But even after the first week, when Hart got out of the presidential race because of the Washington Post's threat to reveal a long-term relationship Hart had apparently been having with a prominent Washington woman, the media continued to embellish my past.

I've had to recover not only from a single well-publicized incident, but several years of press aftermath.

I stared at the television in shock, watching as my private life was revealed to the world.

Parents are the weak link in the chain when it comes to protecting their children.

At thirteen I began modeling, doing my first television commercial in ninth grade for Pizza Hut.

If pornographers can hook adolescents when their hormones are raging, they know they'll have an ongoing consumer base for life.

I'm stronger knowing that while Donna Rice could be sold, she could not be bought.