Facebook on Friday backs Mark Zuckerberg with an official statement stating that the lawsuit filed by Ceglia claming 84% of the company is based on a contract that was likely “forged.”
“Mark has made it clear that Ceglia’s claims are absurd and we strongly suspect the contract is forged.”
This latest lawsuit against Facebook by Paul Ceglia is not the first for both – Facebook and Ceglia.
Back in 2007, a lawsuit was filed against Facebook by co-founders of the Site ConnectU, alleging that Zuckerberg took Facebook’s software code and business plan from them. The parties eventually reached an agreement that granted ConnectU $65 million in Facebook stock and cash.
Ceglia, on the other hand, has an ongoing case against him. He along with his wife Lasia, has been accused of defrauding customers of their wood-pellet fuel company, Allegany Pellets. The company allegedly took $200,000-worth of pre-orders fro wood pellets and then failed to deliver them.
With Facebook crying foul over the originality of the contract, which is so far produced in electronic format only and the current lawsuit against Ceglia, what most people think might turn out true – forgery.
But then again, Mark Zuckerberg seems unsure of the contract and it’s details – I think we were quite sure that we did not sign a contract that says that they have any right to ownership over Facebook.
We don’t see Ceglia wining this, unless the genuinity of the document is confirmed. Meanwhile, the current lawsuit has already caused some problems for Facebook with a temporary restraining order issued by the court.
