BlueStar Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 The action against Twitter has led to foreign media which is considered respected enough for a cite to run the story and name the player involved, which means the injunction and the affair allegations are now on his Wikipedia page, with those attempting to redact them as 'unsourced gossip' through talk pages and edit wars seemingly admitting defeat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Geordiesned Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Sunday Mirror: The sex-cheat footballer who is suing Twitter had turned himself into an international laughing stock by last night - named and ridiculed by defiant internet users around the world. The shamed star's decision to take on the social networking site after posts named him as the 'family man' player who cheated on his wife with ex-Big Brother contestant Imogen Thomas backfired in spectacular fashion. Even people who had never heard of him were lampooning the Premier League ace's farcical attempt to curb free speech. Emma Davies, wife of Bolton Wanderers striker Kevin, wrote: 'Suing Twitter? Wouldn't it be a better idea to keep your head down!!' Celebs with huge followings also mocked him. TV host Piers Morgan tweeted: 'Get a new lawyer', while comedian Dom Joly told him to 'stop being a c**k'. The flurry of messages made the star one of Twitter's hottest topics, known as 'trending', prompting scores of users to post: 'I can't Imogen why.' Thousands changed their profile picture to a snap of the star. His lawyers went to court this week to try to force details from Twitter about users who blew his cover. But his efforts have been compared to the attempts by tyrants like Egypt's ousted president Hosni Mubarak to try to silence Twitter. The farcical situation means that if the player - only referred to as CTB in legal documents - is selected for his team's match this afternoon, virtually the entire stadium will know his identity. Rival fans were openly using websites to co-ordinate chants about him at today's games. Media lawyer Mark Stephens said: 'By trying to stop the unstoppable tide of information as it flows through the internet, he has become the King Canute of football.' Legal experts estimate the player has already spent around 228,037 on legal fees, but as everyone on Twitter can see trending topics, it means the site's 200 million global users now know his guilty secret. Websites outside the UK not covered by the court gagging order joined in the mass scramble to embarrass him. US Forbes magazine named the player directly, as did popular US gossip website Gawker. Twitter is based in San Francisco, effectively putting it out of the reach of British courts, in a country where the First Amendment enshrines the right to free speech. If he took action in California, he would be automatically named. Meanwhile on BBC Radio 4's Today programme a guest almost blurted out the player's first name. The row started four weeks ago, when his six-month affair with 28-year-old Imogen was revealed along with the legal ban on naming him. The injunction allowed her to be named but not him. Former Miss Wales Imogen sobbed: 'My life is in pieces.' The player is being represented by legal firm Schillings, whose partner Rod Christie-Miller said: 'The people who have been secretly and anonymously tweeting the details of these injunctions may find a knock on their door and they could be facing a long time in Pentonville (Jail).' Legal sources now believe the injunction could be overturned within days. Last night Schillings said they were not suing Twitter but had applied 'to obtain limited information concerning the unlawful use of Twitter by a small number of individuals who may have breached a court order'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Geordiesned Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 http://blogs.forbes.com/kashmirhill/2011/05/20/he-who-cannot-be-named-in-the-uk-sues-twitter-over-a-user-naming-him/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ObiChrisKenobi Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 This all seems like a really long and late April Fool's joke. To think the last moments of his career might be tarnished due how he's acted off the field, I can't work out if I should be laughing or facepalming. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 huge picture of CTB on front page of today's sunday herald with hiseyes blacked out! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinotheprehistoricgeordie Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 All we need now is for 4chan to start a crusade against Giggs for trying to stifle free speech. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob W Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 ridiculous isn't it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David28 Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Weekends don't get any better. My favourite horse Brown Panther wins at Haydock today and I get a Premier League medal tomorrow! Buzzing!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Think Wullie has hit the nail on the head here, so long as the British press aren't allowed to hound him over the next 7 days, the eventual furore will have been worth it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest magpie99 Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Heard he has approached Oasis to tryand get involved in a few of their Gigs on the up and coming world tour Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 http://twitpic.com/50z730 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinotheprehistoricgeordie Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Sued. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlacknWhiteArmy Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Slarth Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 The longer this goes on the more of an ass he looks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gggg Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 http://twitpic.com/50z730 Who's that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 http://twitpic.com/50z730 He is making himself into a complete laughing stock. His lawyers will doubtlessly being paid very well for what is nothing more than awful legal advice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 A letter to CTB http://bit.ly/ieKZgD Wonder which players 'TSE' is and the journo/bbc guy he's trying to sue. Hislop? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 That front page is insane charltonbrooker Charlie Brooker Imogen had a cameo in Dead Set. She seems nice. We filmed her looking scared during a zombie attack, crying. Gigs like that are quite rare. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Fair play to Giggs, Imogen's some bit of stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan_Taylor Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Fair play to Giggs, Imogen's some bit of stuff. Had more sausages then your average butcher like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Fair play to Giggs, Imogen's some bit of stuff. Had more sausages then your average butcher like I'd happily add my chipolata to the party, like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Think Wullie has hit the nail on the head here, so long as the British press aren't allowed to hound him over the next 7 days, the eventual furore will have been worth it. I disagree, like every footballer who gets caught out there would have been a bit of chanting at matches etc, and he would have been called a bit of a cunt, but ultimately no-one would realy be that bothered. He would have been off the front pages/tele after a day or two and it would have just been 'another footballer shaggin about'. He looks an absolute pleb now though, and it's been dragged out right to the Champions League final. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ObiChrisKenobi Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Aye, this all would have blown over, but he keeps dragging it back up like a parody of that shitty meme we've got going on for old news. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 I remember when Danny Behr shagged CTB @ OT and she said he had a 3" cock. You'd think with that effort he'd just keep it in his pants and make do with what his wife puts up with at home. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Flash Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Heard he has approached Oasis to tryand get involved in a few of their Gigs on the up and coming world tour This joke doesn't work on any level. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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