Yahoo Shuts Down Fugitive Site
Gary Miller, RBrea. The site also accused Brian Miller of child abuse.
In November, Dejongh fled California with the three children she had with Miller following a court order for Dejongh to share custody with the congressman. Police and FBI currently consider Dejongh a fugitive.
The website was created by Dejongh father, Jude Lopez. Although he is not sure why Yahoo shut down the website last week, he said there is a possibility that Gary Miller might have told the Web host about the site. Yahoo spokesman Ed Bryson said that while Lopez case was being reviewed by Yahoo, he could not offer any further details as to why the site was shut down.
Last month, Brian Miller filed a libel lawsuit, which also cited slander and invasion of privacy, against Lopez regarding comments he made about Miller on the and Ken radio show on KFIAM 640 in Los Angeles.
Brian Miller attorney, Daniel Wildish, has not contacted Yahoo regarding Lopez site, according to Nadine Critz, a paralegal working for Wildish.
Yahoo sent Lopez an email saying that he violated his terms of service, which included that sites should not be in activities or sales that may damage the rights or reputation of Yahoo or others. experts said that since Web hosts are not legally obligated to host a website if they do not wish to, they can shut down a site for any reason. Additionally, the experts said that case law dictates that Yahoo could not be sued for libel just for hosting the website.
In similar news, Go Daddy responded last week toallegations that the company shut down a police watchdog site last week for reasons of activity.
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