Suing for libel and defamation of character

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I don't know if any of you are familiar with the web site, ripoffreport.com but it seems they are a site where people can post bad experiences with companies and i guess with other individuals as well. These can be totally unsubstantiated and in many cases outright lies posted and somehow this site gets around having to remove them. They site a law called the communications decency act as to why they don't have to remove these posts. They have been sued but have never lost according to their website.
Anyway i just discovered a post written by an ex gf of mine on there. It was posted on the site nearly 2 years ago. We had broken up a year previous to that. In this post she names me, gives my address, and accused me of credit card fraud, idenity theft, says i hacked in to her computer, all this while she lived with me for 2 years before i kicked her out.
I can't get this site to remove this post of total fabricated lies. I can post a rebuttal but I want to sue this bitch. Do I have a legit case here? And what could i reasonably expect to receive in regard to damages? It will cost me a bit to do it so i want to at least recover that.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
 

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I don't know if any of you are familiar with the web site, ripoffreport.com but it seems they are a site where people can post bad experiences with companies and i guess with other individuals as well. These can be totally unsubstantiated and in many cases outright lies posted and somehow this site gets around having to remove them. They site a law called the communications decency act as to why they don't have to remove these posts. They have been sued but have never lost according to their website.
Anyway i just discovered a post written by an ex gf of mine on there. It was posted on the site nearly 2 years ago. We had broken up a year previous to that. In this post she names me, gives my address, and accused me of credit card fraud, idenity theft, says i hacked in to her computer, all this while she lived with me for 2 years before i kicked her out.
I can't get this site to remove this post of total fabricated lies. I can post a rebuttal but I want to sue this bitch. Do I have a legit case here? And what could i reasonably expect to receive in regard to damages? It will cost me a bit to do it so i want to at least recover that.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Libel and slander have to cause the person that feels they were libeled and slandered harm or loss in some way. Extremely hard to prove for the rich and famous let alone the normal RX poster.
 

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