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Chicago Resident Sued Over Moldy Tweet

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UPDATE: Horizon Realty, the company suing their former tenant over a tweet, is now a What do you think?



ORIGINAL ARTICLE: How much is a single tweet worth? Would you believe $50,000? That's the price a Chicago based realty company is trying to get in a defamation lawsuit.

Back in May, Amanda Bonnen, did what any Twitter user does... tweeted a complaint. Below is the text from her tweet, via

Though her account has since been deleted, it should be noted that at the time of this tweet Amanda had approximatley 20 followers.

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<span><strong>Do you think this tweet could've caused any damage?</strong></span><strong> <a href=Tell us

The
Chicago Sun-Times has some interesting quotes from Jeffrey Michael, whose family runs Horizon:

"The statements are obviously false, and it's our intention to prove that ... We're a sue first, ask questions later kind of an organization."


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