(Newser) – Twitter enthusiasts may want to watch what they write—a Chicago landlord has sued a tenant for libel after she posted a Tweet complaining about her apartment, the Tribune reports. “Who said sleeping in a moldy apartment was bad for you? Horizon realty thinks it’s okay,” Amanda Bonnen posted in May. Now Horizon is asking for $50,000 in damages.
“The statements in the Tweet concerning Plaintiff were and are wholly false. By reason of the publication of them, Plaintiff has been greatly injured in its reputation as a landlord in Chicago,” Horizon’s lawsuit reads. The suit does not specify the “great injury”—which may be difficult, given that Bonnen boasted just 17 followers.
Illinois sues landlord who allegedly sought sex from tenant
November 03, 2011|By Steve Schmadeke | Tribune reporter
The Illinois attorney general is suing a landlord who allegedly evicted a woman from his Park Forest house after she refused to have sex with him.
Sorin Ignat allegedly told the 39-year-old woman several times in 2009 that she must either catch up on her house payments or "get personal" with him, according to the state's recently filed complaint.
When she declined his alleged offer to "go upstairs" with him in exchange for canceling some of her debt, Ignat initiated eviction proceedings, the complaint said.
The state is taking Ignat to court under the Illinois Human Rights Act, which attaches penalties to civil rights violations — including those in real estate deals. Its civil lawsuit is seeking monetary damages against Ignat for unlawfully altering the terms and conditions of a real estate transaction, unlawful coercion and unlawful retaliation.
Ignat met the woman through a mutual acquaintance in 2008 and entered into a contract with her to make payments on the home with the intent to purchase it for $178,000 after three years, according to the complaint.
Three months in, she stopped making payments. In May 2009, Ignat allegedly said she must either make the payments or get personal with him, according to the complaint.
He later filed suit in Will County to take possession of the home in the 400 block of Tamarack Street, saying the woman owed more than $11,000.
"This case was brought to the court with criminal and unethical tactics," the woman wrote in a handwritten response.
A judge found in favor of Ignat after the woman admitted she owed about $10,500, according to court records.
The court turned over possession of the property to Ignat in January 2010, and sheriff's deputies evicted the woman a month later, according to the complaint.
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November 03, 2011|By Steve Schmadeke | Tribune reporter
The Illinois attorney general is suing a landlord who allegedly evicted a woman from his Park Forest house after she refused to have sex with him.
Sorin Ignat allegedly told the 39-year-old woman several times in 2009 that she must either catch up on her house payments or "get personal" with him, according to the state's recently filed complaint.
When she declined his alleged offer to "go upstairs" with him in exchange for canceling some of her debt, Ignat initiated eviction proceedings, the complaint said.
The state is taking Ignat to court under the Illinois Human Rights Act, which attaches penalties to civil rights violations — including those in real estate deals. Its civil lawsuit is seeking monetary damages against Ignat for unlawfully altering the terms and conditions of a real estate transaction, unlawful coercion and unlawful retaliation.
Ignat met the woman through a mutual acquaintance in 2008 and entered into a contract with her to make payments on the home with the intent to purchase it for $178,000 after three years, according to the complaint.
Three months in, she stopped making payments. In May 2009, Ignat allegedly said she must either make the payments or get personal with him, according to the complaint.
He later filed suit in Will County to take possession of the home in the 400 block of Tamarack Street, saying the woman owed more than $11,000.
"This case was brought to the court with criminal and unethical tactics," the woman wrote in a handwritten response.
A judge found in favor of Ignat after the woman admitted she owed about $10,500, according to court records.
The court turned over possession of the property to Ignat in January 2010, and sheriff's deputies evicted the woman a month later, according to the complaint.