A Pennsylvania principal has sued four former students claiming that they falsely portrayed him as a pot smoking, beer drinking, pornography lover through the use of a mock MySpace account. This is just another case of a MySpace account being created by someone else.
“One profile, which the complaint claims was created by a student named Thomas Cooper, listed an unnamed pornographic flick as Trosch’s favorite movie, according to the complaint. Another profile, allegedly posted by students Christopher and Brendan Gebhart, claimed he “liked to have sex with students and brutalize women.” A third profile said he “kept a keg of beer behind his desk at school, was on steroids, and smoked marijuana,” the court filing said.”
One of the 17 year old students being sued, counter-sued both the principal and the school district after he was suspended and place in an alternative education program. He claims this didn’t allow him to progress with his normal schoolwork.
Personally I feel the decision to sue the student and suspend him indefinitely while placing him in an alternative ed program is a bit excessive. This matter could have been smoothed over easier by a simple apology letter and week suspension for the students involved. Without verification of identity it is hard for MySpace to prevent such accounts from being made.
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