Judge denies Diet Madison Avenue's attempts to quash identifying subpoenas
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A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has denied the requests of anonymous Instagram account Diet Madison Avenue to quash subpoenas ordering Instagram, Facebook and Gmail to provide information about the individuals behind the account.
The denial comes with the caveat that the subpoenas only seek information on the two days that the account posted about former Crispin Porter Bogusky chief creative officer Ralph Watson, and only about the people who posted stories, which Watson alleges are defamatory.
Watson filed the defamation suit in Los Angeles Superior Court in May, alleging Diet Madison Avenue posted defamatory statements that led to his wrongful termination from the MDC Partners agency. The DMA Instagram account drew broad attention in the advertising industry last year for naming men it claimed engaged in sexual harassment. After their names were posted on the anonymous account, several big-name creatives were separated from their agencies, including Watson.
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