Faux Big Brother

Nine rather gullible women were freed from a villa in Istanbul, Turkey Sunday. The women all answered an add for participants for a big brother type reality show. They signed contracts that prevented them, with a large monetary penalty, from leaving before the two month 'show' was done. At one point the women, aged 16 to 24, realized something was not right and asked to leave. They were told they had to pay the penalty in order to go. The parents of one of the women went to police, who investigated and found and released the women. The point of the exercise? Naked pictures of the women were being sold on the internet without their knowledge or permission. At least one man has been arrested.
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Posted By: Alex - Thu Sep 10, 2009
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a fancy secluded villa with a pool, talk about a gilded cage. good thing somebody's mom and dad called the in calvary or they might have been there a very long time.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 09/10/09 at 05:53 PM

I don't know what's more messed up, the fact that nine women fell for this or that a guy could/would actually go through with something like this.

Posted by mdb777 on 09/11/09 at 11:19 AM

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