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Diana Jenkins can now sue Meta as she tries to identify the bots sending racist messages to Garcelle Beauvais’ 14-year-old son Jax.
Jenkins filed a lawsuit earlier this month against the unidentified bots she believes are behind the messages, and last week requested permission to subpoena Meta to get information about the accounts behind the messages, Jenkins said. TMZ.
Now a judge has authorized Jenkins to sue Meta, Instagram’s parent company, according to court documents obtained by TMZ.
Update: Diana Jenkins can now sue Meta as she tries to identify the bots sending racist messages to Garcelle Beauvais’ 14-year-old son Jax
When asking permission to subpoena Meta last week, Jenkins and her legal team said the alleged perpetrator had created numerous Instagram accounts — possibly more than 20 — to send the messages, according to TMZ.
It’s now up to Meta to decide whether to cooperate with the subpoena or fight it.
Jenkins has been accused by fans of hiring bots to post the messages, according to Page sixand earlier this month she filed a lawsuit against the unknown bots.
The complaint filed by the cast of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills in Los Angeles Superior Court alleges that both she and the teen are the victims of a “hate campaign.”
Diana, 49, and Garcelle, 55, have had some heated on-camera arguments during the current season of RHOBH
According to the Los Angeles TimesJenkins doesn’t know who is behind the bots, so she filed a lawsuit against unknown defendants, who are listed on the file as John Does and John Roes.
The paper explained that lawyers recommend filing a lawsuit in online defamation cases “even before the defendant is known to lose his rights under the statute of limitations.”
Diana, 49, and Garcelle, 55, have had some heated on-camera arguments during the current season of RHOBH.
Attacks: The attacks began in August and hateful messages were sent to Jax, 14, in the white jacket, seen here with his mother and twin brother, Jaid, Los Angeles, June 2022
The lawsuit insists these have always been respectful exchanges but that “defendant used ‘bots’ two weeks ago to make racist and threatening messages targeting Ms Beauvais’s fourteen-year-old son,” referring to the person behind the campaign. as “morally bankrupt.”
The founder of Neuro drinks claims that some of these bots have thousands of followers and that the posts have not only damaged her career but also led to threats against her and her family.
After the attacks began in August, Garcelle wrote on social media: “I’m usually a very strong woman. I was raised to be strong and my life has taught me to be strong but when it comes to my kids! It hurts, it’s not okay. I’ve been in tears all night and it’s just a TV show with people yelling at your TV and throwing something at your TV, but leave our kids alone.”
Plea: After her son was targeted, the Coming to America star took to social media to make a plea to leave her kids alone
Respectful: The complaint filed tells that Diana and Garcelle were involved in some heated exchanges during the current season, but they were always respectful. She calls the perpetrator ‘morally bankrupt’
Jax also took to social media with, “I have not signed up for this show nor have I anything to do with the drama of the show. But middle-aged women spamming me with racist and rude comments about my family is not what I expected for my first week of high school.”
It is unclear why Jax, who has a twin brother, Jaid, was targeted.
Lisa Rinna, 59, spoke about the drama the reality show thrives on, writing on social media: ‘We’re doing a TV show. We try to entertain you. Why can’t you treat it like wrestling for God’s sake? Love us, like to hate us, but leave the children alone.’
The mother of two, who shares daughters Delilah, 24, and Amelia, 21, with husband Harry Hamlin, 70, spoke about the bullying her children have received with ‘What you’ve said and done to my own children [is] awful.’
Diana will demand unspecified damages once the perpetrator is identified and brought to trial. It has now been reported by TMZ that the entrepreneur will not participate in the reunion episode of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. A source claims she has been diagnosed with Covid-19.
Reunion: Diana will not participate in the upcoming RHOBH reunion episode. A source told TMZ she has been diagnosed with Covid-19