So what to make of the Laws - Sperling relationship this morning.. Seems it was a private matter that some of Laws enemies tried to make public..
All a bit "so what" really. And it had its genesis on Facebook. Shows the power and the pain of that new conversation medium .
There is one curious aspect of this though.. There is more than a passing resemblance between the former Mrs Laws Leonie Brookhammer and Jackie Sperling.
Jackie has a statement on her blog which is here and we will put up in full.
Personal statement from Jacqueline Sperling
I am writing this statement to outline the circumstances behind the stories of the past 24 hours relating to my relationship with Michael Laws.
I can confirm that Michael and I met twice as a result of a non romantic discussion upon drug prohibition and addict treatment. I had a unique perspective given a past addiction and my subsequent recovery. I have been very open about the depredations that P addiction causes, and the need to affirm each day as a path to a clean and contributory life.
Neither of us expected to establish the brief relationship we did.
Obviously I took an interest in Michael’s career and entered numerous Facebook discussions relating to his activities.
As a consequence I was introduced to a group of people who loathed Michael and were quite happy to criticise him at every opportunity. Naturally, I defended him on occasion.
As a result, certain people contacted me with information relating to Michael’s private life. This information suggested that Michael had not been completely honest with me. Such was the volume of information, I came to believe some of it and ended all association with him.
I have since discovered that most of this information is false and clearly had malicious intent.
I actually repeated some of these rumours on my Facebook page out of anger. I did not properly appreciate that a Facebook posting is essentially a public posting, rather than just to the friends you are intending to send the message to.
It was lifted from my FB page by certain people and given a twist to directly criticise Michael and some other innocent people. I apologise for providing that opportunity.
As I understand some people reinterpreted what I wrote to suggest some future revenge on my part – the release of private text and e-mails between Michael and myself. I have now examined them and there is nothing particularly salacious in the texts I still have. Yes, some were intimate but they don’t really qualify as “sex-texts”.
I want to make it plain that I have never, and will never, release private correspondence with anyone into the public arena.
As far as I am concerned, this issue is now over although I understand that legal action is being considered by another party.
I will not be making any further comment than is contained in this statement.
Saturday 14 August 2010
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