The managing partner of a London based private equity firm has launched High Court proceedings over a Twitter account which he claims is being used to smear his reputation. Philip Rattle, of August Equity LLP, claims he and his family have been upset by posts on a Twitter account set up in his name which he has nothing to do with. Mr Rattle, who does not have a Twitter account or online presence, claims the tweets are deliberately targeted towards maligning him and causing serious damage to his reputation. He claims the Twitter account using his name, which appears to have been established using an outlook.com email address, was set up in September 2018 and was brought to his attention last December. Mr Rattle followed the “impersonation Twitter account” and claims it has published a number of highly offensive and distressing tweets which are defamatory.

Source: The Irish Times April 12, 2019 14:03 UTC