South Carolina restaurant sues woman over “libelous” online review

The Takeout: https://thetakeout.com/myrtle-beach-...iew-1831202249

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A woman and her friend reportedly visited a North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina restaurant called Buoys on the Boulevard in late October, and indicated they’d like to pay for their meal with a 2-dinners-for-$30 coupon. According to Myrtle Beach Online, employees told the women they couldn’t use the coupon because the restaurant had changed ownership a few months ago (and changed its name from Buoys Beach Bar & Grille) and wasn’t honoring older coupons. They offered to comp the table’s drinks instead. One woman then threatened to “destroy” the restaurant on social media, subsequently posting a Facebook review that—according to Myrtle Beach Online—alleges she found a worm in her sushi, a fast-crawling bug on the wall, and that the “Junga [sic] game is a germ carrier.” The restaurant responded to her review, denying the allegations, explaining the coupon dispute, and noting that her table didn’t even order sushi. Buoys wrote, in part: “I find it really sad that you would stoop so low to post lies about a business because of your anger.” Now, the business has filed a lawsuit against the woman alleging she libeled the restaurant in her knowingly false review; the restaurant seeks an unspecified amount of damages.

Now there's been cases of business trying to force a takedown of simple bad reviews in the past which have all been, in my opinion, pretty laughable.

But this case (assuming it went down as we are being told which is of course never certain) is different. This is a "Food sucks" or "This place is awful" review but actual accusations of legal wrongdoing.

Claiming your pasta was overcooked is one thing. Claiming actual sanitary violations is another.

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