Pin Itemailprint The woman who outed Congressman Chris Lee on Craigslist would like her life back now, thank you very much. Yesha Callahan tells the Washington Post, “I didn’t do this for the attention or, you know, notoriety or money or whatever. Now I just want to go about my daily business.” Hmm, maybe she [...]
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Another day, another political scandal. Rep. Christopher Lee resigned today after word leaked that the married Republican congressman sent a shirtless photo of himself to a woman on Craigslist. The New York congressman handed in his letter of resignation to House Speaker John Boehner. “It has been a tremendous honor to serve the people of [...]
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Christine O’Donnell‘s people have taken to Facebook to blast a much-criticized, anonymous report of a late-night encounter involving the Republican Senate candidate that was published on the Gawker website on Thursday. In a Facebook post, Doug Sachtleben, O’Donnell’s communications director, condemns the article as sexist “slander” that is typical of the way members of the [...]
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Wow, the iPhone leak just got ugly. On Monday, it became known that computers were seized from Gizmodo editor Jason Chen‘s house on Friday in what would seem to be an investigation into the sale of the new Apple iPhone. Gawker Media, which own Gizmodo, says the action violates California’s shield law for journalists. Gizmodo [...]
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Eric Dane has filed a lawsuit against Gawker Media, owned by Nick Denton, over the site’s publication of the actor’s sex tape (which you can read about here). Dane and and Rebecca Gayheart, who also appeared in the video, filed the lawsuit today in Los Angeles County Superior Court, claiming that Gawker.com had not only [...]
Hollywood gossip site Defamer is being consolidated into Gawker, the entity’s main gossip website. Defamer, now in its fourth year, will act as Gawker’s entertainment column. The stories that focus on the movie industry will still be posted on Defamer.com, but the two sites will be staffed and managed as one. Confused yet? The main [...]
