Welcome to the internet generation.
Teresa Walsh Smith takes her divorce proceedings on line and posted on YouTube for the whole world to see. While this is news breaking now, as a first that has gained much publicity, the more interesting bit is when this becomes a popular way to get divorced.
The legal issues aside, there are major issues for companies when the personal life of their members becomes tried in the public courts like YouTube.
“This is absolutely a new step, and I think it’s scary,” Bonnie Rabin, a divorce lawyer who has handled high-profile cases, tells the Associated Press. “It brings the concept of humiliation to a whole new level.” Source: People Magazine
Yet another thing for company PR groups to think about, when the CEO’s divorce becomes a public spectacle, how does the company plan on working through that Public relations nightmare?
Keywords: Teresa Walsh smith, divorce, YouTube, video
