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'Dysfunctional compulsion': Porn-addicted lawyer loses bid to keep his name secret

The tribunal suspended Botherway for three months and ordered $10,000 in compensation to two victims, citing addiction and depression as factors in his repeated misconduct at work.

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A Waikato law firm boss who had a porn addiction has lost his bid to keep his name secret. Damian Paul Botherway, of Botherway Legal in Hamilton, continually...

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Porn-addicted former Waikato law firm boss Damian Botherway loses name suppression bid

Damian Botherway had since rid himself of his compulsion to watch porn.

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'Dysfunctional compulsion': Porn-addicted lawyer loses bid to keep his name secret

A Waikato law firm boss who had a porn addiction has lost his bid to keep his name secret. Damian Paul Botherway, of Botherway Legal in Hamilton, continually...

·Auckland, New Zealand
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NZ Herald broke the news in Auckland, New Zealand on Tuesday, March 10, 2026.
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