Martin Shkreli Has Been Suspended From Twitter After Harassing Teen Vogue’s Lauren Duca
Martin Shkreli finally got the boot from Twitter dot com and it was for the exact sort of thing you’d expect.
Remember Lauren Duca, the Teen Vogue writer whose viral essay on Donald Trump and face-off with Tucker Carlson launched her to journalistic stardom in the last month? Yeah, she’s been getting a lot of attention in the media world, but she also attracted the attention of Shkreli.
At first, it seemed innocuous. She posted this screengrab of his invitation for her to join him at the inauguration:
I would rather eat my own organs pic.twitter.com/IgeCRZqk8w
— Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) January 5, 2017
That traveled around on Twitter and seemed funny enough, but then she posted this:
How is this allowed @jack pic.twitter.com/Wof8MlYHTL
— Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) January 8, 2017
Her followers were shocked and even Carrie Goldberg, a lawyer who specializes in online sex crimes, jumped in.
@DanaSchwartzzz @helfitzgerald @jack Like, that’s a picture of me and my husband. I feel sick.
— Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) January 8, 2017
@ivadixit @laurenduca @jack seriously, though, DM me and we can set something up.
— Carrie A. Goldberg (@cagoldberglaw) January 8, 2017
Twitter took notice, banning the “pharma bro” from the platform.
Duca’s name has been popping up in his livestreams, too. He said she can “get it from behind always” and “will come around eventually.”
Probably not. Whether Twitter will “come around eventually” and let him return to the platform remains to be seen.
UPDATE — 3:16 p.m. EST:
The Twitter reactions to this development are pouring in.
Twitter should offer Shkreli his account back for $10,000 and if he agrees say sorry and suddenly raise the price 5600%
— shut up, mike (@shutupmikeginn) January 8, 2017
Me: "Huh. People are talking about Martin Shkreli on here. I wonder what he did this time."
*searches his name*
"Oh God… oh God no…"— GV (@njny) January 8, 2017
Zika virus is terrified of catching Martin Shkreli. I keep telling it the odds are so low but it won't listen to reason.
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) January 8, 2017
I can't wait until Martin Shkreli starts complaining about the unfair decisions made by private businesses. #MartinShkreli
— Eric Gewlas (@JustErics) January 8, 2017
it's funny that shkreli got suspended bc he's extremely lame
— raandy (@randygdub) January 8, 2017
Here's the thing about Martin Shkreli: fuck Martin Shkreli. Good riddance
— Patrick Monahan (@pattymo) January 8, 2017
I didn't have "Gloat over Martin Shkreli getting booted off Twitter" on my to-do list today, but looks like I need to find room for it.
— Scott Wampler (@LimitedPaper) January 8, 2017
OK, Shkreli's been suspended, can we please work on @realDonaldTrump now?
— C.A. Pinkham (@EyePatchGuy) January 8, 2017
UPDATE – 5:27 pm EST: Duca spoke about the news with Business Insider, saying Shkreli “absolutely deserves” to be suspended over his “targeted harassment.”
“It’s unfortunate that the only reason people are paying attention is because he’s relatively high-profile,” said Duca. “Trolling seems to be an automatic occupational hazard for female writers who receive any level of professional attention.”
Shkreli said “nope” when asked if he had a response to his suspension.
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