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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

OOTL: who is he and why is this a story?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Massively popular influencer who bragged about sex trafficking, avoiding taxes with crypto, and had courses on how to become a sex trafficker. He talks about women as if they’re literal property, and brags about using coercion to exploit women into sex work, and using fraud to take their money. That’s the legal definition of sex trafficking.

He moved to a county where he bragged that he can’t be touched because it’s so corrupt and he can just pay them off. Said country arrested him and charged him with the crimes he openly articulated committing, and a little rape for the cherry on top.

His popularity cannot be overstated. He had 25 million people watching his stream at one time. That’s like Super Bowl numbers. His fans are a cult. He redpilled millions of incels and insecure teenagers.

Here’s a legal breakdown:

https://youtu.be/Gs5b04hnfMQ

Obviously investigators would have additional evidence.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And not just that, he charges for this so-called advice.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Okay now that's going too far.

[–] yoevli 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

He's a self-help guru who primarily targets young men and is notable for being comically misogynistic and essentially equating women to inanimate objects. Unfortunately, he has a huge cult following in spite or maybe even because of this.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah, some sort of redpill hookup artist type. Got it.

[–] yoevli 1 points 1 year ago

Less of a hookup artist and more of a Jordan Peterson-style self-improvement type, but yeah, same redpill bullshit pretty much.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Like cult enough to where is followers deny it if convicted?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago