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Paramedic sued for posting rape info on MySpace

by Trench on April 30th, 2007

Paramedic sued over MySpace entry:
Portland, Oregon paramedic, Simon Green, is being sued by a rape victim that he treated for posting details about the crime on his MySpace. He posted the approximate location of the crime which led the media right to the victim’s door.

On March 4, according to the suit, Green wrote on his MySpace site how the stranger followed the woman into her apartment and sexually assaulted her.

On his MySpace site he suggested victims should fight off attackers if confronted by a knife or carry a gun.

“My advice: fight. It’s only a knife, and any rapist is a coward who will probably turn tail at any resistance,” his posting read.

Police are also saying that Green’s post may also have hampered their investigation of the crime since no suspect has been captured yet.

The victim is seeking economic damages for missing work, obtaining counseling and having to move, as well as non-economic damages for emotional distress, physical illness and loss of sleep.

She accuses Green and the ambulance company of violating her protected information, citing federal privacy rules.

As someone who works in the medical field we have the federal privacy laws, known as HIPAA, drilled into our heads. Mr. Green should have known better.

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