While it's obviously very unfortunate that all this happened, this is not the full story. The words, "Hannan told her he was going to break the agreement not to write about her personal life and reveal her transgender status without her consent," are a gross misrepresentation of what actually happened.
Also, it's a lot of misdirected anger. The reporter's job is to get the story — and in this case Hannan's editors admit they pushed him to do so.
It's hard to defend grantland after they wrote a 2900 word apology, but Dr. V
+ wasn't a doctor
+ claimed her putter worked on "magical" physics but it didn't
+ claimed she was an MIT professor who invented bluetooth and worked on the B2 and had top secret classifications
+ claimed she was a Vanderbilt
+ claimed because she was a Vanderbilt she has special relationships with Hilton
+ claimed her special relationships with Hilton could be used to get access to Hilton golf courses and Hilton customers
And had at least one investor who said he lost $60,000 of his money
I think this amounts to fraud. I think that changes the story from "marvelous putter" to con artists defrauding investors and consumers. I think that when you commit crimes and especially the crime of fraud it becomes very germane what your history is because you may have defrauded other people in the past.
I think no matter who you are if you have a secret you don't want out the best advice is not to commit crimes.
I don't know where in the priority for the local DA or the SEC defrauding an investor of $60,000 is, but it seems to have been ignored by everyone eager to take offense at how this article was written.
Also, it's a lot of misdirected anger. The reporter's job is to get the story — and in this case Hannan's editors admit they pushed him to do so.
http://grantland.com/features/the-dr-v-story-a-letter-from-t...