Montreal musician Frederik Durand, who performs under the name Snails, has been awarded $1.5 million in a defamation lawsuit against a California Instagrammer who posted unfounded allegations of sexual impropriety. Snails, the alias of Montreal DJ and producer Frederic Durand, is seen in an undated publicity handout photo.
Montreal musician Frederik Durand, who performs under the name Snails, has been awarded $1.5 million in a defamation lawsuit against a California Instagrammer who posted unfounded allegations of sexual impropriety. A Quebec-based electronic music artist hopes to get his career and life back on track after triumphing in an Alberta defamation lawsuit tied to social media posts accusing him of being a sexual predator.
That all changed in early 2020, he said, when an Instagram account, @evidenceagainstsnails, began reposting allegations of serious sexual impropriety against him. Devlin noted Durand kept voluminous electronic data records to prove his case while Higgins, while protesting having the matter heard in Alberta, otherwise did not offer a defence.
"I have no difficulty finding as a fact that the purpose, intention, and effect of the Instagram account was to brand Mr. Durand a creep and a criminal. This easily makes outDevlin awarded Durand $1.5 million and said his ruling should not be seen to be any reflection on the Me Too movement, which gained speed in 2017 as a torrent of sexual impropriety allegations were levelled against powerful men in entertainment, media, business and other arenas.
He said there are probably only a handful of internet defamation cases in Canada, but said it's likely the tip of the iceberg.
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