BUFFALO (New York): A New York man who claims he struck a deal with Mark Zuckerberg in 2003 that entitles him to half of Facebook Inc has included in a new court filing e-mail messages that he said he exchanged with the Facebook founder.
In his federal court complaint, Paul Ceglia of Wellsville said the e-mail messages show, in part, how Zuckerberg tried to get him to abandon his interest in Facebook by souring their business relationship in 2004, while at the same time downplaying the popularity of the site following its launch at Harvard University, where Zuckerberg was a student.