Cancellation Litigation + Doxing Claim, over Allegedly Malicious Publicizing of Snapchat Video with Allegedly Racist Statements
From Doe v. Buckley, filed last week in Contra Costa County (California) Superior Court:
Plaintiff and Defendant were close friends in high school and the beginning of college, but had a fallout in July of 2023. During their friendship, they frequently exchanged video and text messages through … Snapchat ….
In December of 2021, during Plaintiff’s freshman year of college …, Defendant sent him a Snapchat video while Defendant was partying with some friends at the University of Portland.
Plaintiff sent a Snapchat video reply that referred to Defendant and his friends as his “niggers” …. Defendant had used this same racial slur in his initial Snapchat video to Plaintiff and Plaintiff’s reply mirrored the energy and language of the Defendant’s message….
[B]oth parties exchanged these Snapchat videos while they were intoxicated and their judgment was impaired. Notwithstanding, the communications were private and intended to be jokes between close friends. Plaintiff never intended anyone other than Defendant to see the Snapchat Video and reasonably expected the private communication to disappear after it was read by Defendant.
During the summer of 2023, the friendship between Plaintiff and Defendant deteriorated and they had a falling out in July of 2023…. On or about July 18, 2023, Defendant sent Plaintiff a threatening text via Snapchat which accused Plaintiff of turning their mutual friends against him. After Plaintiff denied the accusations, Defendant retaliated by sending another text message which attached a copy of the Snapchat Video from December of 2021. Plaintiff interpreted this communication from Defendant as blackmail and he became concerned that Defendant would distribute the private Snapchat Video to others….
On or about August 27, 2024, Defendant forwarded the Snapchat Video to [high-level administrators] at the University where Plaintiff attended college…. Defendant’s August 27, 2024 email alleged that Plaintiff could be seen in the Snapchat Video wearing a University shirt, using a racial slur, and allegedly being under the influence of illegal substa
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