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Unmask e-mail Yahoo!

A would-be divorcé from Connecticut wants to know who sent his estranged wife malicious e-mails claiming he’d been carrying on with a hooker named “Sasha.”

Jeremy Goldstein is suing Yahoo! in Manhattan Supreme Court, demanding that the popular e-mail service unmask the identity of the individual who is making his Fairfield County divorce even worse than it already is by sending “defamatory e-mails.”

“The statements contained in the e-mail are completely false and without a shred of truth,” Goldstein insists in his lawsuit, referring to “Sasha,” the escort an anonymous Internet user says he’s been cavorting with throughout his 10-year marriage.

Despite their looming divorce, Goldstein and his wife, who is not named, were “not especially acrimonious,” the lawsuit says.

Then, last November, the wife started getting e-mails from one “Mary Outland,” from the account maryoutland75@yahoo.com.

Goldstein says one e-mail in particular stood out.

“Ok so here’s the deal,” the e-mail begins. “I think he used Uptown Service. I mean he saw the same girl Sasha for years at least ten. That’s what makes him sick who sees a hooker for ten years. The f–ked up thing is Sally knows but can’t tell you.

“He brags about it all the time,” the e-mail continues. “More later. I’m trying to watch of [sic] for you,” the malicious e-mail claims

“Mary Outland, it goes without saying, is a fictitious name,” Goldstein says in his suit.

“The only way to identify the true sender of the December 10 e-mail, using the “maryoutland75” online alias, is to obtain records reflecting the IP address of the origination point of the e-mails sent from this account, and thereafter connecting the IP address to an actual human being who pays for the Internet service,” the lawsuit says.

“This is information that is readily available in records maintained by Yahoo,” the suit argues.

Goldstein wants to sue “Mary Outland” for defamation, but says he doesn’t know who the sender is.

Judges can force disclosure of a potential defendant’s identity in cases of defamation or libel, Goldstein argues, citing case law going back to 1997.

Yahoo! did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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