Trial delayed in New Canaan Facebook case

NORWALK -- Jury selection for a New Canaan journalist accused of harassing her boyfriend's daughter by posting parts of the girl's private journals online in 2010 has been postponed.

At a Thursday hearing at state Superior Court in Norwalk for New Canaan writer Teri Buhl, a judge rescheduled the case for mid-September to accommodate other trials and judges' vacations through the summer, officials said.

Buhl, 39, of New Canaan, was charged in November 2010 with second-degree harassment, second-degree breach of peace and interfering with a police investigation after New Canaan police determined she posted parts of the then-17-year-old's personal journal detailing sexual activity at a drinking party on Facebook.

Buhl has denied the charges, saying her arrest was the result of being targeted by police because she was researching an unfavorable story about how town police turn a blind eye to parents who condone underage drinking parties in New Canaan.