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Here we go again. Gorgeous Guy says he’s suing me
I just heard from a voice from the past. "Gorgeous Guy," who was briefly a web celebrity back in 2001, sent me an email to let me know that he's going to be filing a lawsuit against me for defamation of his character.Sigh
. Seems like Carrie Devorah all over again.So I'm looking at the brief article I have about Gorgeous Guy and trying to figure out if there's anything even conceivably defamatory in there. Consider what I say versus what's on wikipedia. CNN even claims that "Gorgeous Guy" admitted he was responsible for the hoax, though it was my understanding that he always claimed to have no knowledge of how the whole thing transpired.
I've had occasional email from him before. He actually uses "TheRealGorgeousGuy" as his email name. In the past he's let me know whether there still seems to be interest in the case, based on the volume of his email. Odd that he waited eight years to decide I was making defamatory claims about him.