Originally Posted by Lightspeed-AI

Lets get this over with once and for all.

About Tawnee Stone, and my false claim that she was dead. I regret that announcement and I have publicly apologized for it. What I couldn't publicly say was WHY I did it. The model known as Tawnee Stone worked for me for seven years and she was my friend. She retired in 2006, finished college and tried to get established in a career. She called me in tears begging me to remove her website because she lost a good paying job when they found out who she was. I knew even removing the website would not solve her problem but I thought making people believe she was dead would help her deny her past and move on with her life. The Internet detectives of GFY and her massive fan base quickly learned the truth and I was left looking like a liar. I never publicly posted this information because I didn't want to make things worse for Tawnee.

Many young models make decisions they later regret. And none of us expected the kind of public harrassment that some models still get to this day.

I don't know you and I don't know how this information will be received, but I am still sorry for the way I decided to handle the situation back then. Everyone makes mistakes, but I had good intentions that I kept private until today. I only ask that you to not judge me so harshly, and we can all move on.

Steve