Aaron Smith naughty boy?

[jegga]

@Tregaskis well said .

[No Quarter]

Awesome work from the NZ media. Just when I thought they couldn't sink any lower with the Filipo story they've knocked this out of the fucking park. If I meet anyone that works in the media for One News, 3 news, Herald or Stuff I'm going to kick them in the balls as hard as I can on behalf of all sensible NZers.

[jegga]

@No-Quarter in the world of NZs journos a guy who stands with his wife and baby outside a toilet recording the sounds of consenting adults fucking deserves no scrutiny but Aaron Smith apparently owes us an apology.

But wait whats this ? journos are the least trusted people in NZ ? http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11462191

[Billy Tell]

@Kirwan said in Aaron Smith naughty boy?:

Watching the cringeworthy statement from Smith where he was quite upset (seriously, why did they make him do that?), it reminded me of another world class player that decided to leave NZ because it was too much of a fishbowl: Carl Hayman.

I hope we haven't chased away the best halfback we've had since Bachop because of some click hungry hacks and a couple of perverts who decided to record this incident.

Nah we're grand. He's signed until 2019.

[MN5]

@mimic said in Aaron Smith naughty boy?:

@MN5 said in Aaron Smith naughty boy?:

@Stargazer said in Aaron Smith naughty boy?:

@taniwharugby said in Aaron Smith naughty boy?:

@Stargazer wtf are you on about? did you watch it, no way would anyone recognize her form the image they posted.

You really are a picky little fluffybunny arent you!

Apparently, bolding the word 'him' is too subtle for you?

I meant Smith. He's a man-slut from all I've heard about him over the years.

Dude, the word is "stud".........how can you not know that ? sounds like someone needs a bit of impromptu toilet action.

Hey old timer, no-one under 35 uses that word anymore.
It's called "skux" these days.

This post. Is Awesome it won't be beaten this year.

I see they've left no stone unturned in their quest to keep the story going. Turns out that young, rich, famous, athletic guys are always going to be a target of female attention according to Luke McAllisters ex wife....fuck, never would have guessed that......

[taniwharugby]

@MN5 said in Aaron Smith naughty boy?:

@mimic said in Aaron Smith naughty boy?:

@MN5 said in Aaron Smith naughty boy?:

@Stargazer said in Aaron Smith naughty boy?:

@taniwharugby said in Aaron Smith naughty boy?:

@Stargazer wtf are you on about? did you watch it, no way would anyone recognize her form the image they posted.

You really are a picky little fluffybunny arent you!

Apparently, bolding the word 'him' is too subtle for you?

I meant Smith. He's a man-slut from all I've heard about him over the years.

Dude, the word is "stud".........how can you not know that ? sounds like someone needs a bit of impromptu toilet action.

Hey old timer, no-one under 35 uses that word anymore.
It's called "skux" these days.

This post. Is Awesome it won't be beaten this year.

I see they've left no stone unturned in their quest to keep the story going. Turns out that young, rich, famous, athletic guys are always going to be a target of female attention according to Luke McAllisters ex wife....fuck, never would have guessed that......

hence why that was what most of us wanted to be when we grew up!

[jegga]

@MN5 said in Aaron Smith naughty boy?:

@mimic said in Aaron Smith naughty boy?:

@MN5 said in Aaron Smith naughty boy?:

@Stargazer said in Aaron Smith naughty boy?:

@taniwharugby said in Aaron Smith naughty boy?:

@Stargazer wtf are you on about? did you watch it, no way would anyone recognize her form the image they posted.

You really are a picky little fluffybunny arent you!

Apparently, bolding the word 'him' is too subtle for you?

I meant Smith. He's a man-slut from all I've heard about him over the years.

Dude, the word is "stud".........how can you not know that ? sounds like someone needs a bit of impromptu toilet action.

Hey old timer, no-one under 35 uses that word anymore.
It's called "skux" these days.

This post. Is Awesome it won't be beaten this year.

I see they've left no stone unturned in their quest to keep the story going. Turns out that young, rich, famous, athletic guys are always going to be a target of female attention according to Luke McAllisters ex wife....fuck, never would have guessed that......

I am none of these things, explains a lot I guess.

[jegga]

It amazes me how out of touch with NZ our media circle jerk is, fapping over Nicky Hagars bullshit, thinking anyone gives a fuck that Hillary Barrys changing jobs and two days later stuff actually starts to get who the real bad guys are here

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/85027120/Aaron-Smith-whistleblowers-labelled-perverts-creeps-in-public-backlash-over-toilet-tryst

[taniwharugby]

THey could have done it with a while heap more class than they did...Smith gets shown as being classless for shagging a chick in a toilet, and only now they are realising the error of thier ways for recording 2 people having sex in a toilet.

Although....the husband thought it was amusing

The husband said he found it quite amusing and wasn't too worried about what Smith had done.
"I almost feel bad for putting the poor bloke in it now," he wrote in an email.

But the Missus wanted her 2 minutes in the limelight...

But the wife wanted to speak out, saying the more she thought about it the angrier she became.
"I've never actually reported anything to a newspaper or anything. We don't want to convey the fact that we're narking or gossiping about his private life. It's kinda beside the point."

[antipodean]

Good thing my meagre talent prevented me from representing New Zealand at rugby given my behaviour over the years. I mean, a disabled toilet? What an amateur. Try the halfway line of the Penrith football stadium, the Opera House steps, Royal Botanic gardens and Manly beach, and these were classy girls. Imagine the uproar if someone caught me nailing the tarts.

[Bones]

@antipodean Probably almost as bad as if someone discovered where they're buried?

[gollum]

@Mokey said in Aaron Smith naughty boy?:

God, I wish this story would just curl up and die.

Said on page 10 of 11 (and counting)...

[SammyC]

@MN5 said in Aaron Smith naughty boy?:

@mimic said in Aaron Smith naughty boy?:

@MN5 said in Aaron Smith naughty boy?:

@Stargazer said in Aaron Smith naughty boy?:

@taniwharugby said in Aaron Smith naughty boy?:

@Stargazer wtf are you on about? did you watch it, no way would anyone recognize her form the image they posted.

You really are a picky little fluffybunny arent you!

Apparently, bolding the word 'him' is too subtle for you?

I meant Smith. He's a man-slut from all I've heard about him over the years.

Dude, the word is "stud".........how can you not know that ? sounds like someone needs a bit of impromptu toilet action.

Hey old timer, no-one under 35 uses that word anymore.
It's called "skux" these days.

This post. Is Awesome it won't be beaten this year.

I see they've left no stone unturned in their quest to keep the story going. Turns out that young, rich, famous, athletic guys are always going to be a target of female attention according to Luke McAllisters ex wife....fuck, never would have guessed that......

Reminds me of the advice Lydiard gave Snell. Can't remember the exact words but it was along the lines of... sacrifice romance now and concentrate on training, because when you're a champion you'll get all the girls

[antipodean]

@Bones said in Aaron Smith naughty boy?:

@antipodean Probably almost as bad as if someone discovered where they're buried?

[Bones]

@antipodean Not even a tyre track in sight.

[Kruse]

@antipodean said in Aaron Smith naughty boy?:

Good thing my meagre talent prevented me from representing New Zealand at rugby given my behaviour over the years. I mean, a disabled toilet? What an amateur. Try the halfway line of the Penrith football stadium, the Opera House steps, Royal Botanic gardens and Manly beach, and these were classy girls. Imagine the uproar if someone caught me nailing the tarts.

Hey - there's nothing wrong with a disabled toilet. I've ticked that one off, although it was at a wedding reception, so a bit more romance than an airport.

[Magpie_in_aus]

I am looking forward to 6 weeks time when the headline reads ' Smith didn't flush chain and now has a little turd on the way' when the girl comes forward now she is knocked up.

[Grins]

@antipodean said in Aaron Smith naughty boy?:

Good thing my meagre talent prevented me from representing New Zealand at rugby given my behaviour over the years. I mean, a disabled toilet? What an amateur. Try the halfway line of the Penrith football stadium, the Opera House steps, Royal Botanic gardens and Manly beach, and these were classy girls. Imagine the uproar if someone caught me nailing the tarts.

I'll see that and raise with Great Wall of China. Top class.

[Catogrande]

@Grins said in Aaron Smith naughty boy?:

@antipodean said in Aaron Smith naughty boy?:

Good thing my meagre talent prevented me from representing New Zealand at rugby given my behaviour over the years. I mean, a disabled toilet? What an amateur. Try the halfway line of the Penrith football stadium, the Opera House steps, Royal Botanic gardens and Manly beach, and these were classy girls. Imagine the uproar if someone caught me nailing the tarts.

I'll see that and raise with Great Wall of China. Top class.

On the wall or up against it?

[Bones]

http://thespinoff.co.nz/featured/08-10-2016/aaron-smith-got-screwed-and-stuff-could-end-up-getting-sued/

Aaron Smith got screwed – and Stuff could end up getting sued

By Natalya King
October 8, 2016
Aaron Smith’s indiscretions have been the biggest media story of the week. But lawyer Natalya King believes both the couple who made the recording and the outlets which broke the story may have committed an invasion of privacy.

Amidst the red-eyed rage that greeted the news that All Blacks have sex – and sometimes have sex with women who are not their partners (what a shock) – there was one somewhat unexpected voice of calm. The New Zealand Herald reports that, discussing the matter on the Paul Henry Show, Judith Collins admitted “the situation wasn’t her business.”

Quite. In fact, the law might go so far as to say not only was it not Judith’s business, or yours or mine for that matter, but that recording Aaron Smith’s escapade and sending it into a news outlet was actually an invasion of his privacy.

In the legal sense, an invasion of privacy is the “highly offensive” disclosure of private facts. That is, if Aaron had a reasonable expectation of privacy in the facts of the event, and if the average person considered that the publicity given to those facts was highly offensive then Stuff (or the couple who enthusiastically recorded the incident) may well find themselves on the wrong end of an invasion of privacy claim.

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Absent some voluntary disclosure by way of, for example, an intentionally leaked sex tape, it’s usually pretty clear that sex between two consenting adults is a private matter. And yes, I know, part of the appeal in having sex in a toilet cubicle is the risk of getting caught, but when ahem push comes to shove, it’s a little difficult to see how one’s sexual activity in a confined and indoor space with four walls is anything other than a private fact.

Some, including Stuff, the aforementioned receiver of the amorous audio-recording, have asserted that the toilet cubicle was a public place, but that’s not quite true. Aside from the obvious problem that the entire purpose of a closed door is to create a private space, Christchurch Airport is a private business that prohibits filming within the airport without its express permission, and without payment of a “location charge”.

See also: Eight key learnings from the Aaron Smith toilet sex scandal

Even if it were correct to say that the airport is a public space (and good luck getting a judge on board with that one), that doesn’t mean that Smith’s sexual activity automatically loses its private status. The law still protects a degree of privacy in public – for context, the UK Courts found that photos of Naomi Campbell on the street outside a drug treatment centre were disclosure of a private fact,¹ and the New Zealand courts have protected as private a conversation between an allegedly intoxicated driver and her husband following a car crash on a public highway in New Zealand.²

Just like Naomi Campbell (albeit probably not quite like Naomi Campbell) one issue for Aaron Smith has been his celebrity status. All Blacks, so the theory goes, give up their right to privacy as soon as they get Steve’s call. But that’s not quite right either. In the eyes of the law, a person’s right to privacy can be eroded if there’s some legitimate public concern in the matter. Legitimate public concern, according to the courts, covers issues like public health and safety, or the conduct of the government. That might automatically mean that some well-known figures, like politicians, have a lesser right to privacy, but on the sliding scale of celebrity status vs public concern, an All Black and his sexual proclivities are fairly low level. Put another way, two people using a disabled toilet as a space in which to carry out their infidelity might be distasteful, but it’s not a matter of national importance.

Put in that context, the only remaining question is whether the publicity of Aaron’s tryst in the toilet – and its accompanying audiotape – was highly offensive. For my part, when John Key’s commenting on your sex life it’s gone well beyond that.