In 42 articles that he wrote when he worked for the New Republic in the 1990s – when he was in his 20s – the California Bar applicant, Steven R. Glass, damaged reputations using quotations, events—even people—that he’d invented.
Now a 41-year-old clerk at a prestigious Los Angeles law firm, Glass maintains that he lied when he was a journalist because he wanted his editor "to love [him], like [he] wanted [his] father to love [him]," and has since rehabilitated himself. The California Supreme Court is expected to rule in 90 days.