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Ladybug007
| Wednesday, November 26, 2003 - 9:45 am
Did anyone else see the news about the new Real World being taped in San Diego... November 26, 2003 -- San Diego cops searched the house on MTV's "The Real World" yesterday after a 22-year-old woman told them she was date-raped in one of its camera-free bathrooms. The woman says she was drugged and attacked by an acquaintance of housemate Randy on the night of Nov. 15 in the bathroom of the residence on North Harbor Drive, according to police reports obtained by "Entertainment Tonight." In the reports, sex-crimes Officer Mike Holden said the victim met her alleged attacker, identified only as "Justin," at a nightclub in downtown San Diego. "Justin offered her a beverage which she drank," Holden wrote. "After finishing the drink she blacked out and woke up the following morning at approximately 10:30 a.m. in the guest bedroom [in the house]." While the victim was clothed when she awoke, housemate Jamie Chung told the woman she had been found naked in an upstairs bathroom and may have been date raped, according to Holden's report. Chung said a person she did not know - it's not clear from the reports if it was a man or a woman - told her the victim had been lying naked on the bathroom floor. The unidentified person reported seeing Justin leaving the bathroom and saying: "I just hit that." Chung and the mystery man or woman moved the victim to the downstairs guest bedroom. Chung woke up the victim - who seemed "disoriented, and had difficulty talking" - before calling her a cab, according to the officer's report. While the house is rigged with cameras, the bathroom where the attack supposedly took place is one of two rooms with no cameras or video equipment. A medical examination of the victim showed vaginal and anal abrasions, according to the papers. When contacted by the police, MTV producer Kevin Lee admitted that Justin had been a guest at the house that evening. But he said that all video of the night in question had already been sent to MTV production offices in Los Angeles. A lawyer for "The Real World," Pam Naughton, asked that cops be allowed to search only the bathroom in question, but was overruled by a judge. During the search, tapes from the house cameras were seized as well as bedding from several beds, a stash of porn magazines, two hats, a computer and several DVDs and videotapes, the papers said. No arrests have been made. Marnie Black, a spokeswoman for MTV, said: "The producers and the cast of 'The Real World' are cooperating fully with local authorities investigating an alleged incident that occurred at 'The Real World' house. None of the cast or crew members had any involvement in this incident."
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Squaredsc
| Wednesday, November 26, 2003 - 2:17 pm
i just read about this on yahoo. sounds like this 'justin' used one of those date rape pills?? if this is true i sure hope it's on camera and they can arrest and convict this person.
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Seamonkey
| Wednesday, November 26, 2003 - 6:14 pm
Here's the story and the search warrant: TSG
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Scorpiomoon
| Thursday, November 27, 2003 - 8:40 am
I read about it. What makes me sick is how, according to the media anyway, the producers of the show and the producers lawyers are being so uncooperative. I read the police had to wait to continue their investigation because the cast and crew were in Mexico. So much for caring about the victim.
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Seamonkey
| Sunday, January 04, 2004 - 8:32 pm
Starts this week..
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Mamie316
| Monday, January 05, 2004 - 2:27 pm
I can't wait!
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Kappy
| Tuesday, January 06, 2004 - 9:47 pm
I'm with you Scorpio . . . Who cares if all the tapes from the night in question had been sent to the productions offices. Cooperating fully would have meant immediately getting on the phone and giving the police detectives full access to all videos from that night. If I were the women in that house, with the knowledge that someone had a friend over who might possibly be capable of doing this, I'd demand a key on the door as I sleep at night. This is really sick.
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Mamie316
| Wednesday, January 07, 2004 - 9:09 am
Did anybody watch this? It is starting already. What a surprise that Brad decides he needs to be free as soon as he meets the attractive girls that he lives with. Hmm? I am getting really tired of MTV's obsession with throwing up. It should be an interesting one!
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Laura11103
| Wednesday, January 07, 2004 - 9:19 am
I have a feeling they hit it big with this cast, now this looks like a good season! But what is the deal with Frankie? She's got cystic fibrosis and smokes???? I don't know much about that disease but as one of the roomies said, it's fatal, very sad. But even as drunk as she was, she obviously likes Brad, thank god he had the sense not to do anything w/ her in the hottub. I love Jacquees, he's awesome, love the girl who works at coyote ugly, love the blonde chick, they all seem really cool and the other guy, I'll have their names soon, lol. I think Brad did the right thing, he's young and personally I agree that he should live it up now, why be tied down like that at such a young age? So many of these kids come on real world with their boyfriend/girlfriend and it's just so difficult, remember how Nathan was so serious w/ his girlfriend, I think that fell apart and there were so many emotions going on. It's easier and smarter IMO to go there w/ a clean slate. Back to back episodes I believe next week, woo hoo!
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Amchess
| Wednesday, January 07, 2004 - 10:35 am
They got me hooked. I'll be back next week!
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Mamie316
| Wednesday, January 07, 2004 - 10:53 am
Now I personally would be more attracted to the artist then to Brad. But that's just me...
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Guinevere
| Wednesday, January 07, 2004 - 12:27 pm
I liked Randy, Jamie, Frankie and Jacquese. Did not like Brad (ick), Robin (double ick) or Cameran (who would've been okay but for her harping on "Yankees". Way to keep an open mind, there, Cameran, disliking anyone who isn't Southern.)
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Seamonkey
| Wednesday, January 07, 2004 - 2:06 pm
Interesting.. of course I immediately am drawn to Frankie.. to her struggle to be "normal" (which isn't working in some ways)
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Danzdol
| Wednesday, January 07, 2004 - 3:34 pm
I loved it! Even my dh who always gets on my case about my tv shows was watching! He loved Cameran. Is it me or everytime they spell her name in the subtitles I thought the CAMERA MAN was talking. I guess I was having a Jessica Simpson moment and then realized that it was the blond! It's funny because my first thought of Franky was that shewas this cool chick who was very confident in herself (like the redhead from TI 1 who I loved-forgot her name) but then if you notice her posture and the way she conducts herself you see that she is putting on this huge masquerade and that if she would not tell everyone about her insecurities they would have all accepted her as totally cool!!!!!! I hope she really comes out of her shell and that she does not remain stuck in her "highschool" days. I loved the artist guy although I would like to see him get a short haircut! I liked Brad, yes he is your typical 21 year old guy but he is likeable! I LOVED the bit about Cameran " Yes, mom I have a *****"
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Seamonkey
| Wednesday, January 07, 2004 - 4:52 pm
Well remember, Frankie has lived her whole life with a fatal disease, cystic fibrosis. She's balancing being a good patient (it wasn't long ago that CF kids didn't live that long and lead a life of non-stop treatments and limitations) and going for the gusto in the time she has. The cigarettes are most unfortunate, but as for getting beyond high school, for Frankie that is probably a major major thing, just to have physically gotten beyond high school. I'd love to see them do a non-alcoholic house and see if the can round up 7 strangers who can be compelling and entertaining without getting blitzed out of their minds from day one .. But for now we have the seven sodden souses of the san diego house and it looks like we are in for the ride ..
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Watching2
| Wednesday, January 07, 2004 - 11:51 pm
The one thing I've wondered about is the age casting on this show. Paris was different since they don't have the same drinking age restrictions we do, but how in the world do these underagers get into clubs and drink? Do they get "special treatment" because they have an MTV camera crew with them? Thinking back to all the "bar scenes" in Chicago w/those who were underage and now seeing how young these people are. It's one thing for them to be "partying" in the house and the of age people buying the stuff, but lately, they wouldn't even let ME bring in my underage daughter to a club/neighborhood bar, etc. here in NY state. She was with her MOTHER and they kept saying, WE CAN'T LET HER IN. Sheesh! Even one place she used to go w/me when my best friend's SIL was doing karoke had changed their rules and wouldn't allow anyone under 21 after 9 or 10pm. Now this is a tiny place which serves food earlier, too. I was really ticked. They could have sat and WATCHED her drink cola or water and it would have been fine! But they wouldn't even serve me. So tell me, how does RW get away with this all the time? OK...getting off my soapbox now. LOL
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Seamonkey
| Thursday, January 08, 2004 - 12:05 am
I know in return to NY some of them couldn't get in.. Rachel for one, had to just go home at times, when the others went to drinking places. In Vegas they were all over 21. I assume if they drink at home it is legal, but I'd think if one of them THEN left the house they could be busted for drunk in public. driving drunk, if they were and whoever got them the booze might be liable if something happened.
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Watching2
| Thursday, January 08, 2004 - 12:35 am
That's true Sea. I'll just have to see what and where they show this cast drinking. I'm blanking on the girl's name from the Chicago cast - she was only 19 and was always out at clubs dancing, getting drunk, getting in fights w/various girlfriends.. etc., etc., LOL (Anissa?!!)
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Legalboxer
| Thursday, January 08, 2004 - 8:55 am
its not legal to drink at home or anywhere, unless you are 21 - its just a safer hideout to do so at home
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Seamonkey
| Thursday, January 08, 2004 - 1:50 pm
underage drinking in San Diego Wish they'd hit MTV with something...
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Legalboxer
| Thursday, January 08, 2004 - 2:07 pm
thanks sae - cool article and looks like it was in effect during taping -
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Seamonkey
| Thursday, January 08, 2004 - 4:11 pm
I'm pretty confident that San Diego isn't going to want MTV filming any more shows there. MTV wants to film in Huntington Beach, some surfer house or some such and I know they are of very mixed emotions, they say that once MTV starts filming, the people drawn to the area aren't what they want (they have worked really hard to be more family-oriented, not be the home of July fourth brawls and such.. anyway they also cited the RW San Diego fiasco as one con. I remember reading that there were protests in Chicago around the RW house.
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Nightowl
| Friday, January 09, 2004 - 1:17 am
I actually bought the "what you didn't see" video from the Seattle house and people would stop and yell things like "Real World...go away!" when they were filming out in public. They even had some guy urinate on the front gate of the house because the people of Seattle did not want them there. In Chicago, they had to repaint the front door of the apartment because of vandalism. To tell you the truth, I'm not sure I would want them moving into my neighborhood either!
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Seamonkey
| Friday, January 09, 2004 - 1:55 am
I can relate to that! Well not urinating on gates or vandalizing property, but the not really wanting them on the property.
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Laura11103
| Friday, January 09, 2004 - 9:51 am
I find it disgusting that people would yell and vandalize and whatever just because they don't want the real world in their neighborhood, hello, it's a free country. In my opinion people that do things that like are the ones I wouldn't want in my neighborhood.
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