Last month, it was reported that St. Louis Cardinals’ manager Tony La Russa was suing Twitter because someone had created an account under his name and was “hurtful to the 64-year-old manager,” says ESPN.
Today, however, news has come out that the suit has been dropped. Here’s what the official court documents say:
Pursuant to Rule 41(a)(1)(A) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Plaintiff Anthony La Russa hereby dismisses with prejudice all claims in this action against Twitter, Inc., with each party to bear its own costs and attorneys’ fees. No payment was made by Twitter to La Russa in exchange for this dismissal.
This is great news for Twitter. This was an idiotic lawsuit that would have been nothing but a waste of time and money for all parties involved. It’s one thing it La Russa and his lawyers had decided to go after the author of this fake account, but why would you go after Twitter itself? Because of how popular the service is right now?
On the bright side, however, at least we now have verified Twitter accounts.
