"Members of Sabres and Bills" cited as customers in federal prostitution/trafficking case

[sansabri]

f***ed up.

Lol @ athletes not needing to pay for sex.

 

[Chainshot]

Sabres and Bills players*...pretty big distinction.

Title could be misread as the organizations being complicit.

Reworded.

 

[Pyrophorus]

That is my initial reaction. And if they were going to pay, it would be a high end escort.. right?

Hugh Grant cheated on f***ing Elizabeth Hurley

 

[Ace Card Bedard]

 

[izzy]

eh could just be lying

 

[HFBS]

I swear I never played for the Sabres.

 

[DrewGl]

Pro athletes (rich young people) like sex and drugs. Shocker. I also read something a while ago that there is a fetish about paying for sex. Never done it myself so idk. I don't think most people that go out and buy some blow/weed/whatever or pay for sex really think about the ethics of it aka trafficking/drug cartels.

 

[Rabid Ranger]

Pro athletes (rich young people) like sex and drugs. Shocker. I also read something a while ago that there is a fetish about paying for sex. Never done it myself so idk. I don't think most people that go out and buy some blow/weed/whatever or pay for sex really think about the ethics of it aka trafficking/drug cartels.

Hey man-this is HF. Don’t regulate my coke use and penchant for hookers!

 

[Michel Beauchamp]

I’m not sure why millionaires would have anything to do with seedy prostitutes when they can go to any bar in town and pick up whoever for free.

Naive ?

 

[HockeyDBspecialist]

Only a millionaire with an addiction would pay for an escort described like this.

Who in Buffalo would have had an addiction, I'm curious ?

 

[Legionnaire11]

Just because celebs (athletes) could easily hook up with countless girls doesn't mean they're necessarily adept or comfortable with making it happen, so hiring someone might be more comfortable for them than working their game at a bar.

I remember reading a Led Zeppelin bio that talked about how Jimmy Page couldn't ever get over his timidness and put himself out there on the scene and always need Plant to pick up the girls and bring them back to his room.

 

[Mildan]

I didn't get from the tweet what was she actually accusing them of?

 

[Sol]

Big accusation. Let's see how this plays out with evidence before we jump to conclusions.

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

Thread title is very misleading- to be implicated means to be involved, and they're not accused of being involved in the trafficking end of it. That's the larger case and why this came up, but they're accused of visiting a prostitute. Still very not good, but accuracy matters here. They're not implicated and the trafficking aspect- they should still know about it, but the thread title makes it sound like they're potentially trafficking themselves which is so much worse.

Anyways, I'm hoping the woman is just mistaken- I can see men falsely identifying themselves to her. It's also a very broad generalization, Bills and Sabres players- I wonder if it's a claim that's been made once or twice and she's just kinda using that to say "some of the clients were wealthy/famous." Just kinda my hopeful thinking. Wouldn't care if it was McCoy though, never liked that guy.

 

[LeHab]

Thread title is very misleading- to be implicated means to be involved, and they're not accused of being involved in the trafficking end of it. That's the larger case and why this came up, but they're accused of visiting a prostitute. Still very not good, but accuracy matters here. They're not implicated and the trafficking aspect- they should still know about it, but the thread title makes it sound like they're potentially trafficking themselves which is so much worse.

Anyways, I'm hoping the woman is just mistaken- I can see men falsely identifying themselves to her. It's also a very broad generalization, Bills and Sabres players- I wonder if it's a claim that's been made once or twice and she's just kinda using that to say "some of the clients were wealthy/famous." Just kinda my hopeful thinking. Wouldn't care if it was McCoy though, never liked that guy.

In addition title should have "alleged" or something similar to preserve presumption of innocence. These guys were not even charged with anything.

 

[Just Linda]

Huh look at that, I found some confirmation bias lol

 

[Foots]

I’m not sure why millionaires would have anything to do with seedy prostitutes when they can go to any bar in town and pick up whoever for free.

Because prostitutes are "no strings attached" so to speak. You do them, pay them, and that's it.

 

[Your Boy Troy]

Wow, so edgy.

 

[Legionnaire]

I’m not sure why millionaires would have anything to do with seedy prostitutes when they can go to any bar in town and pick up whoever for free.

Because they're not paying them for sex, they're paying them to leave.

 

[TheOtherOne]

A lot of people in this thread need to learn that sex crimes aren't about sex, they're about power. The rich do things like this because they can get away with it and get off on pushing their limits. That's why when someone is accused of rape, "she's not my type" is a bullshit defense. It has nothing to do with "type" or attraction or anything like that, it's just a way to exert power.

Also, in general I'm mostly supportive of bad jokes about anything, but this is a really shitty thing to joke about.

 

[aufheben]

The woman, who is 49 and is a grandmother, said she had been using drugs since she was 8 years old and was abused by her parents. She said she was 27 when she first started using crack cocaine, a drug she became addicted to quickly. It eventually consumed her life. At one point, she was homeless and lived in and out of crack houses on Broadway in Buffalo. She said she would prostitute herself, walking up and down Broadway looking for customers.

Definitely doesn't sound like it.

Not to be insensitive, but I'm kind of confused as to how someone can start using at the age of 8 but not come into contact with crack until 19 years later.

 

[Sol]

Someone who claims to start using at 8 and that kind of a track record is a very tough person to trust. she's been a hard core addict her whole life and homeless mind you.


I'm very skeptical. Would need some serious evidence to trust that kind of an allegation.

 

[Sol]

Not to be insensitive, but I'm kind of confused as to how someone can start using at the age of 8 but not come into contact with crack until 19 years later.

Lol same. I was like why 19

 

[Chainshot]

Someone who claims to start using at 8 and that kind of a track record is a very tough person to trust. she's been a hard core addict her whole life and homeless mind you.


I'm very skeptical. Would need some serious evidence to trust that kind of an allegation.

While their can be doubts based on her substance use history, the prosecution in the case against the trafficker/pimp must feel her testimony is credible enough to put her on the stand.

 

[CartographerNo611]

Well, I mean its Buffalo, not exactly popping when comes to stuff to do outside of sports/bars lmao.