New Allegations in Kurt Eichenwald-Justin Berry Saga
We’ve got an update in the Kurt Eichenwald/Justin Berry saga. To recap, former New York Times reporter Eichenwald (now at Portfolio) paid an underage source $2000 for a 2005 story about web porn. The underage source, Berry, operated several pornographic websites. The story, still on the Times website, was one of the most talked about stories of that year.
Now it’s revealed that Eichenwald paid Berry a heck of a lot more than $2000. Subpoenaed PayPal records in the trial of adult website operator (and Berry collaborator) Tim Richards reveal the following:
- A man named “Andrew McDonald” using Kurt Eichenwald’s e-mail address and with a mailing address in Eichenwald’s hometown of Dallas sent Berry numerous payments in 2005.
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