From a bylined AP story by Allen G. Breed:
The woman being quoted is Kim Roberts, the Second Dancer/Stripper at the infamous Duke lacross party.
Ms. Roberts e-mailed
5W Public Relations a NYC firm that specializes in managing crisis communication. Clients include Sean "Diddy" combs, Ice cube and Lil' Kim.
Quote: I've found myself in the center of one of the biggest stories in the country. I'm worried about letting this opportunity pass me by without making the best of it and was wondering if you had any advice as tohow to spin this to my advantage."
Ms. Roberts, like the woman who has accused members of the lacross team of rape, is a divorced single mother. She is worried that because of the adverse publicity about her criminal record (embezzling $25,000), no one will want to hire her.
I feel this woman's actions go a step beyond both "News as Entertainment" and "All Publicity is Good Publicity" to "Notority is a Saleable Comodity".
If I were her judge or her probation officer, I'd strongly suggest that she keep her mouth shut; that profiting or trying to profit from a legal case that has not been decided is neither fair to the plantiff nor to the defendent.
She said,
Why shouldn't I profit from it? I didn't ask to be in this position..... I would like to feed my daughter.
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What do you think?
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