Chris Lee Was Also Trolling for Transgenders

'Other woman' has unsolicited advice for her: Get tested

(NEWSER) - In sickness and health, sure, but nobody said anything about when your husband gets caught trying to pick up women on Craigslist with the worst frat-astic cell-phone pic ever. Nevertheless, Michele Lee is "crushed," but standing by former Rep. Chris Lee, who a friend says "was supposed to be her prince charming." The Lees have holed up in Chris Lee's father's multi-million-dollar Florida estate, and Michele is "hoping to work things out," a source tells the New York Post. More»

Chris Lee penned op-ed about online predators

(NEWSER) - How’s this for irony: Chris Lee, the married ex-Congressman who resigned after Gawker busted him trolling for women on Craigslist, penned an op-ed all about "the dangers of the Internet" in 2009. Gawker points to the piece, originally printed in the Tonawanda News ; it focuses on legislation Lee helped to pass that educates students on Internet safety. Lee—who used his real name and email address when sending half-naked pictures of himself to a woman he met via the site—warns in the op-ed that “private information and images can so easily be transmitted to friends and strangers alike.” More»

Married Christopher Lee caught trolling for women on Craigslist

(NEWSER) - Gawker has a new political scalp to go with its new design. GOP Congressman Christopher Lee of upstate New York has resigned after the site printed an email exchange—complete with shirtless photo of Lee—between him and a woman he met on Craigslist. Lee, who is married, presented himself as a slightly younger divorced lobbyist, though he used his real name and image. The two exchanged flirty emails until the woman Googled him, realized who it was, and sent the correspondence to Gawker. ( Click to read the emails and see the photo.) More»

Salon's Steve Kornacki: Site tries too hard to justify scoops

(NEWSER) - When Gawker exposed the Craigslist wanderings of ex-Congressman Chris Lee, it justified the story as newsworthy because Lee's votes on DADT and abortion funding "suggests a certain comfort with publicly scrutinizing others' sex lives." Oh, please, writes Steve Kornacki at Salon , save the false piety. When Gawker runs a salacious story about a famous person's sex life—as it did with Christine O'Donnell and John Travolta —it tries too hard to claim a "moral high ground" for doing so. More»

Men show softer sides in ads seeking best buddies

(NEWSER) - Men looking to be swept off their feet—in a “strictly platonic” kind of way—know where to go: Craigslist, where ads seeking bromance are pouring in. A few of the best, as reported by the Frisky:

• “Having just watched the movie I Love You, Man (which was the funniest I’ve seen in a while), I realize I need to meet a guy(s) for some bromance,” writes a 44-year-old.