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Haggard Celine

(17,874 posts)
3. "Escort" is almost synonymous with "hooker" these days.
Fri May 1, 2026, 10:51 AM
6 hrs ago

Escorts.used to be dates for hire. But it's always been a shady business. I think most of them put out if the money is right.

viva la

(4,628 posts)
2. Zampoli was kind of a pimp
Fri May 1, 2026, 10:41 AM
6 hrs ago

those parties he had at the KitKat Club were designed to introduce rich guys (usually married) to his "models", and he then had blackmail material.

Botany

(77,688 posts)
6. And don't tell me that the Slovenian Sex Worker was unaware of what Epstein's business was all about
Fri May 1, 2026, 11:12 AM
5 hrs ago

and what Trump was doing with the girls he met through Epstein or that Trump’s beauty pageants
and modeling try outs were for recruiting for sex trafficking. The Republican leadership all know
the real stories and are working to hide it.

Exp

(1,007 posts)
9. At what time stamp? I'm finding Keith Edwards leaning more to the BS, Fake News category to get clicks.
Fri May 1, 2026, 11:39 AM
5 hrs ago

At what time stamp is this "audio" played?

Thank you

QueerDuck

(1,905 posts)
10. It's all about the monetized clicks and views and length of engagement...
Fri May 1, 2026, 12:36 PM
4 hrs ago

... and even the negative comments (when someone takes the time to comment) benefit those like him who post click bait and outrage bait or nothingburger bait. Isn't it strange that he, and others like him (Meidas touch, I'm looking at you) so viciously decried and criticized MSM for not getting to the point, and for teasing viewers so that they stuck around through the commercial breaks, are now doing the very thing that they would chide cable and network news for doing. It's all about the algorithms and the engagement factor... NOT the quality of what they're feeding us any more.

Sigh.

pfitz59

(12,856 posts)
11. These 'model parties' were openly discussed in the press at the time.
Fri May 1, 2026, 04:56 PM
5 min ago

Young women and girls paraded in front of wealthy mostly married men. Thinly disguised 'escort agencies'. The models were paid a pittance, and needed to earn 'tips' in order to survive. Many went on to a second 'career' as 'trophy wife'. The main reason the women won't come forward are: 1) Payoffs and NDA's (Many in divorce decrees, think Ivana and Marla), 2) Death threats, 3) Marriage to their 'Johns" and 'spousal privilege'. And never forget the old standby: "She just 'disappeared'". The rich pimps and their customers had lawyers, judges and politicians on their side offering protection from investigation, prosecution or civil lawsuits. The women had no one in their court. 'Me too" took the lid partially off, but the elevation of Trump and corruption of the DOJ slammed it back on, tight. Un-redacting the names and images in the Epstein files may help, but I believe the really damning stuff has either been destroyed or squirreled away in a vault for blackmail purposes. Is this all speculation? Perhaps, but I do remember articles over the years documenting these type of abuses and practices. Trump was up to his eyeballs in it.

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