Judge tosses Twitter libel suit

In 140 characters, the story can be told: A judge has tossed the libel suit against an Uptown tenant for her Twitter post on apartment mold.

Cook County Circuit Court Judge Diane Larsen this week threw out Horizon Realty Group’s libel suit against Amanda Bonnen, who had sent out a tweet complaining about mold in a Horizon apartment.

The judge wrote in her brief decision: “the court finds the tweet nonactionable as a matter of law.”

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