EXCLUSIVE: Christine O'Donnell Sex Accuser Shopped Story For $25,000
Oct. 29 2010, Published 8:00 a.m. ET
The man who claims he had a sexless one-night stand with Senate nomninee Christine O'Donnell attempted to sell his story for $25,000.
The story ended up on Gawker and has caused a firestorm of controversy and drawn criticism from many camps, including the National Organization for Women.
Before the bizarre anonymous account of a Halloween night encounter with O'Donnell was published elsewhere, it was shopped to Breaking Celebrity News, which declined to run the story.
In emails to our site, a man claiming to represent the person who spent the night with O'Donnell asked for $25,000 and said that O'Donnell's pseudo-paramour wanted to remain anonymous but would sign an affidavit about the events of the evening and would come forward if necessary for a lawsuit.
The man told Gawker that he ended up in bed with O'Donnell but they did not have sex and she said she was a virgin, although he later interpreted that to be a born-again virgin.
In contact with Breaking Celebrity News before the story was published, a man claiming to be a "friend" of the person who slept with O'Donnell said in pitching the story: "We don't think she will go away and will continue to grow to be one of America's most polarizing figures, a la Sarah Palin.
We believe that the pictures and the story portray Ms. O'Donnell in a bar atmosphere, visibly drunk in a ridiculous/risque costume. She looks like a typical "party girl" on the prowl for younger guys and a "good time." These pictures show the polar opposite of the prude she pretends to be in public."