A recent University of San Diego School of Law graduate and Donald Trump supporter has filed a malicious defamation lawsuit against an unknown person who she said created a fake Twitter account under her name displaying pro-Nazi viewpoints.

Tiffany Dehen of Pacific Beach filed the lawsuit in San Diego federal court on Feb. 1, within a day of finding out about the fake account, the lawsuit states. She is seeking $100 million in damages.

The Twitter account uses her real name but with the following disclaimer in the description: “Parody account. Fiction and political satire about Republican white women.”


Posts include pro-Trump sentiment along with support of Adolf Hitler and other racist views.

In one post, it shows a photo of Dehen and says she is excited for her TV audition for “BRAVO’s The Real Housewives of NaziOccupied Russian Territory Formerly Known as America *twirls* ‘if he’s not Aryan, we’re not marryin’!’’”

Another comment asks for fashion advice for a job interview from “fashion queens” Melania Trump and Kellyanne Conway.

Dehen’s real Twitter account, @tiffanysundevil, shows her in a “Make America Great Again” red Christmas sweater and includes in the description “#trumptrain2016baby #choochoo” among other Trump-related posts.


She said the account creator took great pains to plan the impersonation by trying to friend her on Facebook and gain more personal information so he could make a Facebook account. The defendant also stole and in some cases altered her photos to put on the Twitter account, the lawsuit states.

Dehen said the account is particularly harmful because she is applying for admittance to the California bar and looking for jobs.

The lawsuit does not name the mystery perpetrator, calling him John Doe, although she said she suspects he is a current or former USD student. Because of that, she is asking for the university to be included as a defendant, as well as Twitter, which she said had been slow to take the fake account offline. (It has now been taken down.)

“The process Twitter adheres to is absolutely ridiculous and should be looked at as well and Plaintiff claims the process Twitter has in place to review defamation is unconstitutional,” the lawsuit states.


The lawsuit was filed by Dehen without an attorney although she indicates she is working on retaining one.

kristina.davis@sduniontribune.com

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