The Facts of the Whole @ashleymadison Debacle

I know I said I wouldn’t blog while studying for the Bar (I still tweet though – follow me to the right), but lots of people have asked about clarity on this whole MyMarriageMatters situation. Well here are the facts in clear, chronological form:

1. I get an email from a Ryan Hill with the address
mymarriagematters@gmail.com saying that they are starting a new
anti-Ashley Madison site located at MyMarriageMatters.com

2. We email back and forth. Ryan Hill asks me for some statistics to
rebut Ashley Madison commercials.

3. I get an email at 11:27am om May 18 saying that the site is MyMarriageMatters.org and he
provides me with a link to a recent commercial on Youtube.

4. I respond at 11:30am that I will post the video asap. I checked out his site and then post the video with a write-up on my site.

5. At 11:50am Ashley Madison posts on my blog as “Ryan Hill” with the same website and Gmail address thanking me for posting the video and saying it was good talking to me.

6. I get an email from Ryan Hill (using his work email) threatening to sue me for associating the two.

7. I talk to a Ryan Hill on the phone. He seemed to be an innocent party and didn’t seem to know what is going on himself.

8. I immediately retracted my statement on my blog. But the fact that Ashley
Madison posed as “Ryan Hill” is still a fact.

9. Someone posted on my blog that the Gmail account is on the “About
Us” page of MyMarriageMatters.org.

10. I have not received an email from the Gmail account since I was asked to put the video up.

11. MyMarriageMatters.org took down everything on the website except for a YouTube video of their commercial.