escort outs Conde Nast's CFO...

[Vato Loco]

I hope this incident doesn't scare too many potential clients.

 

Between Geithner and Hatch, I'm scared.

[Kevin Slater]

He is now banned from advertising on Rentboy. I hope other sites will follow.

 

Kevin Slater

[+ Tom Isern]

I suspect Gawker's real motivation in taking down the story is best articulated here: http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/07/17/gawker_libel_suit_publication_should_worried.html

[+ Tom Isern]

Does anyone else think that there might be virtue in waiting for reliable details to emerge before we get too busy judging individual actors in this drama? (Other than the folks at Gawker, of course!!)

[bobchitown]

I thought of this, too. I knew that I had read nothing but bad things about BRODIE SINCLAIR, but only when I searched for a review did I realize he had none. I just assume it's because so few people on these boards are dumb enough (or rich enough) to pay his ridiculous rates in the first place.

 

Or in many cases just don't post bad reviews as they've seen some spin out of control into finger pointing over who was to blame. No reviewer wants to hear "it was all your fa

Folks are now saying it's all a hoax, which may be nothing other than Gawker's attempt to save some face and pave over the damage they've done. Idiots.

 

http://gotnews.com/breaking-exclusive-is-the-gawker-story-an-elaborate-hoax-sure-looks-that-way/

 

I wonder about the face pic of Geitgner. Can anyone find it somewhere else - photoshopped or not? I can come close but not an exact match. To be fake it must have been found somewhere. I also wonder whether Brodie has enough brain power left to put this all together.

[+ FreshFluff]

Does anyone else think that there might be virtue in waiting for reliable details to emerge before we get too busy judging individual actors in this drama? (Other than the folks at Gawker, of course!!)

 

If the alleged client was never in contact with Brodie Sinclair, then I hope some outlet publishes proof that the texts and other correspondence were fake. But Gawker called the phone number the texts came from, and the alleged client answered it. His family's address was also listed on the Fed Ex form containing the cash.

 

If this wasn't a hoax, I doubt that many more details will emerge. Even if they do, it's unlikely that the alleged client will reveal his reasons for choosing Brody Sinclair. That will remain fodder for idle speculation, like the kind in my post.

[+ ArVaGuy]

Nick Denton and Gawker destroy a man's life and then dare to post a self-serving "retraction" is despicable. "Oops, never mind."

[+ dutchmuch]

Wonder if he watched Fox News too:

""In another video, in which he calls President Barack Obama the “son of the Devil,” Truitt says that since 1980 the numbers “6-6-6″ have been drawn 25 times in the Illinois state pick-three lottery. Truitt claimed that Obama spoke publicly on 11 of the days on which those numbers were drawn, evidence of some evil of some sort.

 

“I already figured it out. You were giving a speech 11 times,” Truitt says in the video. “Dirtbag,” he calls Obama. “That is a fact.” ""

http://dailycaller.com/2015/07/17/exclusive-interview-with-the-gay-porn-star-behind-that-terrible-gawker-article/#disqus_thread

[rguer]

That was neither a retraction nor an apology.

[Frequentflier]

So if the client were a Republican, a Tea Partyer, or a Mormon, then extortion is a perfectly acceptable course of behavior? Who died and made you judge, jury, and executioner?? I've said it a thousand times on this board, and I'll say it again: liberals live by one and only one principle - "how does this benefit ME?" The common joke amongst conservatives is that if liberals didn't have double standards, they'd have no standards. True to a point, but it misses the point: that today's American liberals are the most grotesquely selfish beings in the history of the human race. They don't care about a single person, thing, cause, or principle outside of their own selfish benefit. Liberals incessantly accuse Republicans of waging a "War On Women," yet when liberal Bill Maher calls Sarah Palin a CUNT on national television, not one single liberal in America was the least bit bothered by it. So apparently, according to liberals, misogyny is a horrible evil, unless of course the subject of the hatred is a conservative, then it's OK. Note that liberals, as always, threw principle out the window, because they only thing they cared about was their selfish benefit.

 

See, I believe that extortion is wrong, and it doesn't become justified or legitimate just because you disagree with someone's politics. But liberals apparently believe that extortion is only wrong if the victim is "innocent." If the victim is "guilty," that is, if his politics don't march in lockstep with Leftist Groupthink Headquarters, then extortion is okey dokey fine. Yet again, incontrovertible evidence that today's American liberals.

 

Hilarious sometimes when someone stops taking their medication.

[Tonyko]

TOM CRUISE. JOHN TRAVOLTA. When it comes to suing for LIBEL the "glimmer" of truth will come out. Re that HYSTERICAL South Park Ep with the two of them in the closet together, Cruise's camp - SUE SUE PULL THE EP OR I WON'T PROMOTE MY NEW FILM - the same parent Co as South Park etc. Travolta's camp? SILENCE. If this poor guy (who has denied everything) DOES sue it can only mean there is NO truth whatsoever to the story NOR is he gay nor does he hire escorts. Because if there ARE elements of truth to ANY aspects regarding his personal life even if THIS story is fake, he has to know it will all come out.

And should the whole thing be a hoax on the part of this nutcase with NO connection to the victim, "Brody" WILL suffer. Remember the Tom Cruise Porn Wrestler Kyle Bradford debacle?? I knew "Kyle", during that period. The story was a complete fake, but HE wasn't the culprit it was his Ex Wife. So when the rag sheet was sued, THEY turned around and sued HER for giving a false story. (Yes I know, this whacko has leins against him for what was probably an 600$ a mo apt in Texas, what can they get out of him, but it will still hurt)

PS ANYONE ELSE CURIOUS AS TO "WHY" A SELF-PROMOTING PORN "STAR" WHO USES THAT HAS HIS SELLING POINT CHOOSES TO USE THE FAKE NAME "RYAN" AS OPPOSED TO HIS "KNOWN" PORN ONE??

[dcguy20]

Libel, that was the word I was looking for!

[+ VeryHappyCustomer]

Done!

And nine hours later, Jeff Bezos still hasn't responded to my email. O tempora! O mores!

[josh282282]

He is now banned from advertising on Rentboy. I hope other sites will follow.

 

Kevin Slater

 

That's good news, but how did you hear this and are you sure?

[Kevin Slater]

That's good news, but how did you hear this and are you sure?

 

One of the powers that be at rentboy posted it on facebook.

 

Kevin Slater

[josh282282]

One of the powers that be at rentboy posted it on facebook.

 

Kevin Slater

Can you tell us who this Powers That Be might be so we can look that up on FB, or that classified?

[rvwnsd]

Does anyone else think that there might be virtue in waiting for reliable details to emerge before we get too busy judging individual actors in this drama? (Other than the folks at Gawker, of course!!)

 

I agree with respect to the CFO. Not so sure with respect to Mr Sinclair.

 

PS: Glad to see you back on the forum.

 

Brodie's personal Facebook posts reveal him to be not only a gun-toting conspiracy theorist (and yes, as one would expect, there are shirtless pics of him with assault rifles), but also a racist and homophobe. Two days after the Supreme Court's same-sex marriage ruling, he posted a pic of people celebrating outside the Supreme Court along with the following quote from Isaiah:

 

For the look on their faces bears witness against them; they proclaim their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to them! For they have brought evil on themselves.

 

Seems like a bad idea for someone who believes that AND who escorts and has been filmed taking a dick up his ass to have access to assault rifles, but that's just me.

 

I have to wonder what's up with the sodomite talk when he has been, um, sodomized several times on film.

[wayout]

Horrible and sad. The only possible good that came out of this is that BS will hopefully never get another client again. I wonder if any studios would touch him again for porn work?

[+ quoththeraven]

So if the client were a Republican, a Tea Partyer, or a Mormon, then extortion is a perfectly acceptable course of behavior? Who died and made you judge, jury, and executioner?? I've said it a thousand times on this board, and I'll say it again: liberals live by one and only one principle - "how does this benefit ME?" The common joke amongst conservatives is that if liberals didn't have double standards, they'd have no standards. True to a point, but it misses the point: that today's American liberals are the most grotesquely selfish beings in the history of the human race. They don't care about a single person, thing, cause, or principle outside of their own selfish benefit. Liberals incessantly accuse Republicans of waging a "War On Women," yet when liberal Bill Maher calls Sarah Palin a CUNT on national television, not one single liberal in America was the least bit bothered by it. So apparently, according to liberals, misogyny is a horrible evil, unless of course the subject of the hatred is a conservative, then it's OK. Note that liberals, as always, threw principle out the window, because they only thing they cared about was their selfish benefit.

 

See, I believe that extortion is wrong, and it doesn't become justified or legitimate just because you disagree with someone's politics. But liberals apparently believe that extortion is only wrong if the victim is "innocent." If the victim is "guilty," that is, if his politics don't march in lockstep with Leftist Groupthink Headquarters, then extortion is okey dokey fine. Yet again, incontrovertible evidence that today's American liberals are the most selfish beings in the history of the human race.

 

I am a liberal, I agree that double standards are sometimes applied, and I find Bill Maher the political commentator (as opposed to Bill Maher the comedian) reprehensible. My ex watches his show. I refuse.

 

THIS client is guilty of poor choices in regard to his choice of escort and maintaining his own personal privacy, and nothing more. IF this results in the end of his marriage (and let us hope NOT the loss of family!) and should he decide to live his life openly, I AGREE, BF's will be LINED UP to grab him because I also AGREE the client is cuter than the scort!!

 

Why are we assuming that the client is gay and not bi? Also, he may not be closeted to his wife or they may have an open relationship. We're only judging by what we're most familiar with. WE DON"T KNOW and it's none of our business.

 

Another point I've seen raised elsewhere but not here, and then I'll shut up: Conde Nast, the organization of which Geithner is CFO, owns Reddit and thus is in direct competition with Gawker. It's possible some schadenfrauden entered into the decision to publish.

[bigvalboy]

Another point I've seen raised elsewhere but not here, and then I'll shut up: Conde Nast, the organization of which Geithner is CFO, owns Reddit and thus is in direct competition with Gawker. It's possible some schadenfrauden entered into the decision to publish.

Interesting."The more you know"

[Steven_Draker]

I wonder if any studios would touch him again for porn work?

 

http://m4m-forum.org/threads/unsavory-porn-performers.106058/

[rvwnsd]

How Gawker's editors allowed that story to print is beyond me.... while I am not expecting editorial quality on par with the Times, you would think there is some forethought as to the possible consequences of publishing a story that is based on such a sketchy source.

 

One can read the full Hollywood Reporter article by the link provided a few posts above where it is discussed in depth the point of the retraction. But in the article Denton, the Gawker editor writes the reason for the change of heart. If real, I see progress in Journalism, which we can be atributed to ourselves on this forum and the many thousands of others who verbalized their extreme displeasure at such horrid reporting on other news sites. Congratulations to us all....

 

Both Bryan and josh make excellent points. I'll add that in this day of a 24 hour news cycle and the rise of blogs, it is increasingly important to consider the source when relying on it for news.

[Boink]

I feel alternately stupid and proud that I never even heard of Gawker until this story broke. After reading a bit about them, I hope Hulk Hogan takes 'em down.

[rvwnsd]

I feel alternately stupid and proud that I never even heard of Gawker until this story broke. After reading a bit about them, I hope Hulk Hogan takes 'em down.

Boink, you have nothing to feel stupid about. I think you have excellent taste in news sources and a keen sense of discernment.

[loverboy95]

How ironic that I just commented how Brodie and his prices this week. There are plenty of other escorts he could have gone with!