Airbnb operator David Penman is demanding the internet giants reveal the details of people he says made defamatory comments about his business.
The owner of a Hepburn Airbnb property, who pleaded guilty last year to harassing a former guest after she rated his luxury accommodation as “Just OK” is demanding internet giants Google and TripAdvisor identify several other guests who left allegedly defamatory reviews.
While Google’s legal team is yet to respond to the application, a lawyer for TripAdvisor has asked the court to dismiss the case. The matter is due to proceed to a preliminary hearing in the Federal Court next month., while his lawyer Zac Griffith from Harwood Andrews Lawyers did not respond to requests for comment.
Magistrate Luisa Bazzani described the message and a series of threatening emails sent to the woman as “shocking, unfair and unnecessary”. The court heard, in one email, Penman wrote: “Tomorrow 25,000 people in Melbourne are going to know ... what a scumbag you are”.The court was also told that Penman contacted the guest’s employer and attempted to have him fired, before threatening to release his private details on Facebook.
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