Herbalife Files Petition to Seek User Identity from Twitter

7/26/2015

Herbalife has filed a petition in Cook County (IL) Circuit Court to require Twitter Inc. to identify the person behind the account posting negative comments about its products. The user behind the account @AfueraHerbaLIES alleged in two posts that Herbalife products were "toxic" and likely to be recalled.

Twitter's privacy policy prevents it from identifying a user without a court order.

"We are not going to sit back and let someone make false and defamatory statements about our company," said a company spokesperson.

For the past two years, Herbalife has been defending itself against allegations by hedge fund manager Bill Ackman that it operates an illegal pyramid scheme and will ultimately be shut down by regulators. Herbalife has strongly denied the allegations.

Last year, the FTC launched an investigation of Herbalife's business practices, which is ongoing.

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