An aspiring model who said she was drugged and raped on video by two men who lured her to a fake audition after she posted information about herself on a networking website can sue the El Segundo-based owner of the site, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. A three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena, reversing a lower court ruling, determined that the federal Communications Decency Act does not shield ModelMayhem.com from liability in the sexual abuse negligence case brought by “Jane Doe” against site owner Internet Brands two years ago in Los Angeles.
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