Lee, sorry to hear about this. As you mentioned, it is still painful, and in some sense is a violation of your online identity and event trust. I think it is helpful to come forward and speak about this, perhaps not from the sense of looking for sympathy, but rather to begin a public conversation of something that is, in many ways, still seemingly taboo.

I hope you will continue to post about this experience, as perhaps together we (all your readers) will learn something about this in the process.