Gawker's Blakeley Arrested
It took over a week for news to surface about Gawker video editor Richard Blakeley’s arrest, but today Gawker and Blakeley himself confirmed that it is true.
Gawker says that Blakeley was arrested on domestic violence charges by ex-girlfriend Jessica Amason of BuzzFeed.com with whom he co-founded This Is Why You’re Fat and co-wrote the recent book derived from the site.
This blog has all the details, but Blakeley has denied the accusations on his Tumblr:
“Yes it’s true, I was arrested for assault.
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