Crime writer files libel action against author

BESTSELLING crime writer Patricia Cornwell has filed a libel action against another author and is asking a judge to bar him from posting defamatory messages about her on the internet.

Ms Cornwell wants the court to enforce an injunction issued in 2000 against Leslie Sachs and seeks a broader ban to prevent Mr Sachs from further writing negatively about Ms Cornwell on websites or allowing such statements to remain on those sites.

She also seeks unspecified financial compensation for defamatory postings since August 14, 2000.