By Tim Lambourne
The controversial blogger who repeatedly broke court orders and published suppressed names has been forced to sell his home.
Cameron Slater's wife has revealed its mental illness that has fuelled his erratic behaviour online.
For the last six years Juana has been battling to save her home and her marriage.
Her husband, WhaleOil blogger Cameron Slater, was diagnosed with depression in 2004 and has been using the internet on the advice of a psychologist as a tool to vent his anger.
“His psychologist said that's just the thing, it's an outlet and it's a safe outlet,” she says.
Unfortunately it wasn't safe enough – Slater has been charged for repeatedly breaking suppression orders and outing people involved in high profile criminal cases.
“It was anger, he just wanted to fight, but of course there was no one to fight with so he instead takes on causes.”
Now his fight is much closer to home.
The insurance company with whom the couple have income protection cover has stopped paying; now they're living on a sickness benefit and have had to sell their East Auckland house and move into a rental.
Juana is planning to find work as soon as possible to support her family.
Meanwhile, Slater will continue to blog and he'll go to trial for breaching name suppression orders in august.
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source: newshub archive
