Gawker wrote a blind item about Louis CK’s sexual misconduct in 2012, but comedian Doug Stanhope took the blame for his friend

TheWrap

Many believed that the 2012 Gawker article, titled “Which Beloved Comedian Likes to Force Female Comics to Watch Him Jerk Off?,” was about Louis CK. But Stanhope, the former co-host of Comedy Central’s The Man Show and a Louie guest-star, said the story was about him.