Craigslist troll nailed with a $75,000 judgment
AN INFAMOUS ONLINE TROLL was handed his head by an Illinois court last weekend, slapped with a default judgment in a civil lawsuit for nearly $75,000.
Jason Fortuny placed a fake advert on Craigslist in a so-called "experiment" back in 2006. The post in the online classified ad network's adult-oriented 'personals' section pretended to be from a woman seeking a "str8 brutal dom muscular male" to engage in sex.
As reported by the New York Times, over 100 men responded to the advert by sending their photographs and contact details. Mr. Fortuny allegedly published all of the responses to his fake advert on the Internet, both on his blog and at an online troll website.
Fortuny must have thought he would get away with this, that his victims would be too shamed by his public exposure of their sexual proclivities to do anything about his abuse.
He was mistaken about that, however, as one of the men he exposed hired a law firm and filed a lawsuit as an anonymous plaintiff, claiming that Fortuny violated his copyright and invaded his privacy by publishing his personal email message and photograph. His complaint (PDF) sought $75,000 in damages and asked for a court injunction requiring that Fortuny take down the materials.
Fortuny chose to represent himself in the lawsuit and sent the court a letter (PDF) in which he challenged the Illinois court's jurisdiction and denied the plaintiff's allegations. The court treated the letter as a motion to dismiss, and in due time apparently denied it.
On Saturday, the court entered a civil default judgment (PDF) against Fortuny in the amount of $74,252.56 for damages, legal fees and costs.
The court also granted the injunctive relief sought by the plaintiff. Mr. Fortuny's website is now completely blank. µ
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Fortuny is a serial and obsessive troll, with a propensity for viciously picking at life's scabs, regardless of whether what lay beneath was a mere graze, or an amputation. He has moved across the net from target to target, claiming to be engaging in 'experiments' (yeah, mate, Joseph Mengele enghaged in 'experiments).
These men were probably among the ones most people would have the least sympathy for, amongst the many victims, who have had the misfortune to be picked upon by Fortuny. The fact that it was one of these man, with a self-confessed propensity for domineering and abusive sex, who brought him to book, is its own story - given that Fortuny often claims sexual abuse, in his own past, as his motive for his behaviour. O brave new world, That has such people in't!
Shutup, If you don't know anything about BDSM.
Running around pissing people of is a surefire way to get your ass burned.
And saying that he is already known on the internet and everyone should spot him as a troll is a joke. Why not blame the victims? Oh, you did that already...
You fail at reading comprehension.
If you invade someones privacy like that, expect to get burned. I'm glad he had his bollocks burned by the court. Maybe he will think twice about being so stupid next time.