QUESTION
Someone created a fake Facebook profile and made inappropriate posts posing as me.
Asked on Jan 31st, 2014 on Intellectual Property - Louisiana
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We are currently having the police contact Facebook and have them figure out the identity of the person who created the account, the person made a profile with a fake name and took my profile picture of me and my girlfriend off of my personal account and made inappropriate posts of naked women and rude things that were making my girlfriend out to have sexual diseases and etc. numerous untrue things and various nude photos without faces trying to make people believe it was my girlfriend and trying to ruin our reputation by adding friends of mine and family also. Is a suit possible and if so what are my options?
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I think a suit could be possible. I think there are a couple of cases out there that have used identity theft laws to prosecute folks running revenge porn sites (among the phrases I never dreamed would enter my lexicon). The harm here seems comparable. Google "identity theft" and "revenge porn" and "lawsuit" you should get some useful articles. I think the cases were in California and/or Florida. They were based on state law and I don't know what comparable laws exist in Louisiana, but ultimately your options depend on whether the person that did this has any money (can't get blood from a stone) and the cost to litigate. Your girlfriend may have a libel/defamation case as well.
Answered on Feb 05th, 2014 at 2:02 PM