That legal battle hasn’t turned out so well for Steinbuch. Cutler lawsuit law professor/plaintiff Robert Steinbuch (now at UALR) claiming privacy violations against a blogger. That suit has dragged out over five years, writes Goldman: Steinbuch claimed invasion of privacy and infliction of emotional distress. He sued Cutler, Wonkette, and Cutler’s book publisher (yes, she got a book deal out of it, just as Owen might). One of her former paramours (and co-workers), who is now a law professor, claimed that he was easily identifiable, even though Cutler referred to her sexual partners by initials only.
Cutler detailed her equally scandalous (but less muscle-heavy) sexual adventures with Capitol Hill staffers and other denizens of D.C. But what about invasion of privacy on the legal level?Īs technology law professor Eric Goldman pointed out, the incident bears a strong resemblance to that of the Washingtonienne blog run by Jessica Cutler (brought to the attention of the world by the political blog Wonkette, formerly owned by Gawker and edited by Lat). On the moral and ethical level, this is obviously a whole lotta privacy invasion - on the part of Owen for sharing the athletes’ sexual performances with her friends, on the part of her friend for forwarding it on without Owen’s permission, and on the part of the blogs for posting Owen’s presentation and exposing the identities of all the athletes.
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