Video Blogger Files Defamation/Breach of Contract Suit Against YouTube
May 13, 2012 1 Comment
An Atlanta video blogger has filed suit against video-sharing website YouTube, LLC over the company’s suspending of his account. Kevin M. Oliver — aka “NotYourTypicalNegro” — filed the suit Friday, May 11, 2012 in the Superior Court of California, Santa Clara County, for claims of breach of contract and defamation.
Mr. Oliver’s YouTube account was suspended and later terminated on June 8, 2011, following the posting of a controversial video featuring comments by popular megachurch pastor Creflo Dollar widely believed to be in support of scandal-ridden megachurch pastor Bishop Eddie Long. The video — which went viral — features Creflo Dollar scolding church members for leaving his colleague Eddie Long’s church and telling them to “get back over there”. The video received hundreds of thousands of views, and was discussed or featured worldwide across broadcast media, print, and the blogosphere, before YouTube suspended Mr. Oliver’s account the next day for supposedly violating the site’s “Community Guidelines” policy.
A statement from Mr. Oliver regarding this filing is forthcoming. A copy of the complaint in PDF format is provided below.
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