Barrows

FACTS

1. Claims Made in the Complaint Avellone asserts four claims of libel per se arising from Barrows’s tweets in June 2020. First, replying to a tweet from a gaming Web site that promoted an interview with Avellone, Barrows wrote that she had “ZERO interest in anything from a man who spent so much time preying on young women (no age check), getting them drunk & taking them to hotel rooms, showing up to panels late & wasted if at all, & treating fans/fellow industry SO badly, he was blacklisted from at least 1 big con[vention].” Second, Barrows reposted her message on her own Twitter account and added, “While we’re at it, here’s another man to add to the gaming industry predator garbage pile. Yesterday was the first time I said something publicly about this, and I’m done being silent, despite that fuckstick in the reply telling me to shut up. I WILL NOT.” Third, Barrows posted a series of tweets describing her claimed bad experience with Avellone and her observations of his interactions with other women. She wrote, “Chris Avellone is an abusive, abrasive, conniving sexual predator.”

3 Fourth, Barrows tweeted, “Hey Avellone, since I know you’ve seen this now, spare us all the…