James Woods Suing Twitter User Who Called Him A Cocaine Addict

James Woods is suing a Twitter user for $10 million (nearly £6.5 million) after he was branded a ‘cocaine addict’ on the social network.

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The star of movies like 'Casino’ and 'Once Upon A Time In America’ filed the suit against the user called 'Abe List’.

The pair have frequently tussled on the site, with the user, who appears to live in Los Angeles, replying with offensive remarks to many of Woods’s more controversial posts.

But it appears that the accusation of Woods being a cocaine addict 'stepped over the line’.

In a reply to a tweet about the media and its priorities, Abe List replied: “Cocaine addict James Woods still sniffing and spouting.”

The complaint filed by Woods says that he 'is not now, nor has ever been, a cocaine addict, and AL had no reason to believe otherwise’.

“AL’s reckless and malicious behaviour, through the worldwide reach of the internet, has now jeopardised Woods’ good name and reputation on an international scale,” it continues.

“AL, and anyone else using social media to propagate lies and do harm, should take note. They are not impervious to the law.”

Following a Woods post about the Barack Obama birther controversy, AL wrote: “You are a ridiculous scum clown-boy James, a joke.”

Woods has long had a reputation for controversy on the site, and has previously claimed that his frequent anti-Obama tweets will mean that he will ‘never work again’ in Hollywood.

Twitter has now suspended the @AbeList account.

“The owner of the AL Twitter Account has thousands of followers and, since at least December 2014, has undertaken to engage his followers with a campaign of childish name-calling targeting against Woods,” the suit goes on.

“In the past, AL has referred to Woods with such derogatory terms as 'prick,’ 'joke,’ 'ridiculous,’ 'scum’ and 'clown-boy.'”

It’s not known whether Woods has ever tried to block the user from following him, or if he’s previously used any of the avenues set up by the social network to combat abusive tweets.

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