One Day You're a 140-Character Text Box and the Next Day You're a Defendant

Posted on July 3, 2009 by Victoria Pynchon
This Time, Tony La Russa Settles With Twitter for Real Print

St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa has officially dismissed his lawsuit over a fake profile on Twitter as part of a settlement in which the social media website did not have to pay him anything.

A settlement of the case -– the first to be filed by a celebrity against Twitter –- was first reported in early June, with La Russa saying Twitter had agreed to pay his legal fees and make a donation to his Animal Rescue Foundation (ARF).

Twitter responded with a statement in which it said, “Twitter has not settled, nor do we plan to settle or pay” and described the suit as “an unnecessary waste of judicial resources bordering on frivolous.”

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