Washington- Jessica Cutler, the Senate aide whose kinky sexual exploits scandalized Washington a year ago, has been sued in federal court here by one of her former lovers, Robert Steinbuch, a staff attorney for Sen. Mike DeWine (R-Ohio). In a graphically detailed invasion-of-privacy lawsuit, Steinbuch says Cutler posted an intimate account of their brief relationship on her “Washingtonienne” blog, on which she chronicled trysts with six different men.
Steinbuch, 37, who lives in Bethesda and says he has never been married, identifies himself in the suit as the man Cutler’s postings referred to as “RS” (and on one occasion as “Rob”). Her blog said she and “RS” were introduced through a colleague in DeWine’s office, where she sorted mail before the senator fired her when the blog became public.
The suit, filed Monday and picked up first by the ever-salacious Wonkette.com, argues that such matters should never have been made public. “It is one thing to be manipulated and used by a lover, it is another thing to be cruelly exposed to the world,” Steinbuch’s suit says. He alleges that Cutler’s blog subjected him to “humiliation and anguish beyond that which any reasonable person should be expected to bear in a decent and civilized society.”
The complaint seeks unspecified monetary damages. Steinbuch, who retained his job as counsel for the Judiciary Committee’s antitrust subcommittee, which DeWine chairs, did not return our call yesterday. A spokeswoman for the senator had no comment.
Cutler leveraged her notoriety into a book deal that reportedly earned her $300,000; “The Washingtonienne: A Novel” will be published June 1. Reached in New York, she told us she had not seen the lawsuit and “I don’t know anything about it.” We read a few passages in which Steinbuch accuses Cutler of exposing “descriptions of his naked body” and “details of the sexual positions [they] assumed.”
She paused, then said: “Wow. It’s been, like, my personal policy not to confirm or deny any of the people in the blog, and I’m sticking to that.”