All Blacks rugby union star Aaron Smith has found himself in the middle of a media storm ahead of the Bledisloe Cup in Sydney on Saturday night.
The 28-year-old from Feilding, New Zealand, was caught having sex in a disabled toilet at Christchurch Airport last year as the team prepared to fly to a test match in South Africa.
He issued a statement of apology at the time, saying he made a “huge mistake, a huge error in judgment”. He apologised publicly to his partner Teagan Voykovich, his team and his fans. Voykovich stood by Smith throughout.
Now, however, the woman involved (who has not been identified) has shared her side of the story with the Daily Mail, claiming it wasn’t a ‘one-off’ and that she and the rugby star had been meeting up for sex for two years prior the bathroom incident.
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Is his relationship status regularly in the media so that she might be supposed to have known he had a girlfriend?
Would that justify double standard of the bloke being forgiven by the public for his "indiscretion" while the woman is vilified for sleeping with him?
I think women have a much harder time separating sex and love than men do and this can lead to all sorts of problems. I listened to the podcast on MM, as well as other articles on MM with mistresses who have contacted the wives to create psychological drama.
It is not my intentional to give credence to the misogynistic stereotype of the scorned, vindictive woman. But i have noticed in high profile scandals ( Amber Harrison, AFL) and in my personal life and known a number incidents in the work place and with friends who have had affairs and cannot think of a single instance where a male lover has contacted a aggrevied husband or partner motivated by spite. I believe that because women can't compartmenalise sex like men can, these trysts leave women feeling used and unempowered and the only way they can get there power back is trying to break up the the family unit or run smear campaigns.
I would imagine it is especially when these sort of trysts with footballers or titans of business and industry would be exciting. But when the it all goes pair shaped self responsibility is much more dignified route than revenge.