Dion Phaneuf, Elisha Cuthbert, & Joffrey Lupul threaten TSN with lawsuit over broadcast Tweet

Toronto Maple Leaf Dion Phaneuf, his wife Elisha Cuthbert (left), & teammate Joffrey Lupul have threatened TSN with a lawsuit. TSN was broadcasting tweets with the #TradeCentre hashtag and the tweet, “I want the leafs to keep lupul solely based upon the fact that he banged phaneuf’s wife” from a user named @Aadragna21 made TV.

Vancouver-based lawyers Gall Legge Grant & Munroe LLP released the following statement:

The following is a statement by Peter A. Gall, Q.C. of Gall Legge Grant & Munroe LLP on behalf of their clients Dion Phaneuf, his wife Elisha Cuthbert and Joffrey Lupul.

“On behalf of our clients Dion Phaneuf, his wife Elisha Cuthbert and Joffrey Lupul, we have sent a letter to TSN demanding that TSN issue a formal apology and pay a significant amount of damages to each of our clients for broadcasting a false and defamatory tweet during their trade deadline show yesterday. We are sending a similar letter to the author of the tweet, Mr. Anthony Adragna.

“It is bad enough that there are people who spend their time using social media to publish such false and malicious stories, but it is made much worse when a reputable media outlet like TSN gives broad circulation and credibility to these false stories by republishing them as TSN did.

“If TSN and Mr. Adragna do not immediately comply with the demands set out in our letters, we have instructions from our clients to immediately commence a lawsuit against them.

Oh boy.

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