Dear Sunday Star Times

Sterling, who ran a private escort business from her Howick home until 15 months ago

I lived in Mt Eden...not that it really matters but that is false.

The Manukau District Court was due to hear a review of her sentence in May but Sperling withdrew the application.

I have never requested a review of my sentence. Never. Not once. I have always ALWAYS felt that my sentence was fair and that i wanted my daughters to see me suffer the consequences of the terrible choices that i made.

In December she was arrested for allowing a motor vehicle to be used for drug offending, and possessing a glass pipe. The charges were later withdrawn.

This is absolutely false. There is no truth in this whatsoever. NOT ONE LITTLE BIT. I was arrested ONCE. On June 17th 2009. On July 12th 2009 i disappeared from my apartment, and that life. I have never had any contact with anyone from my past since that day.

I have never, and would never associate with people who do that drug again.  I would never put myself in a position where it was even around me. Because of the addictive nature of methamphetamine, i question whether i would be strong enough to decline it, if it was ever offered to me again. I will never put myself in a situation, where i have to make that choice. In December, i plead guilty to my charges, relating to my arrest in June, and the police commented on a presentence report that i was "a very low risk of re-offending." They would not have said that had i just been re-arrested for the charges stated above. EVERYTHING about that is a LIE.

I knew that life was leading me to one of two places. Death or prison. Neither of those places were where i wanted to be. I knew i was better than that life, and the choices that i had made. I am very proud of the fact that i was able to walk away from that life, and not once look back. For this paper to insinuate otherwise...and that i was later arrested on more charges, is despicable, and absolutely false. They WILL be publicly apologising to me for this statement.

The Sunday Star Times will be checking with the courts tomorrow and issuing a correction re the above FALSE information regarding me, that they have been given by some nasty and spiteful...hateful person out there.