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In reply to the discussion: Let's talk about the non-reaction to the explosive revelations in the series "Secrets of Playboy." [View all]Scrivener7
(52,110 posts)22. I give up. Apparently these women in their 40s, 50s and 60s are too old for their stories to matter.
Because Hefner is dead, there is no one left from the story who matters and there's no point in talking about the decades of crimes he and countless other men committed with impunity under the nose of the American public.
Good God. That's just horrifying.
But I guess I got my answer.
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Let's talk about the non-reaction to the explosive revelations in the series "Secrets of Playboy." [View all]
Scrivener7
Feb 2024
OP
Kelly was THE whipping boy for this issue. Media attention to his case was excessive.
live love laugh
Feb 2024
#1
Definitely. And I'm wondering of the silence is because, as with Epstein, everything was filmed
Scrivener7
Feb 2024
#2
If indeed people in high places want the story to die and it indeed dies
live love laugh
Feb 2024
#5
I suppose that is the reasonable answer. That Playboy was about selling sex and
Scrivener7
Feb 2024
#7
I didn't see the series, but if Saudi Arabia and UAE are involved, there's one answer.
yardwork
Feb 2024
#38
because its old news and nobody cares about playboy anymore? didnt know its still around...is it? nt
msongs
Feb 2024
#10
Most of the Cosby story was old news, too, by the time it came out. Yet it was still a big story.
Scrivener7
Feb 2024
#11
I watched the first episde when it came on Hulu. It felt like old news and also the style was a little too
themaguffin
Feb 2024
#13
From the series, no, it really wasn't scrutinized since the '50s. Not even a little bit.
Scrivener7
Feb 2024
#14
And he didn't even bother to get her permission to put her nude photos in that first edition.
Scrivener7
Feb 2024
#17
All the women who were interviewed, who are still dealing with the fallout from their time there,
Scrivener7
Feb 2024
#20