame him for political reasons effectually Feb of 2015.

"Twitter began publishing a number of defamatory and malicious statements regarding the plaintiff," the notice of civil merits read, which was filed in the B.C. Supreme Court.

"Those publications included tweets stating that the plaintiff is 'corrupt,' a 'murderous thief,' a 'criminal,' and is involved in 'pizzagate,'" it read, referring to a conspiracy theory that claims the Democrats are involved in sex slavery through a Washington, D.C. pizza eating place.

None of these allegations have been proven in court and Giustra added he had contacted Twitter in the past on multiple occasions to endeavor and get the posts removed, merely the visitor has refused to remove the tweets and continues to keep publishing a "big number" of posts that are simulated and defamatory.

CTV reported that the tweets have afflicted Giustra's career and reputation and caused "significant emotional distress and feet."

"The faux allegations and criticism about the plaintiff engaging in fraud brings the plaintiff's honesty and integrity as a businessman into disrepute," the claim said.

"Farther the tweets falsely characterize the plaintiff every bit a pedophile which impairs his ongoing interest with the important and socially beneficial children's charities that the plaintiff operates or assists."

MobileSyrup has reached out to Twitter Canada for annotate regarding the lawsuit.

Source: CTV

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