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eallen

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27. Crosby was prosecuted. Weinstein was prosecuted. R. Kelly was prosecuted.

Fri Feb 23, 2024, 06:02 PM

Feb 2024

I suspect that amplified the reaction to the scandal. Criminal prosecution and conviction scream "bad guy" like little else.

Which has relevance to the current presidential race.

I haven't seen the expose, so don't know if it focuses on anyone likely to face prosecution.

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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 think most of male Hollywood XanaDUer2 Feb 2024 #3

AND politicians, AND high placed media executives, AND industry leaders.... Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #4

It's not handled the way that Cosby, Weinstein or R. Kelly was ScratchCat Feb 2024 #6

I suppose that is the reasonable answer. That Playboy was about selling sex and Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #7

She even had a bodyguard XanaDUer2 Feb 2024 #9

I didn't see the series, but if Saudi Arabia and UAE are involved, there's one answer. yardwork Feb 2024 #38

I didn't watch it because I'm tired of being bummed out by TV. maxsolomon Feb 2024 #8

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

Hugh Hefner didn't play the lovable father on TV. tinrobot Feb 2024 #37

This series explores constant XanaDUer2 Feb 2024 #12

Female executives? yardwork Feb 2024 #39

Yes, they were women XanaDUer2 Feb 2024 #40

That's so horrible. yardwork Feb 2024 #43

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

Ok, I guess I didn't see or read it with my own eyes... themaguffin Feb 2024 #15

Hefners grave is next to Marilyn Monroe's XanaDUer2 Feb 2024 #16

And he didn't even bother to get her permission to put her nude photos in that first edition. Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #17

Even worse XanaDUer2 Feb 2024 #18

There is no grave. It is a crypt above ground. NoRethugFriends Feb 2024 #26

A lot of it is so historical Johonny Feb 2024 #19

All the women who were interviewed, who are still dealing with the fallout from their time there, Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #20

Come on Johonny Feb 2024 #21

Well, there is coverage XanaDUer2 Feb 2024 #23

Some people are Johonny Feb 2024 #25

I give up. Apparently these women in their 40s, 50s and 60s are too old for their stories to matter. Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #22

I replied upthread XanaDUer2 Feb 2024 #24

I am gobsmacked at those replies obamanut2012 Feb 2024 #29

A lot of people love porn. They loved hefner. redqueen Feb 2024 #35

Ding XanaDUer2 Feb 2024 #42

Ding again. Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #45

Crosby was prosecuted. Weinstein was prosecuted. R. Kelly was prosecuted. eallen Feb 2024 #27

Maybe Cosby XanaDUer2 Feb 2024 #28

Kick nt XanaDUer2 Feb 2024 #30

Kick nt XanaDUer2 Feb 2024 #31

Maybe the abuses are so massive XanaDUer2 Feb 2024 #32

Why do people complain about topics that aren't being discussed... brooklynite Feb 2024 #33

The treatment they got isn't what they signed up for Johnny2X2X Feb 2024 #34

I'll never forget seeing hefner lionized here redqueen Feb 2024 #36

Because there really weren't any explosive revelations SocialDemocrat61 Feb 2024 #41

It'd be like if Bryan Singer were arrested tomorrow Sympthsical Feb 2024 #44