Some Disgruntled British Dude Is Suing Belle de Jour for Defamation
LatestBrooke Magnanti, the research scientist/former sex worker behind Belle de Jour, is being sued for defamation by an ex-lover, who’s pursuing damages for defamation and breach of privacy, and wondering (quite vociferously) out loud to anyone who will listen, i.e. the Mail, if Magnanti ever really was a sex worker.
That’s a pretty bold suggestion considering that Magnanti has, since her blog’s run in 2003, turned her experiences as a sex worker into a best-selling book and a sequel before finally outing herself to the Times of London back in 2009. In that revelatory interview, Magnanti explained that she took up prostitution as a way to earn some quick money as she was finishing up her Ph.D., and that Belle de Jour was a way of openly acknowledging that period in her life.