Bryan Sullivan was recently quoted in Brian Flood’s The Wrap article “Michael Rapaport Escalates Beef With ESPN’s ‘Twinkie-Eating F-Boy’ Dan Le Betard,” which discusses whether the sports show host could be sued for defamation after falsely claiming the actor had a sexually transmitted disease on Twitter. According to Bryan, there is a possibility of litigation because such a claim would constitute defamation per se.
“Just because it happened over Twitter rather than orally or in print makes no difference,” said Bryan. “It has been coined Twibel – libel through Twitter.”
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