Her work at Senate and a book deal with Playboy brought Jessical Cutler some fame, but she lost her job at Capitol Hill.
Cutler is a former aide to ex-Senator Mike DeWine (Republican). She created the "washingtonienne" blog and started to post detailed stories about her sex life with six men, including a Senate colleague and a few generous older gentlement, who, according to her, paid many of her living expenses, reports AP.
The discovery of the blog cost Jessical Cutler to lose her job, after which she moved to NY and continued to publish her site. Jessica was sued by her ex-boyfriend and a DeWine staffer Robert Steinbuch. The later claims that she publicly humiliated him and seeks $20 million in damages.
AP says that "In court documents filed in the case Thursday, however, Cutler says she cannot even pay her American Express bill, legal fees and student loans. She submitted to the judge a copy of a Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition filed in New York dated Wednesday."
Why is this story about Jessica Cutler important? Actually it is. This story raises an important questions about the future of bloggers and blogging. Should people who keep online diaries be obligated to protect the privacy of the people they interact with offline?
Where does the line cross between online personal privacy and free speech? Perhaps the development of Jessical Cutler's story may shed some clarity on the issue. - By HULIQ.com
