Ashley Madison Hack Update: Here’s Why One Attorney Thinks Information should be Leaked

When news broke that the website, AshleyMadison.com, was hacked, all of its users were afraid of what would happen next. The website, after all, caters to adults who want to have extramarital affairs. Although the hackers have not released all of the information on the 38,535,000 members, one divorce lawyer believes that they should.

Jason Levoy argued, via the HuffingtonPost that leaking the information would be good for the couples. First, the information would force couples to talk to one another about the troubles in their marriage that caused them to stray.
Levoy wrote:

"The relationship might end in a divorce, but maybe it won't. I've heard experts say that most cheaters WANT to be caught. The cheating party engages in risky conduct subconsciously hoping he/she will get caught so they can face the music and either repair what's broken, or move on. So, if the membership information is made public, the cheater will be 'caught' and the marriage can start to either be repaired, or end. Either way, there is movement and a path to closure."

The second point that Levoy makes is that by outing the people on the website, everyone in these broken marriages can move on with their lives instead of being stuck.

"Nobody has a gun to your head telling you to stay married. Get divorced, move on and you can date whomever you want whenever you want. Cheating and lying all the time takes a lot of effort and I get tired just thinking about juggling all that on top of my already full schedule," Levoy wrote.

Aside from being an attorney, Levoy offers tips to people who are going through a divorce without a lawyer.