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Catch-all sex scandal thread

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We actually need one of these, how fucked up is that? I don't need to write a summary I don't think, but the latest one is that Chloe from Smallville has been accused of being involved in a sex slave cult.

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    SolarSolar Registered User regular
    What the fuck?

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    SolarSolar Registered User regular
    Okay I read up a bit

    Allison Mack (according to the reports) is a recruiter for a sex slave cult, which uses brainwashing and blackmail

    But looks like she might be the victim of brainwashing and blackmail herself? By a guy called Raniere who runs a self-help company?

    Seriously what the fuck?

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    BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    edited November 2017
    Harvey Weinstein
    Louis CK
    George Takei
    Mariah Carey
    R Kelly
    Brett Ratner
    Donald Trump
    Roy Moore
    Ben Affleck
    Dustin Hoffman
    Steven Seagal
    Ed Westwick
    Kevin Spacey
    Richard Dreyfuss

    probably missed a few

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    XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    I didn't know about half of those

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    OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    Solar wrote: »
    Okay I read up a bit

    Allison Mack (according to the reports) is a recruiter for a sex slave cult, which uses brainwashing and blackmail

    But looks like she might be the victim of brainwashing and blackmail herself? By a guy called Raniere who runs a self-help company?

    Seriously what the fuck?

    HOLY SHIT

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    FencingsaxFencingsax It is difficult to get a man to understand, when his salary depends upon his not understanding GNU Terry PratchettRegistered User regular
    What the fuck is happening?

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    MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    Wait, Mariah Carey?

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    ChincymcchillaChincymcchilla Registered User regular
    edited November 2017
    I thought that allison Mack stuff was from a Inquirer-esque tabloid

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    OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    Okay I'm having trouble finding non-tabloidy sources for the Allison Mack thing so I'm putting it on my "reserve judgment, wait for more details" list.

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    BeastehBeasteh THAT WOULD NOT KILL DRACULARegistered User regular
    A switch flipped and people started getting fed up

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    BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    Brolo wrote: »
    Harvey Weinstein
    Louis CK
    George Takei
    Mariah Carey
    R Kelly
    Brett Ratner
    Donald Trump
    Roy Moore
    Ben Affleck
    Dustin Hoffman
    Steven Seagal
    Ed Westwick
    Kevin Spacey

    probably missed a few
    Andrew Kreisberg, showrunner for a good chunk of the CW DC superhero shows
    Eddie Berganza, senior editor at DC Comics

    Not as high profile but still

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    HermanoHermano Registered User regular
    edited November 2017
    Moriveth wrote: »
    Wait, Mariah Carey?

    lawsuit from a former bodyguard claiming that she performed “sexual acts with the intent that they be viewed by Anello.”
    Anello claims during a trip to Cabo San Lucas, Mariah asked him to come to her room to move some luggage and when he got there, she was wearing a see-through negligee that was open. He says he tried leaving but she insisted he move the luggage. He says he left the room and there was no physical contact.

    Hermano on

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    bwaniebwanie Posting into the void Registered User regular
    man I was pissed off about all the celebrities dying in 2017

    I don't know if i like this new trend any better,...

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    OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    Beasteh wrote: »
    A switch flipped and people started getting fed up

    No. People have been fed up for ages but powerless to do anything about it. The tide of power turned against a couple of high-profile victimizers which finally enabled people to come out strong against them. That in turn empowered other people to come forward against more powerful targets because there was finally some support.

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    ThetherooThetheroo Registered User regular
    Nope, this new trend is good

    Get all this shit out in the open, make it easier for people to come forward and be believed

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    TubeTube Registered User admin
    If it gets absolutely everything out in the open this trend will be the best thing that's happened to pop culture in a long time.

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    Indie WinterIndie Winter die Krähe Rudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered User regular
    Thetheroo wrote: »
    Nope, this new trend is good

    Get all this shit out in the open, make it easier for people to come forward and be believed

    this only works of naming and shaming has any impact

    and as Trump and Roy Moore have shown us, there's no guarantee of that

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    XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    Hermano wrote: »
    Moriveth wrote: »
    Wait, Mariah Carey?

    lawsuit from a former bodyguard claiming that she performed “sexual acts with the intent that they be viewed by Anello.”
    Anello claims during a trip to Cabo San Lucas, Mariah asked him to come to her room to move some luggage and when he got there, she was wearing a see-through negligee that was open. He says he tried leaving but she insisted he move the luggage. He says he left the room and there was no physical contact.

    that sounds more like a failed come on (though a particularly brazen one)

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    StraightziStraightzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User regular
    I thought that allison Mack stuff was from a Inquirer-esque tabloid

    Yeah. The waters get kind of muddied, because the sex cult is one hundred percent real and has been reported on by respectable outlets.

    But her involvement with it has only really showed up in tabloids (the article I read on it was in the Daily Mail, for instance).

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    FencingsaxFencingsax It is difficult to get a man to understand, when his salary depends upon his not understanding GNU Terry PratchettRegistered User regular
    That's still sexual harassment. She's his boss

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    HermanoHermano Registered User regular
    Xaquin wrote: »
    Hermano wrote: »
    Moriveth wrote: »
    Wait, Mariah Carey?

    lawsuit from a former bodyguard claiming that she performed “sexual acts with the intent that they be viewed by Anello.”
    Anello claims during a trip to Cabo San Lucas, Mariah asked him to come to her room to move some luggage and when he got there, she was wearing a see-through negligee that was open. He says he tried leaving but she insisted he move the luggage. He says he left the room and there was no physical contact.

    that sounds more like a failed come on (though a particularly brazen one)

    No, she was his employer and it's harrassment


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    AnzekayAnzekay Registered User regular
    Xaquin wrote: »
    Hermano wrote: »
    Moriveth wrote: »
    Wait, Mariah Carey?

    lawsuit from a former bodyguard claiming that she performed “sexual acts with the intent that they be viewed by Anello.”
    Anello claims during a trip to Cabo San Lucas, Mariah asked him to come to her room to move some luggage and when he got there, she was wearing a see-through negligee that was open. He says he tried leaving but she insisted he move the luggage. He says he left the room and there was no physical contact.

    that sounds more like a failed come on (though a particularly brazen one)

    not an appropriate thing to do to someone you have a purely professional relationship with though

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    BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    edited November 2017
    Brolo wrote: »
    Harvey Weinstein
    Louis CK
    George Takei
    Mariah Carey
    R Kelly
    Brett Ratner
    Donald Trump
    Roy Moore
    Ben Affleck
    Dustin Hoffman
    Steven Seagal
    Ed Westwick
    Kevin Spacey
    Richard Dreyfuss

    probably missed a few

    George HW Bush - Former US President
    Andrew Kreisberg - Executive producer of "Arrow", "Supergirl", "The Flash"
    Benjamin Genocchio - Executive director of the Armory Show art fair
    David Guillod - Co-chief executive of Primary Wave Entertainment agency
    Jeff Hoover -Kentucky speaker of the House
    Kirt Webster - Music publicist
    Andy Dick - Actor
    Michael Oreskes - Head of news at NPR and former New York Times editor
    Ken Baker - E! News correspondent
    Mark Halperin - NBC News and MSNBC contributor, author of "Game Change"
    Rick Najera - Director of CBS's Diversity Showcase
    Knight Landesman - Publisher of Artforum
    Terry Richardson - Fashion photographer
    John Besh - Chief executive of the Besh Restaurant Group
    Lockhart Steele - Editorial director of Vox Media
    Robert Scoble - Tech blogger and co-founder of the Transformation Group
    Chris Savino - Creator and showrunner of “The Loud House”

    via

    https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/11/10/us/men-accused-sexual-misconduct-weinstein.html

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    Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    Don't forget George Bush in the list.

    I'm super disappointed in the George Takei accusation. I'm really gonna have to keep tabs on that as it develops.

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    bwaniebwanie Posting into the void Registered User regular
    please do not mistake my comment for being dissapointed that this is getting out in the open.


    I'm dissapointed with the both the sheer volume and the kind of people who are turning out to be garbage.

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    Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    Xaquin wrote: »
    Hermano wrote: »
    Moriveth wrote: »
    Wait, Mariah Carey?

    lawsuit from a former bodyguard claiming that she performed “sexual acts with the intent that they be viewed by Anello.”
    Anello claims during a trip to Cabo San Lucas, Mariah asked him to come to her room to move some luggage and when he got there, she was wearing a see-through negligee that was open. He says he tried leaving but she insisted he move the luggage. He says he left the room and there was no physical contact.

    that sounds more like a failed come on (though a particularly brazen one)

    Nah, read the whole claim; if even half of what he says is true she was pulling some really inappropriate stuff a lot of the time.

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    I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    Failed come ons in a work environment are sexual harassment

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    WeedLordVegetaWeedLordVegeta Registered User regular
    special shout outs to everyone who is stepping up in smaller communities and speaking out against microcelebrities

    we will probably never hear about most of them but it is just as important for them to be held accountable as well

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    AuralynxAuralynx Darkness is a perspective Watching the ego workRegistered User regular
    Hermano wrote: »
    Moriveth wrote: »
    Wait, Mariah Carey?

    lawsuit from a former bodyguard claiming that she performed “sexual acts with the intent that they be viewed by Anello.”
    Anello claims during a trip to Cabo San Lucas, Mariah asked him to come to her room to move some luggage and when he got there, she was wearing a see-through negligee that was open. He says he tried leaving but she insisted he move the luggage. He says he left the room and there was no physical contact.

    Also a bunch of very weird anti-white racist abuse coming from her going on in this one.

    I mean, we knew Mariah Carey was a little crazy, but geez.

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    Indie WinterIndie Winter die Krähe Rudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered User regular
    special shout outs to everyone who is stepping up in smaller communities and speaking out against microcelebrities

    we will probably never hear about most of them but it is just as important for them to be held accountable as well

    who's gonna hold them accountable though

    accountability only works if their community or their public has the interest, moral or material, to hold them to their actions

    this is no longer the case among large swaths of the population and specific powerful elite communities

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    XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    Xaquin wrote: »
    Hermano wrote: »
    Moriveth wrote: »
    Wait, Mariah Carey?

    lawsuit from a former bodyguard claiming that she performed “sexual acts with the intent that they be viewed by Anello.”
    Anello claims during a trip to Cabo San Lucas, Mariah asked him to come to her room to move some luggage and when he got there, she was wearing a see-through negligee that was open. He says he tried leaving but she insisted he move the luggage. He says he left the room and there was no physical contact.

    that sounds more like a failed come on (though a particularly brazen one)

    Nah, read the whole claim; if even half of what he says is true she was pulling some really inappropriate stuff a lot of the time.

    yeah, I didn't read the whole thing

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    BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    Don't forget George Bush in the list.

    I'm super disappointed in the George Takei accusation. I'm really gonna have to keep tabs on that as it develops.
    We were told that Bush had, during a photo opp, groped her and told her that his favorite magician was “David Cop-a-Feel” while fondling her.

    Reached for comment, Bush spokesperson Jim McGrath provided the following statement: “At age 93, President Bush has been confined to a wheelchair for roughly five years, so his arm falls on the lower waist of people with whom he takes pictures. To try to put people at ease, the president routinely tells the same joke — and on occasion, he has patted women’s rears in what he intended to be a good-natured manner. Some have seen it as innocent; others clearly view it as inappropriate. To anyone he has offended, President Bush apologizes most sincerely.”

    that is pretty super fucked up, George HW Bush
    also fucked up is Jim McGrath's trying to explain that shit away

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    WeedLordVegetaWeedLordVegeta Registered User regular
    special shout outs to everyone who is stepping up in smaller communities and speaking out against microcelebrities

    we will probably never hear about most of them but it is just as important for them to be held accountable as well

    who's gonna hold them accountable though

    accountability only works if their community or their public has the interest, moral or material, to hold them to their actions

    this is no longer the case among large swaths of the population and specific powerful elite communities

    in the case of many microcelebs, their name is their trade

    anything that tarnishes that can have devastating effects for their prospective careers

    what's nick robinson up to after getting fired from polygon

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    SolarSolar Registered User regular
    special shout outs to everyone who is stepping up in smaller communities and speaking out against microcelebrities

    we will probably never hear about most of them but it is just as important for them to be held accountable as well

    The RPG community has just had this

    It's been fucking crazy times. I'm glad it's out but still.

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    Indie WinterIndie Winter die Krähe Rudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered User regular
    edited November 2017
    special shout outs to everyone who is stepping up in smaller communities and speaking out against microcelebrities

    we will probably never hear about most of them but it is just as important for them to be held accountable as well

    who's gonna hold them accountable though

    accountability only works if their community or their public has the interest, moral or material, to hold them to their actions

    this is no longer the case among large swaths of the population and specific powerful elite communities

    in the case of many microcelebs, their name is their trade

    anything that tarnishes that can have devastating effects for their prospective careers

    what's nick robinson up to after getting fired from polygon

    oh listen, no doubt there are repercussions

    for some of them

    I was trying to hint at some current republican politicians, and my fear that that trend might spread further as more unscrupulous people try and use it to get out of these accusations

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    Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    Brolo wrote: »
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    Don't forget George Bush in the list.

    I'm super disappointed in the George Takei accusation. I'm really gonna have to keep tabs on that as it develops.
    We were told that Bush had, during a photo opp, groped her and told her that his favorite magician was “David Cop-a-Feel” while fondling her.

    Reached for comment, Bush spokesperson Jim McGrath provided the following statement: “At age 93, President Bush has been confined to a wheelchair for roughly five years, so his arm falls on the lower waist of people with whom he takes pictures. To try to put people at ease, the president routinely tells the same joke — and on occasion, he has patted women’s rears in what he intended to be a good-natured manner. Some have seen it as innocent; others clearly view it as inappropriate. To anyone he has offended, President Bush apologizes most sincerely.”

    that is pretty super fucked up, George HW Bush
    also fucked up is Jim McGrath's trying to explain that shit away

    And weren't there multiple women coming forward about him? I thought I last read it was like 12 but that may have been about someone else.

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    BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    Brolo wrote: »
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    Don't forget George Bush in the list.

    I'm super disappointed in the George Takei accusation. I'm really gonna have to keep tabs on that as it develops.
    We were told that Bush had, during a photo opp, groped her and told her that his favorite magician was “David Cop-a-Feel” while fondling her.

    Reached for comment, Bush spokesperson Jim McGrath provided the following statement: “At age 93, President Bush has been confined to a wheelchair for roughly five years, so his arm falls on the lower waist of people with whom he takes pictures. To try to put people at ease, the president routinely tells the same joke — and on occasion, he has patted women’s rears in what he intended to be a good-natured manner. Some have seen it as innocent; others clearly view it as inappropriate. To anyone he has offended, President Bush apologizes most sincerely.”

    that is pretty super fucked up, George HW Bush
    also fucked up is Jim McGrath's trying to explain that shit away

    And weren't there multiple women coming forward about him? I thought I last read it was like 12 but that may have been about someone else.

    I think it's 6 now with this particular complaint

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    XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    I'm just shocked that apparently so many people have thought 'this is an ok thing for me to do to someone else'

    why?!

    =/

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    FencingsaxFencingsax It is difficult to get a man to understand, when his salary depends upon his not understanding GNU Terry PratchettRegistered User regular
    edited November 2017
    Society teaches us that women are property.

    That needs to change

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    OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    special shout outs to everyone who is stepping up in smaller communities and speaking out against microcelebrities

    we will probably never hear about most of them but it is just as important for them to be held accountable as well

    who's gonna hold them accountable though

    accountability only works if their community or their public has the interest, moral or material, to hold them to their actions

    this is no longer the case among large swaths of the population and specific powerful elite communities

    in the case of many microcelebs, their name is their trade

    anything that tarnishes that can have devastating effects for their prospective careers

    what's nick robinson up to after getting fired from polygon

    oh listen, no doubt there are repercussions

    for some of them

    I was trying to hint at some current republican politicians, and my fear that that trend might spread further as more unscrupulous people try and use it to get out of these accusations

    That's a very different situation. Politicians backed by a major political party have possibly the most power and social protection of anyone and almost complete control of at least a branch of the media that would otherwise take them to task in the public eye.

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