04-11-2007, 09:55 AM
Quote:The problems started in December 2005, when several students from Pennsylvania's Hickory High School posted fake MySpace profiles about their principal, Eric Trosch. All of the posts were mean-spirited; they accused Trosch of using steroids, marijuana, and alcohol; suggested that he had sex with students; and said that his interests included "Transgender, Appreciators of Alcoholic Beverages." In the year and a half since the four separate profiles were posted, the community has experienced the upheaval of multiple lawsuits, the most recent coming this week as Trosch sued the students involved...
full article: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/200...suits.html
A similar lawsuit was filed in 2006 by a Texas assistant principal:
Texas Assistant Principal sues students and their parents over MySpace page
http://community.tuliptools.com/index.ph...453.0.html