Tony La Russa Drops Twitter Suit Over Impostor’s Page
St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa is abandoning his suit against Twitter, filed in May because the microblogging site failed to take down an impostor’s page.
A June 26 court filing says La Russa is seeking to dismiss the case, the Recorder reports. No settlement prompted the decision to drop the suit, a source told the publication.
Legal experts told the Recorder that Twitter was likely protected from liability by the Communications Decency Act, which protects websites from suits over postings by online users. “Tony La Russa, the famed baseball manager known for his charity work with injured pets, apparently knows when he has a dog on his hands,” the story says.
The fake Tony La Russa page had carried his photo and included vulgar references to two Cardinals pitchers who died. La Russa’s suit said the impostor had made “derogatory and demeaning” remarks on the Twitter page.
