Have I missed something? The photo of Ms Bimbo Bingle is not particularly 'revealing' in the full sense of 'intimate' happy snaps nor is it very flattering. Perhaps this was the problem? In fact if it had not been pointed out to the world and his dog that she was the subject of said portraiture, I doubt whether it would have gone much further than a few leery mate's mobiles.

Laura wants her 15 plus minutes of fame (infamy) and quite frankly this whole fiasco has achieved just that. Someone nominate the girl for an Oscar please. Fortunately she does not have enough wealth to qualify as the Paris Hilton of Down Under which is just as well since impressionable young Australian women need much better role models to aspire to.

A few words of advice to all the "Laura's" out there:
#1 Stay away from "Bad Boys" - married ones especially.
#2 Should a "close friend" take a compromising photo which you object to and not erase the image when requested, take advantage of your "special relationship" to gain access to the camera / mobile involved and DELETE. Confiscate the Memory Card if necessary.
3# Don't use any 'scandal' resulting from distribution of such images as an opportunity to sell your sordid little story to pathetic magazines - if you value any remnant of credibility you still possess.

Advice to media outlets and their 'Get a life - pleeeze' audiences - Find some real stories!

Let's hear no more about Laura until she does something that raises the bar rather than lower it further than it already is.

As for aspiring pornographers out there - here's a suggestion. We take a leaf out of the "less enlightened" cultures around the Globe and (re)introduce public flogging. Offences recounted and 6 of the best across an offenders bare backside in front of a jeering crowd would deter most idiots. And that for a great many other so-called minor crimes .... Would keep a lot of young smart-asses from ending up in jail ... but that's another thread

RobP "< At the risk of being accused of envy, I'd go a little further and say what the bloody hell does Lara actually do to get her cars, rings and lifestyle.
That wealth patently belongs to the more unassuming in society who actually go to work every day and do the hard yards."

I am not at all sure that it is Lara who is the stupid one here.

Because of her attractive face and body, she has easily lured a mindlessly moronic married man away from his family(remember she was not married),
and hooked up a famous, but weak, cricketer who helped finance her expensive lifestyle.

Aren't these men even more stupid than her?

My final comment concerns the lost age of chivalry.
I enjoyed some interludes in my day as a young rake.I was never inclined to become a complete cad and breathe a word which might sully a young woman's reputation let alone share a lewd photograph with my mates. Whatever else he is, Fevola is the last sportsman ? I would put up as a role model for my son, an aspiring young rugby hopeful.
That goes for the rest of the gangbanging, boozing scumbags with no respect for women.

This is a great website.
We also tried to do a legal analysis on the Bingle privacy argument. See us at fortnightlyreview.info
Look forward to your comments!

Suze,

>>Aren't these men even more stupid than her?<<

It's certainly true that birds of a feather flock together. So, you're probably right. Fevola's a moron and I think you're right about Clark.

TheMissus,

For the sake of fairness and completeness, I shouldn't let criticism stop at Lara. The whole media/sportsstar/celebrity circus is equally to blame for playing up to a prurient (of some kind) audience. So what if a cricketer can whack a ball 100m onto the roof of a pavilion? What's he doing that deserves the adulation and the big bucks? Entertainmant only keeps people occupied for a few hours. By the time it's finished, people go back to what they were doing and nothing has changed. Big deal. And to think that golfers get annoyed when some of their adulating fans take happy snaps while they're hitting their tee shot. Like, the world will end if they don't make that shot. Someone should blast out AC/DC just as Tiger's about to swing. I'd like to see that. Bring 'em down to earth a bit.

I haven't read Woman's Day for years... no longer the family and recipe mag they once were so it would seem. Gossip and celebrity boredom - why do people buy this sutff? It is inane titilation.

The days of chilvary and respect for privacy are truly no longer ideals of a modern society.

Oh well...one lesson learned for Lara as divine_msn stated, stay away from morons and married men. And if they are morons and married run like the blazes.