James Woods Sues Anonymous Twitter User But Has Uphill Battle

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Mark Melin
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Actor James Woods has found the uglier side of Twitter and he is fighting back. The Emmy and Golden Globe Award winning actor, 68, is suing an anonymous Twitter user for $10 million. This individual, with just several thousand followers, “stepped over the line by falsely accusing actor James Woods of being a ‘cocaine addict on the social media site Twitter,” documents filed in Superior Court claim. James Woods accused of cocaine use Woods says that @abelisted, a Twitter handle that has since been shut down, damaged the actors reputation with family, friends, fans and business associates by tweeting  “@RealJamesWoods @benshapiro cocaine…

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.