STAR GOT ARRESTED!!
Friday, May 12, 2006
Former Power 105 radio host, Star, was arrested on charges of harassment and endangering the welfare of a child earlier today (May 12) for his threatening and outlandish remarks about rival DJ Envy’s 4-year-old daughter.
A law enforcement source told News Channel 4 that Troi Torain, aka Star, was taken into custody and transported to a police precinct in Lower Manhattan earlier today.
Though Star has issued an apology statement through his attorney, Benjamin Brafman, it wasn’t enough for him to escape the arrest. The Manhattan district attorney’s office and the New York Police Department’s Hate Crime Task Force launched an investigation due to Star’s on-air comments. (read more)
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I know he wished he never said that shit now!






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1.
asbury
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
I’ve never been happy to see a Black man get arrested till now.
2.
Peachez
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
What an ASS!
3.
amother
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
Everyone has there opinion…therefore
I am pleased! Ditto @ #1
4.
GA Gurl
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
Good for him! What is that to say about a 4 year old? Jerk!!
5.
RedAlert
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
I love it! Foul bastard.
6.
Tianna
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
Dumbie…
7.
caff
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
They are really overreacting now. I have nothing else to say about this.
[unplugs]
8.
archuletachick
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
This is so sad.
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Dee
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
Wow what type of guy was he?
10.
candace
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
#1 i’m feeling you on that one
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supernova
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
Seems Star forgot that at the end of the day, in the eyes of the establishment and the law, he’s just another nigga. Dumb bastard.
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Judah
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
Star will have to suffer the consequences of his actions….which i’m sure he already factored into the equation. From a purely business standpoint, there are now millions of people who’ve never heard of him who will now be clamoring to hear what all the fuss is about WHEN he returns to the airwaves. If you think he’s going to see any jailtime i’ma have to send you down the yellow brick with the scarecrow.
13.
Assata
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
…….sigh….what a damn shame….disgraceful!
14.
Ms. Beautiful
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
Yeah, he needs to be under the jail for that nonsense he said. He is not a real man. A real man keeps his beef with the intended enemy, not his mother, wife or child. What a damn coward!
15.
blackbeauty75
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
The justice system has finally worked… he deseves more than to be arrested. he should serve a little time in prison with a cell mate named Brucie…
16.
Diana
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
@Judah you could not wait to put your 2 cents in, huh?
17.
asbury
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
Ya’ll keep me posted on this situation, I have to go eat.
I’m hungrier than a hostage wit a bad negotiator.
18.
Judah
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
He’ll receive nigga treatment but he has money and a high profile jew lawyer who knows how to manipulate the laws….all of america’s laws have addendums that nullify the original damn law….you just need the right attorney.
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archuletachick
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
Hopefully he is punished the way he needs to be. Those comments that he directed toward that child made me sick to my stomach. He needs to rot for this.
20.
Judah
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
@diana….i know niggas and i know white people…those klansmen in blue known as the NYPD couldn’t wait to get their hands on him…but he has money so they won’t be able to do what they did to Abner Louima. All the irate negroes will forget, like they forget everything else….the white man will remember that this nigga stacks cake, and it’ll be business as usual.
21.
Diana
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
Uhm he dug his own grave, not the NYPD! Like I said I don’t wish no ill will towards no one cause I know there is greater being, God for those who don’t know, that will fight battles as long as we trust him.
22.
Coffy
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
and we know how prisoners love new inmates who threaten or hurt children
23.
Lady Kat
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
Did he not know trying to be like R.Kelly was not a good thing?
24.
Mizz Ruby
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
Arresting Star was done to pacify the politician. Nothing will happen to him because then they’d have to do the same thing to the other shock jocks, male…female…white…black… The sad reality is, it’ll never happen. I heard 2 white shock jocks on my way home today and they were so crude I had to turn the dial. It’s out of control but the shock jocks are the ones who bring the money to the station. Star will get a slap on the wrist and the radio station will be fined. DJ Envy and his wife will not go after Star (wonder why) but I’ll bet they will go after Clear Channel.
25.
Tha BossMack TopSoil
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
What a Fuckin’ Idiot! This Nigga deserves that shit!!!!
26.
Judah
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
It wouldn’t shock me if Star and Envy were collaborating together to get paper….I saw Envy’s wife on the television on every channel….crying on every channel…..but no damn tears on every channel. Probably not true but just a random thought. For those of you who say, “why would a man say that type of shit just in a plot to get money”…you’ve never heard Star and you don’t understand his mentality. He lives outside of the matrix. He seems to have found a way to spot the loopholes in the white man’s society to where he can be the person he wants to be and still get paper. That’s what his “Hater” philosophy is all about. The ends justify the means….
27.
RomeGeez
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
What a fuckin moron. I said all I had to say about this sucka ass negro. Deport this nigga to the cottonfields stat!! Who knows what the penalty will be for the lapse in judgement. In closing, what a fuckin nincom-fucking-poop!
~This message has been approved by the Coalition of Niggaz Against Dumbshit(CNAD)~
28.
Judah
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
@Rome….lol, that last part was some witty shit..CNAD
29.
Diana
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
@27 you are too funny!
30.
Judah
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
CNAD might get more done for niggas than the NAACP….
31.
Jaye Alias
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
I’m glad that the law is taking this as a serious issue, now if only they would lock R. Kelly’s ass up, the kids of Chicago would be a lot safer.
I bet you Star’s case will go to court sooner than R. Kelly’s.
32.
asbury
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
# 27
Sexy and funny, hmm what more can a woman ask for?
Oh wait do you do dishes as well. lol j/j
33.
dee dee
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
As a mother I am so glad. Had it been me, he would have been happy they caught up with him before I did.
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candace
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
Judah, Star may have found loopholes but an *ss he remains
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TX_girl
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
This is just sad an unnecessary! I never listened to the show, b/c the snippets that I heard were just offensive! As a black woman, I felt embarrassed to have them represent “urban” media. I guess he was going for that Howard Stern shock jock thing, but he just completely crossed the line!
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readergirl
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
great, now maybe someone will “R. Kelly him” in jail- fuckin’ cunt.
37.
readergirl
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
#27- your post is probably one of the best ones I have ever read on thsi site!
38.
IWonder
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
Ain’t that a bitch?
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natalia
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
He shouldn’t have been arrested in my opinion. It ain’t THAT serious.
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Tea Cup
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
what a fool he is. but if he does time, r kelly should too because he did the same thing…actually worse.
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aquarius0124
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
thats whut his azz get! next time hell think about shit before he open his mouth!
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Judah
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
i agree with #38….i think alot of the reaction is b/c people don’t know his style…but it is what it is
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readergirl
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
I have never heard this guy, and I am all for the shock jock types, they can be fun/funny sometimes. BUT talking about raping and/or peeing on a kid is just low, that’s not funny, cute or entertaining.
There are lines that should not be crossed and he crossed one of the most serious lines.
Anyone who thinks what he said about this kid is funny is just as sick as he is.
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truthBtold
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
Good. That’s what he deserves!!!! Now the irony of this story is that a man who threatens to piss on a child gets arrested (and DESERVES IT!!!), yet a man who ACTUALLY pissed on a child and put that on TAPE is still free, has never sold so many records and has the support of the whole music industry and million fans. Crazy, isn’t it? RKelly should have been locked up a LONG TIME AGO!
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the mac
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
Caff, please explain how they are overreacting. He threatned to sexually assault a minor? That’s plain and simple illegal.
46.
SWEEEET_PUCCEE
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
tHOUGH star IS A PRICK!!! I highly doubt anyone really felt threatened. The lOSER liked talking smack on the air. If he gets a decent attorney, they will show that it’s called freedom of speech. You have KKK followers taking on the radio about hating ni88ers and jews. You can’t arrest them. Did Star go to the kid’s school? Did his words cause someone else to physically or verbally threaten the child - if not, him talking shit on the radio ain’t gonna be enough.
But I must say that STAR is a FOOL. The man had a 5 million dollar contract and he let it go down the drain. Reminds me of the other moron, JASON WILLIAMS WHO LOST 34 MILLION CONTRACT FOR COVERING UP THE ACCIDENT.
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yummie
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
I don’t know their beef but the comments that were made are tasteless and ignorant. On another note, isn’t DJ Envy the same kid that had a part in making that tsunami song? His ass, in my opinion, along with whomever else participated in that song should have been fired way long time ago. Clear Channel supports this kind of stuff b/c it gets them their ratings which equals money. Only when something blows over and they think that their asses is going to get sued do they pull that particular show. Also, I read that Star gets paid like 5 million dollars a year, and to think Radio Broadcasting WAS my concentration in school before I changed it.
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asbury
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
To those of you that feel this thing has been blown out of proportion answer me this.
If you heard some stranger on the street tell a 4 year old the things Star said would you call the police? Forget Star is a radio personality, if he were citizen Joe Slim would you call the police?
If you say yes to either of these questions then how is him being arrested not warranted? Not matter the career status saying you want to put semen on a four year old lips is criminal, why is that so hard to understand?
It’s like you all are saying advocating violence against a child for the sake of entertainment is excepted as long as you get a good laugh out of it.
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supernova
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
What that dumb fuck forgot to realize while he was talking about squirting his man-goo in the face of a 4-year old girl on the radio is that many of the NYPD cops and investigators, his bosses at 105.1 and the politicians who orchestrated his dismissal HAVE DAUGHTERS AND WERE JUST AS DISGUSTED BY HIS REMARKS AS THE INTENDED TARGET OF HIS HATRED. Way to turn off the entire world to your stupid shit Star.
The rest of you motherfuckas are full of shit if you’re telling me that you would let some man (say Tyrone down the block) talk about fucking your 4-year old daughter in the ass and cumming on her face — not only would you tell the cops, but you’d beat Tyrone’s ass. Why don’t you all stop being Star-fuckers — you’ve got Stars in your eyes — maybe Star should just cum all over your faces and call it a day.
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Shannonj
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
Everyone:
i know this seems stupid but, what did he say? I’m sorry I’m working night shifts as an operator in government and beem studying on my teaching certification, so I haven’t had time to keep up…Please tell me what he said in sweeter terms of course (smile)
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Shannonj
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
oops neva mind I didn’t scroll up and look @ supa nova’s comment…That is just so, so, just so…He need to be put on that national list of Child molestors, if he said what yall say he said…
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Omen
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
These are terroristic threats…and should trigger hate crimes charges, and yield attempted kidnapping and conspiracy indictments!!! A restraining order needs to be immediately filed against this too bit thug and his personal associates in order to protect this little girl and her family. Further, the parents need to sue the DJ, the station and it’s parent company on behalf of their daughter as well as themselves.
However this ends, the defendant must be required to register as a sex offender and should be permanently banned from broadcasting by the FCC!!!!
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Mizz Ruby
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
People who know his style know that he is not a pedophile, he is a shock jock. He’s says things to get reactions. Last week when he was only venting his anger towards DJ Envy, I thought that Sh*t was funny as hell. Monday, I was driving to work when I heard him talk about the baby. At that point, it became not funny anymore. All I’m saying is, if I didn’t know his style and I lived in another part of the country and I read what was said, I would be mad as hell but trust me when I say, he had no intention of harming that child, he just crossed the line while trying to shock the listeners. I think what bothers me the most about this situation is that there are so many sick f*cks out there that don’t talk about it, they just do it and they may have gotten off on his “words”.
I think I’ve overposted on this subject. I think I’ll comment on some pictures of the celebs now.
54.
Mizz Ruby
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
@asbury (#32) Gurl, stop being fresh!!!
55.
Reality Check
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
In New York State, endangering the welfare of a child, for which Star was arrested and charged, is a MISDEMEANOR.
56.
Impossible06
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
If nothing comes from this arrest, I hope it atleast scares the hell out of him, and gives him an ounce of common sense, so he wont make statements concerning a child anymore. I mean some people have no moral and ethical boundaries.. This man should be ashamed of himself.
***I hope he gets prosecuted to the full extent of the law, I know if I was the DA I would go after his ass. Even if only to make a point out of him to other would be criminals***
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speakinmymind
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
shock jock my ass!! i don’t care how much money they were paying him, if the mothafucka had any damn sense at all or any sense of family, he would have never “crossed the line”. He did a helluva lot more than just cross the damn line.
I hope the NYPD makes an example out of his stupid, ugly ass and that the federal government finds some obscure law to throw at his ass and fuck his shit up for the rest of his life. And IF by some stupid chance he gets off, I hope somebody does to him what he said he wanted to do to that little girl.
And for those of you defending his actions in any way, shape or form all I can say is people like y’all are the reason Black people are where they are in 2006!! Fall off the fuckin’ earth already!
Big ups to my girl asbury and the rest of us who have some sense of moral decency!!
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asbury
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
# 54
Mizz Rubi brotha does have it going on. lol
59.
Shannonj
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
@ Mizz Ruby:
I don’t care what his “Style” is, you don’t say nothing like that in reference to a child PERIOD, and not think the authorities aint gon take that serious. I am pissed off that we supposed to believe that . Sorry, but to say “Well, that’s his style they are blowing it out of proportion” is an lame excuses for this man. No offense, but I am appalled that you would even say that. and He should be arrested, and put on that child endanderment list or whatever it is. I’m sorry cause I got a child, and I know that would piss me off fo real..I’m bout to go off. If he that damn mad at his enemy to say something like that then, he needs some help or some anger management. First of all, I know that if a person even says “I’m gonna kill You” the authorities takes that as a threat, so why shouldn’t they have taken what he said as a threat.
I aint tryin to be mean or make no enemies on this blog, I’m just trying to open your mind to the facts.
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Jack Frost
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
This is some bullshit….i’m going out rioting tonite…who’s coming with me.
This is a clear overreaction. When Envy and his asian wife had no problem with the Tsunami Song, but Star says something and the heat is on. Lames.
This just shows you, when you compete and your losing, you tend to wish the most harm to you opponet.
Hell be back on the scene…wait, he already is…
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Reality Check
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
This is not about defending Star’s actions, this is about POLITICS. Mizz Ruby and Judah understand the political game being played and how it will play out in relation to this situation. Everyone on the board who is morally outraged by this incident should take your collective outrage and address it toward a greater good. Star’s antics, in the larger scheme of things, is merely a small ripple in a polluted ocean.
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Shannonj
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
And also remember this biblical proverb: “Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks!!” Sometimes we do say things we don’t mean when we are upset, but that, that was in the heart, so he spoke that
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Jack Super Frost
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
He Mizz Ruby and Caff and Judah…we still in the struggle ourselves it seems.
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Shannonj
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
And, that’s a reality check!
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asbury
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
# 57 & 59
I feel you guys, some things are off limits and children are definitely one of them.
# 53
I’m from Jersey so I know Stars style however it doesn’t negate the fact that he made sexually explicit comments about a child, DJ or not.
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red
Friday, May 12, 2006 /
REALITY CHECK,WACK FROST AND THE REST OF THE ‘STAR CONSPIRACY’ BELIEVERS: IF THIS WAS A POLITICAL ANTIC BY STAR TO BOOST RATINGS OR LEAVE THE SHOW, THEN HE COULD HAVE EASILY RETALIATED BY SIMPLY ‘DIGGING UP DIRT’ ON DJ ENVY. THAT’S HOW POLITICS ARE PLAYED. THIS WAS FAR FROM WHAT YOU’RE SPEWING. THERE WAS NO HIDDEN AGENDA HERE. I DOUBT THAT HE WOULD’VE ACTED ON THE REMARKS THAT HE MADE, BUT IT WAS STILL DIGUSTING FOR HIM TO MAKE THOSE COMMENTS ABOUT A CHILD. I CAN GIVE A DAMN ABOUT SHOCK VALUE. AND AS FOR HIM CARRYING A NINE BECAUSE HIS HOMIES ARE ALL CONVICTED FELONS….THAT’S WAS LAME AS HELL TO SAY. SINCE WHEN DO REAL FELONS CARE ABOUT CATCHING ANOTHER CASE. THEIR PROBABLY ALL SEX OFFENDERS. JUST ANOTHER ARROGANT NEW YORK ASSHOLE THINKING HE RUN THAT CITY.
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HANNIBAL
Saturday, May 13, 2006 /
Yes his comments where over the top,Yes he shouldve known better than to fall for a punk ass who threatened to get “gully” with him and did nothing but send his wife out onscreen cry and whine.
Truth was Star was one of the few [though abrassive] that questioned the open acceptance of todays NIGGA oh excuse me “HIp Hop” culture. Consitantly hed try to at least offer to this generation who so embraces ignorance so readily, a different point of view and questioned soem of the lyrics Negroes bounce there ass to as they call each other nigga and bitches.
Time to time hed take time out to respond to comments and threats from indiviuals from the cast of his old coworkers show MISS “bigboned ultra ingnorant poor excuse and representation of a black woman”Jones..and unforunatley he got caught up by a empty threat that envy was gonna “get at him” when in fact,he was selling wolf tickets, it was no more than a ruse a trap to make it to this conclusion….Funny..this was a punkass DJ that endorses “Stop Snitching” and uses his crying asian wife to play the press out…what a bithc
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Brown_Sugar
Saturday, May 13, 2006 /
He just ran out! Completely out! If it was anybody with damn good maternal or paternal instincts they would be all over him like white on rice! Point blank!
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HANNIBAL
Saturday, May 13, 2006 /
talking about Envy not his wife
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lala
Saturday, May 13, 2006 /
I only hope my old friend isn’t actually lock-up behind all of this. There nothing a prisoner hates more then a grown man who makes sexual threats against children. Most people in jail have kids that they cannot protect. They take out there agression on those who cause kids harm.
As for Troi’s financial security, well. Let it suffice to say, “a fool and his money are soon parted”.
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Said by Crossover negro in the other thread about Star
Well since Star is an itty bitty guy, locked up with all those big muscular hardened criminals LOL I wonder how much mayo is in between his ass cheeks and how many times he has been pissed on.
Karma is a bitch
71.
oliand1
Saturday, May 13, 2006 /
ROME: Glad to see all the Brotha’s are not desensitized to these issues. Thanks 4 blessing us with your support!!! It’s a shame that our men are locked on the R Kelly mentality and it’s even sadder for our women to go there. Apologies are not enough…
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MissTee2U
Saturday, May 13, 2006 /
This has become more interesting by the day. I’m still with the Frost crew on this one though. As I said before but it bears repeating, we are reactive not proactive. Everyone wants to send a lynch mob out for Star for SAYING things about a child, but R.Kelly has yet to stand trial and we all KNOW what he did. I’m not ever going to condone Star’s remarks. The fact that he said this on the airwaves and offered money to someone who knew where the child went to school did set up a potentially dangerous situation. It potentially ignited the pedophiles who are already out there. But again, all this outrage wasted on Star doesn’t do anything to stem the flow of real child molesters in our midst. I did google the sex offenders in my area 85 in my zip code alone. Again, those are the registered ones! That’s SCARY.
In our anger, as justifiable as it may be we are failing to see the big picture. And there are a few — radio and media are manipulation tools to be sure. Radio played a big part in the Rwandan genocide. So yes, words, especially broadcast to millions, can incite people. But I wonder how many people who heard Star’s comments live on the air bothered to email or call the station. What if he hadn’t been fired? Would protest like the ones on this board have taken him off the air or would we have just shaken our heads once again?
What about freedom of speech and how it applies here? Are there times when its inappropriate to say things? Yes, I believe so, but is this being applied correctly in this situation? There is hate radio all over America and while folks have been fired, who has been arrested? What precdent does this set? Look at all angles people because this is rapidly escalating into a bigger issue than one man’s stupidity.
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NetworKing
Saturday, May 13, 2006 /
That’s what his dumb ass gets!
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ewwwwwww
Saturday, May 13, 2006 /
Awww man, just caught the arrest video - no secret Star was busted but fat and short too? Triple Threat. Yuck.
I’m gonna need someone to smack that smirk offa his face. STAT!
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lala
Saturday, May 13, 2006 /
These are terroristic threats…and should trigger hate crimes charges, and yield attempted kidnapping and conspiracy indictments!!! A restraining order needs to be immediately filed against this too bit thug and his personal associates in order to protect this little girl and her family. Further, the parents need to sue the DJ, the station and it’s parent company on behalf of their daughter as well as themselves.
However this ends, the defendant must be required to register as a sex offender and should be permanently banned from broadcasting by the FCC!!!!
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Omen sounds good to me!
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