Twitter denies settling baseball manager's lawsuit

0 Comments | AFP, June, 2009

WASHINGTON (AFP) — Twitter has denied settling a lawsuit with Tony La Russa over the impersonation of the St. Louis Cardinals manager on the micro-blogging service.

La Russa told reporters on Friday that San Francisco-based Twitter had agreed to pay his legal fees and make a donation to his animal shelter, the Animal Rescue Foundation.

But Biz Stone, a co-founder of Twitter, said in a blog post over the weekend it was not true. "Twitter has not settled, nor do we plan to settle or pay," he wrote.

La Russa sued Twitter in a California court last month after an unidentified person created an account in his name and sent posts that La Russa described as "derogatory and demeaning."

Stone, in his blog post, said impersonation was a violation of Twitter's terms of...