Kanye West Label Executive Larry Jackson Sues to Unmask Anonymous Operators of Allegedly Defamatory Websites
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Summary
Music executive Larry Jackson, head of independent label Gamma, has filed a lawsuit in New York seeking to identify the anonymous individual(s) behind websites he claims are part of a coordinated defamation campaign against him and his label. The complaint alleges that after a Bloomberg article portrayed Jackson as a key figure in Kanye West's comeback, someone launched "larryjacksonexposed.com" and "gammaexposed.com" to spread false and damaging information. Jackson describes this as "reputational warfare" and is pursuing legal action to unmask those responsible.
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He says the 'reputational warfare' started after an article cast him as one of the masterminds of Kanye West's 'risky comeback.'
Jackson says that shortly after Bloomberg published its story on April 23, an unidentified figure launched the websites 'larryjacksonexposed.com' and 'gammaexposed.com'
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