Liskula Cohen, a model who has posed for Armani and Versace as well as gracing the cover of Vogue, is suing Google over comments made by a blog hosted on the server. Specifically, the anonymous blogger in question dubbed Cohen the “#1 skanky superstar” following an incident in the bar at the Hudson Hotel where the doorman “was jailed after smashing her in the face with a vodka bottle,” says the New York Daily News. The site went on to call the model “a desperate ‘fortysomething’ who ‘may have been hot 10 years ago’." Oh, yeah, and "desperation seeps from her soul, if she even has one." Ouch, getting a bottle in the face aside, no one deserves to hear that. Besides, Cohen is only 36.

Cohen’s lawyer has called the blog’s antics “libelous” and “defamatory.” But whether or not a court will concur remains to be seen. While the suit is significant thanks to its raising of the issue of freedom of speech, it also suggests that the pressure felt by older models is enormous. Few of even the freshest faces are able to land jobs in their 30s, let alone their 40s, so being seen as over the hill can end your career. Models may have legs for days, but have some sympathy. Theirs is by no means an easy existence. That said, the quote on Cohen's Friendster profile (yes, it still exists, people) reads: "Fuck with me, and you fuck with the whole damn trailer park!!" So, I guess that means she's not exactly walking away with her tail between her legs.