[Nachum]

I have a cousin who makes his living in Chicago defending men's rights in cases like these. He is well known for it in the midwest. This is a sorry subject and an open wound for many. Whatever you may think of Alec Baldwin, some women say and do horrible things to their ex's.

There is no excuse for Basinger to release the recording to the public. None. Alec Baldwin's temper is famous, Basinger's temper is about to be.

[bestrongbpositive]

Does that excuse him from verbally abusing his daughter ??? If he had said those words to his ex wife, no one would care.

[Joe 6-pack]

"There is no excuse for Basinger to release the recording to the public."

Are you certain she released it? I believe she denied doing so. While release of the audio certainly benefited Basinger, there are a number of possibilities as to how it was released...Basinger's attorney or paralegal, Family Court clerks, etc. Despite the juicy tidbits TMZ.com releases from time to time (they 'hit the big time with the release of the Mel Gibson DUI story), they are still basically gossip mongers, and I doubt that paying a lowly courthouse clerk the equivalent of their annual salary cost them anything compared to the hits they got and the free publicity they received via the Baldwin tapes.