http://fr.scribd.com/doc/296075078/Terrill-v-Gawker-Complaint
THIS SHIT IS A FUCKING GOLDMINE
>The forgoing false statements of fact were made by defendants with the intention and knowledge that they were false and were likely to harm Terrill’s personal and professional reputation. The false and libelous statements in the Gawker Story had the foreseeable effect of severely harming Terrill’s personal and professional reputation.
>Gawker is a company that routinely engages in wrongful conduct, and specifically, writes and publishes false and defamatory statements about people, invades people’s privacy and other rights, and publishes content that is irresponsible and that no other legitimate publication will publish.
>By way of example, Gawker is currently defending a lawsuit by Hulk Hogan for publishing an illegal, secret recording showing him naked and having consensual sexual relations in a private bedroom.
>Gawker has been sued, and is currently defending the action in New York State Court, by the Daily Mail newspaper for defamation arising from its publication of numerous false statements.
>Gawker has been sued, and is currently defending the action in federal court, by an individual named Charles Johnson, for writing and publishing false and unsubstantiated rumors that Mr. Johnson had been involved in misconduct and criminal activity.
>Gawker has been sued, and is currently defending the action in a federal district court,filed on behalf of more than 300 interns of Gawker who were never paid for their work, or were paid compensation below the minimum wage.
>Gawker has been sued, and paid a substantial settlement, for publishing a stolen private video of actors Rebecca Gayheart, her husband Eric Dane, and a friend of theirs, partially nude in a hot tub.
>Gawker has been sued by Dr. Phil’s production company for copyright infringement after Gawker planned to “steal,” and did air, portions of an interview before it aired on Dr. Phil’s television show.
>Gawker published videotape of a clearly intoxicated young woman engaged in sexual activity on the floor of an Indiana sports bar (the footage was taken by another patron with his cell phone). According to published reports, Gawker callously refused to remove the footage from its site for some time, despite repeated pleas from the woman to do so and despite the fact that it was not clear that the sex was consensual or whether the video was footage of a rape in progress.
>Gawker paid a source for a photograph of what the source claimed was NFL quarterback Brett Favre’s penis. Gawker published the photo, uncensored, stating that it was a photograph of Mr. Favre’s penis.
>Gawker published photos of Dutchess Kate Middleton’s bare breasts, captured by a paparazzi’s telephone lens while she was sunbathing at a secluded, private estate in France.
>Gawker published complete, uncensored, and unedited videos of seven innocent individuals being beheaded by ISIS soldiers. The videos were distributed by ISIS for the purpose of terrorizing the Western world. On information and belief, Gawker was the only established media company to publish these videos in full and uncensored, showing the victims being beheaded. Gawker was criticized severely by the press and terrorism experts for furthering the terror campaign of ISIS, and showing a total lack of regard for the families of these victims.
>Gawker hacked a promotional campaign sponsored by Coca-Cola, in which the company utilized the hashtag “#MakeItHappy.” The campaign was originally designed to allow people to type statements into a decoder, and the decoder converted the statements into positive, happy statements. Gawker’s hack caused the campaign to publish highly offensive statements from Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf. Gawker was resoundingly criticized throughout the media for its actions.
>Gawker attempted to publicly “out” a private individual, a media executive at a rival publishing company, by publishing a story alleging that the media executive had attempted to solicit a male porn star and prostitute.
>Gawker’s actions in publishing these allegations regarding the media executive, including identifying the executive and the company for whom he worked by name, publishing the accusations of the gay porn star, and protecting the identity of the porn star, were severely criticized throughout the media industry. As a result, Gawker removed the story within about a day. A few days later, two senior executives at Gawker promptly resigned their positions, and many other Gawker employees followed suit. It was reported that multiple major advertisers pulled their advertising from Gawker, and Gawker’s revenues sank as a result. Following these events, several more senior executives, and other employees, resigned or were terminated.