Charles Fussell & Co LLP has been instructed to act on behalf of a free and open-source software project and a number of associated individuals in respect of serious defamatory statements and a campaign of online harassment mounted by a former volunteer of the project.
In particular, the volunteer in question was removed from the project after making a number of threats to other volunteers. In retaliation, the former volunteer published a series of websites and articles alleging, amongst other things, criminal conduct, cyberbullying, fascism, and gangstalking against the project and various associated individuals.
Charles Fussell & Co LLP has been instructed to track down the individual, have the defamatory content removed from publication, seek damages, and put in place a protocol to ensure that the defamatory content is not reiterated elsewhere. The case is international, with the defendant having links to the United States, Australia, Switzerland, Ireland and Great Britain, amongst other countries.
Jonathan Cohen and Elizabeth Stoppelmoor will act on this matter.