A Queens woman says an Jewish Orthodox blog has falsely damned her
as a pedophile — without being given a chance to state her innocence, according
to a lawsuit.
Preschool teacher Marisa Trachtenberg, 31, was charged on a
sex-abuse charge in August with kissing a 15-year-old girl in 2006 — an
allegation she vehemently denies.
Although the charges were quickly dismissed, Trachtenberg
claims “she lives in hell” because a Minnesota blogger who reported the arrest
implied the victim was a young child and that there were “potentially many more
victims,” according to a December Queens Supreme Court suit.
Although a lawyer alerted Shmayra Rosenberg, who runs
failedmessiah.typepad.com, that the statements were “false and defamatory,”
Rosenberg refuses to remove the post.
Rosenberg “did not check the source of his information” and
“acted in reckless disregard for the truth,” according to court papers. “A
simple visit to the court or phone call to Marisa Trachtenberg would have
resulted in access to the pleadings.”
Rosenberg claims it’s on Trachtenberg to provide proof of
her innocence — although the blogger never requested such evidence when
Trachtenberg’s lawyer asked that the post be removed.
“I did not speak to Trachtenberg” before writing about the
arrest, he told The Post. “I had a credible source who told me the child was
very young and that they were afraid there were more victims,” he told The
Post.
Trachtenberg says she lost her job, has been unable to get
another one, and has been “totally ostracized by the Orthodox community.”
She’s asking a judge to force Rosenberg to take down the
post, as well as for unspecified damages.
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