Courtney Love settles and pays $430,000 over Twitter defamation case

Courtney Love settles and pays $430,000 over Twitter defamation case
Courtney Love has reportedly settled her Twitter defamation case out of court for $430,000.

In 2009, Love used the micro-blogging service to throw a tirade against fashion designer Dawn Simorangkir (the Boudior Queen), who promptly sued the rocker.



Love will make the payments on a monthly basis from now until 2014.

Simorangkir and Love were in a dispute over a $4000 payment for clothing, and the Boudior Queen says Love's Twitter tirade ruined her reputation and business.

In one of the more nasty tweets, Love called Simorangkir an "a**wipe nasty lying hosebag thief."

Simorangkir's attorney was pleased with the settlement (via THR):

The amount of the settlement says it all. Her reprehensible defamatory comments were completely false and $430,000 is quite a significant way to say I am sorry. One would hope that, given this disaster, restraint of pen, tongue and tweet would guide Ms. Love’s future conduct.


Love's attorney was also satisfied with the settlement:

Because of the extended payout it's a modest settlement. They got out with an amount that left them bragging rights but nothing else.


Written by: Andre Yoskowitz @ 5 Mar 2011 23:37
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  • 5 comments
  • 20TONS

    She probably spends that amount on drugs per month.

    6.3.2011 01:44 #1

  • coorva

    when is she going to go away,,far away

    6.3.2011 08:19 #2

  • dEwMe

    As always the value of the publicity far outweighs any payout. On both sides really. I never woulda heard of this designer if not for this and to say Courtney's star power has been fading fast would be being kind...

    Just my $0.02,

    dEwMe

    6.3.2011 13:02 #3

  • KillerBug

    Originally posted by dEwMe: As always the value of the publicity far outweighs any payout. On both sides really. I never woulda heard of this designer if not for this and to say Courtney's star power has been fading fast would be being kind...
    +1 on that...some rich junkie martha-stewart-wanna-be murderer screaming that she should not have to pay for the overpriced clothes that she bought is hardly going to make me avoid a company. Someone needs to do to her what she had done to Kurt.


    9.3.2011 00:01 #4

  • nopcbs

    I can say, with some satisfaction, that I have no idea who either of these people are.

    No, make that "with a great deal of satisfaction".

    11.3.2011 07:17 #5

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