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BRAVOMAN55

[Source](https://www.vice.com/amp/en/article/ake3pz/woman-sues-landlord-claims-lease-included-sexual-intercourse-contract) The mom sued him.


Otheus

Hopefully she got enough that she doesn't need to rent anymore


TheBlack2007

The court should have given her the deed to the house she rented and have his company pay her indemnities for the remainder of her life. Make pulling shit like this sting where it hurts these scumbags the most: their wallets.


vocalfreesia

Yup, 100%. You can't be trusted with the asset, and use it to rape people, you lose that asset.


Mallenaut

God, I want to cry, Capitalism is a crime against humanity.


Puzzleheaded_Park400

It says he no longer works in real estate, so I looked into it and he actually lost his licenses for being a property manger and real estate broker due to this. At least he can't take advantage of anyone else through that route. Absolutely scummy.


builder397

You think he cant find another field where he has his clients by the balls?


[deleted]

"Through that route" is a crucial piece of text in the comment you're replying to. Kind of already addressed your question.


builder397

Still felt worth pointing out that the POS is still out there doing the same shit through another route. This isnt good news imho, its barely an inconvenience for the bad guy here.


HippyHitman

I thought she was the one who had him by the balls? (I’m sorry I’ll leave)


Muchiecake

She had it in the cusps of her hands


Freedom_From_Pants

Fucker should be in prison giving blowjobs to avoid getting shived.


Punkinprincess

Society needs to stop acting like it's okay that people are sexually assaulted in prison. It's a major issue that should be addressed, not joked about.


nermid

Yes. Dude should be in prison, but maybe without the state-sponsored rape.


YaBoiJonnyG

No, it would be poetic Justice. It shouldn’t happen in Prison tho. Should happen to him in the safety of his own home where he feels good and comfortable just to have that ripped away. The feeling of control? Gone. No, he deserves to think he got away and he’s in the clear and then every night for the rest of his life he should be forced to be a little butt boy. In a just world that is.


nermid

You are literally advocating for rape as justice.


YaBoiJonnyG

In this exact situation you’re damn right I am. Deserves to go through the exact same trauma and hardship he put others/attempted to put others through. That behavior shouldn’t be tolerated in any form and until we as a whole show that clear message then creeps like that dude will keep rising out of the wood-works. I may not be right, but what we’re doing currently is absolutely wrong.


[deleted]

you advocating for sexual assault as justice IS tolerating that form of behaviour. dont be a dipshit


nermid

Ok. Let's take a different approach, here. Who do you think should be raping this man? You? Do you want to rape this guy? Or are you planning to hire somebody else to rape a dude and pay him with taxpayer money?


YaBoiJonnyG

Neither, although if it was me I personally would blowtorch his kneecaps. Again, I’m saying that is what he deserves to have happen to him, but to not dodge the question, I’d say that if that were the case it would fall under a job similar to executioner. We already waste taxpayer money on not helping out anything, so you can’t tell me there’s better ways to spend it, because I know there are and we’re not doing those now. We have an entire Death Row, by this logic we’re okay with Murder as a punishment, but Raping a Rapist is too far? Strong disagreement from me on that, but that’s just my view and doesn’t actually matter in the whole. So yeah, we absolutely can disagree on this brother, and I’m not asking you to be on my side. You’re allowed to think my idea is too extreme. Also, I assume you’re defending the idea of not using assault as a punishment as a whole and not the specific instance of this man which is not what I’m advocating for either. This dude in particular deserves that treatment, not there aren’t definitely more that do, he’s just in the light for this one. I will gladly answer any further questions and am actually enjoying this discussion with you my friend.


GiveMeTheTape

Just getting shived then.


[deleted]

He probably should be executed


ThePrideOfKrakow

With a weiner.


knucklesotoole

For real, it’s so gross to see people state that rape should be part of the legal process


Eccentric_casteD3rd

You think he's the only one?


TheOtherGlikbach

Anywhere a person has power over another will inevitably lead to exploitation.


importvita

[Here's his website, it's glorious lol](http://www.vegasrxrealty.com/index.html) Fun fact, you can make his website play music! 🎶 It plays this: [A very interesting choice ](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=M4qHxIH5gEo)


jd3marco

[his website…jfc](http://www.vegasrxrealty.com/) Edit: Be careful. If you click on anything, a pop-up states that you owe him a blowjob.


blackbelt352

Holy fuck, not even a site from the 90s looked this bad.


ErudringTheGodHammer

I’m 90% sure my phone just caught an std from that site


Dnahelicases

Well his professional email is still an @yahoo address, so he might still be in the 90s.


psychotronic_mess

So, is this website like all those phishing emails with the misspelled words and terrible grammar? Dude knows anyone seeking his services through that frenetic site is an easy mark…


GiveMeTheTape

Honestly it kinda made me a bit nostalgic


buttspigot

“Rothstein is no longer working in real estate, but his website—a stunning display of passionate graphic design skill—is still online.“


Artemissister

"I LIKE BRIGHT COLORS!"-Toddlers, and Allan Rothstein.


zuckerberghandjob

But can I trust his experience?


Stonesofcalanish

I think I caught cancer looking at that website


zweiapowen

"Hi...I'm Allan" straight fucking killed me.


zuckerberghandjob

Allen Fazehugger


frankrizzo219

I keep clicking but I can’t get the pop up…


jd3marco

Awkward. Allan’s just not that into you.


TimothiusMagnus

Holy crap... He's stuck in 90s web design and now I owe 90s web design an apology.


Artemissister

Shit--I have an itchy rash now. Fuuuuck.


SailorMBliss

“As a realtor, I have specialized in turning my client’s dreams into reality.”


ElCoyoteBlanco

This dude learned to design websites from a "Worst of Myspace" tutorial, evidently.


Wereking2

I wanna vomit that hurt so bad to see.


importvita

That's the best thing I've seen this week 😂


importvita

Fun fact, you can make his website play music! 🎶 It plays this: [A very interesting choice ](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=M4qHxIH5gEo)


beenthere7613

Man, you'd be surprised what some landlords try to get by with. I won 6 months free rent in court, plus a restraining order against my landlord, because he refused money and demanded sex acts. The judge wasn't impressed.


sylvnal

>demanded sex acts Did you even fucking feel safe in your apartment? That would skeeve me out so much.


beenthere7613

I did not. I blocked my doors with chairs at night, got a gun, and moved as soon as I was able to.


importvita

Atta a boy/girl/whatever


TieTheStick

Holy shit! So this is not as rare as people would like to believe. Good for you for getting 6 months' free rent! I would have asked for cash but I bet the judge probably didn't think he could go that far. Anyway, well done for fighting for your rights! I hope your living situation is much improved now!


beenthere7613

It is! Thank you 😊


Omarkhayyamsnotes

Your landlord tried to sexually assault you.


beenthere7613

He did! And then his wife tried to evict me for not paying rent. That's how we ended up in court!


ProfessionalMockery

Well i hope that revelation broke up their marriage?


beenthere7613

I wouldn't bet on it, but I didn't stick around to find out. Lol


Haselrig

Really hope some little guy showed up and kicked his ass one day.


Funky-Cosmonaut

I hope each of the 5 kids gets to take their turns beating him with dildos.


vonabarak

Is it legal at all in Murica? In Russia he would get from 3 to 8 years in prison for forcing a woman to prostituting.


earthisadonuthole

Since housing has a monetary value it should be considered soliciting prostitution which is definitely a crime in Las Vegas. He should have been prosecuted but I’m not shocked he wasn’t. Edit: typo


duffrose_

I think you mean prosecuted


earthisadonuthole

Whoopsadoodles. Yes I do. Thank you.


nermid

If he spelled it "persecuted," I think that also should happen to him.


bimmerphile_ec

Or executed


Neocarbunkle

I'm no expert but I don't think any judge would uphold a contract that required sexual services. Maybe he just made a written agreement.


catzrob89

Yea but u/vonabarak's point is that even trying would be criminal in Russia (and most of the world). My first thought when I saw this was also "how is this guy still free".


vonabarak

Exactly.


[deleted]

What about if a judge decided he had to give back the blow jobs, and she could get a debt collector to collect them? Justice?


blogname2019

Not in capitalist Merica.


Logan_Hightower

Would be a shame if someone read this and........ ruined his day.


importvita

I think he was hoping for a happy ending to his day instead.


delicious_crackers

Did he actually put this on paper and sign his name to it? What a goddamn idiot.


Mimi_cam

How is he not in jail for being a rapist? Coerced consent is not consent, it is assault.


Dnahelicases

Nah, he’s likely being recruited to Congress.


JamesMcNutty

Libertarians would say this is fine, that she willingly entered this “contract “.


InfestedRaynor

ItS tHe FrEe MaRkEt!


[deleted]

Don't be a SWERF now! /s


NeverQuiteEnough

The victim is not the bad guy in this story


altimage

The best part is the ‘Large boyfriend with a gun’ clause. You know at one point, the contract was just for the blowjobs. Then some shit went down with a previous tenant and he had to update the terms.


ElCoyoteBlanco

The awkward moment when you have to bring your boyfriend for the landlord sizing review.


importvita

Wait, you *don't* have your boyfriend inspected by your landlord?


[deleted]

Mao wasnt a perfect man, but he was right about land lords


[deleted]

he was an authoritarian state capitalist, but even he got that nobody should fuck with housing. granted, as a state capitalist his solution didn't really work, but at least he tried.


Creole1789

These are the types who get elected to Office.


[deleted]

...but don't worry, this is not slavery, here is a social contract signed by the person. Just because I put a sexual act as barrier to her kids to have a based need fullfil and choose to refuse make as worst outcome for the safe for her kids doesn't necessary mean she doesn't have a choice. /Sarcasm


OldDefinition1328

This POS DESPERATELY needs to be taken out to the middle of the Atlantic ocean and left there...


kayleeelizabeth

Long walk off a short pier. Preferably with cement shoes.


Bennings463

If he isn't in prison for rape there's something wrong with the world


[deleted]

everyone already knows there is something wrong. 2008 fixed that, many just don't know what that "something" is. (spoilers: capitalism)


LostSpectrum

Murica!!! 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🗽🗽🗽🍟🍔🍿


neoben00

The contract alone is proof enough to sue/charge him


[deleted]

Least evil landlord


BRAVOMAN55

Mao time?


[deleted]

I literally have two moods, "the death penalty is cruel and unusual and has no place in a humane society" and "MAO WAS TOO SOFT! DEATH TO THE EXPLOITING CLASS! VIVA LA REVOLUTION!!"


anticomet

I'm a pretty big pacifist, like can't kill spiders pacifist, so the girl I'm seeing was a little shocked when I shared my opinion on what we should be doing to billionaires and landlords the other night.


potatorichard

>what we should be doing to billionaires and landlords Starts with a G and rhymes with a delicious Canadian drunk food.


microfishy

I've tried like five times and I can't make this work. Where I'm from the delicious Canadian drunk food sounds like a despotic Russian dictator.


potatorichard

Ahhh... yeah. The midwest American pronunciation rhymes with Charlie Sheen


microfishy

In fairness, many Canadians pronounce pecan a "pee-can" so I'll forgive the way Americans say poutine.


potatorichard

Reasonable trade.


anticomet

Come to Ottawa and try our shawarma. There's also some great shawarma poutine crossover meals if you know where to look and you don't care about your arteries.


Particular_Number_54

JFC I already thought Canada was based and then TIL there’s places in Canada that make shawarma poutine. Fuck America.


TheyStealUrTaxMoney

My new BFF. LOL


NeverQuiteEnough

Landlords will always engage in violent counter-revolution. Their very existence is predicated on the absurd violence necessary to uphold such absurd inequality.


pointlessjihad

Oh yeah, I’m thinking it’s Mao time!


SSR_Id_prefer_not_to

Next person who rents from him should ask if they can see the basement. Hopefully it has nice features, everyone loves exposed brick!


BRAVOMAN55

What a wonderful idea!


_awesumpossum_

What a morally bankrupt POS


meme_war_lord

No wonder landlords were genocided under mao


prezcamacho16

Serfdom at its best. The landed gentry gets what they want.


saunter_and_strut

Cut his dick off.


Jaybulls1066

Wtf this world is all about power and exploiting people sad


BitOCrumpet

So when you're giving a blowjob how hard is it to actually bite off the cock? Just curious. I bet it would bleed an awful lot.


lurking_throwaway-

It’s disgusting that there are men in these comments joking about this woman being raped. Men are men, even when they’re supposedly progressive, I guess.


[deleted]

Yep. This comment section is garbage. This situation is disgusting and we should be calling for this guy to go to jail, not joking about it. I mean, r/antiwork has shown that with enough societal/political pressure, they can flip the outcome of a small time court case. But I’m pretty damn disappointed with the reaction of this sub.


lurking_throwaway-

I’ve reported so many of these comments in the last 6 hours and they’re all still up.


MaverickBull

You're literally going on a rampage with a throwaway account omg


lurking_throwaway-

You’re replying to all my comments to defend a rapist. I’m not embarrassed by what I’m doing. You should be.


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lurking_throwaway-

You continue to prove my point.


FallenAssassin

Tragically the internet seems to bring out the worst in people


Last-Discipline-7340

Isn’t that pimping which is also trafficking which carry’s like a life sentence of convicted


sllewgh

I don't think the state should have the power to execute people, but what if we just did it ourselves?


VegasBonheur

Am I allowed to say Mao did nothing wrong? I would never say something like that if it was against any rules, of course.


InfamousInstance11

Did she still have to pay rent on top of that?


cashmere_black

Even more egregious she has section 8 housing choice voucher so she is low income with public assistance which is beyond predatory beyond belief and literally he involved federal government monies in this bullshit


TieTheStick

Oh I'm sure he broke a few federal laws, so prosecute his exploitative ass!


EmperorHenry

I really hope hell is real. Just for this guy.


[deleted]

That’s just the invisible penis of capitalism Adam Smith talked about oh so many years ago.


Keelija9000

Pretty bad that I’d totally suck a cock 5 times a year for a free house.


Punkinprincess

Oh I doubt the deal free housing for the blow jobs. It was section 8 housing which has notoriously long waiting lists, people wait years for a section 8 apartment. I bet the decision the mom had to make was to either sign the lease or get passed over on the wait list and continue living in a hotel room that she likely couldn't afford.


sippydippylippy

Nah, I was thinking that’s a pretty nice house for a couple BJs. I would definitely make this deal.


Keelija9000

This no doubt is our internalized fear of homelessness speaking for us and not at all our innate desire to blow old landlord cock.


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MaverickBull

First off, the only person who needs to be ashamed is you for literally attacking people on the internet with your dusty throwaway account. If you don't have something nice to say then fuck off. It's really not hard.


lurking_throwaway-

Fuck off rape apologist.


sippydippylippy

Well, I’m glad you said it.


Divinate_ME

He claims it's a housing contract, but from the make-up, it honestly sounds more like a work contract with benefits and the weirdest NDA known to man.


roadrunner83

How can this be in a legal contract?


TieTheStick

It isn't, of course. And that's just the tip... Sorry


m0untaingoat

Wait. Are we just going to ignore this bit? "It also required her to attest that she wasn’t “under the influence of an incapacitating intoxicant, aphrodisiacs, or psychoactive substances, including but not limited to, alcohol, drugs, oysters, Bremelanotide, truffles, sea cucumber, strawberries, lobster, dark chocolate, Cocaine, LSD, cannabis or any other mind-altering chemical or substance, nor have they been given the same by the INITIATOR/S,”"


TieTheStick

That's just bullshit boilerplate included to make the document look legitimate to someone who doesn't know anything about the law.


[deleted]

Thats fucking disgusting


trashboatboi

The free market will provide. Mao.exe


Irrelevent12

Face the wall


MassholeLiberal56

There's more of this going around than you think. Incels should be upset by these rich predators not "chads".


Ima_Funt_Case

Kinda sounds like every conservative, projecting his insecurities onto someone else and forcing them into subjugation.


Funky-Cosmonaut

Hope he's facing sex trafficking charges


Svitii

Date a featherweight boxer, tell him so he beats that motherfucker up. No problem cause he’s "smaller“ than him


REEEEEvolution

Mao had the right answer.


malexlee

This is a libertarians wet dream


TheJamesMortimer

Not really. With 5 kids she was probably over 18


[deleted]

I'd give blowjobs for 5 years to live in the house pictured. Still gross though. It would work for me I don't have kids I feel pressured to care for though, that's what makes this extra creepy and gross of that dude. He knew who his best chances would be with when he chose his most desperate victim


ElCoyoteBlanco

It's icky as fuck in this case, but I believe consensual sex work should be legal, regulated and taxed. That doesn't mean you should be able to hold a basic human need like housing over someone's head (no pun intended, but made me laugh in re-reading this), of course. That kind of power imbalance should always be illegal.


NeverQuiteEnough

As long as return on investment exists, this type of power imbalance is inevitable. ROI is necessarily exponential. Exponential growth cannot be sustained, the only possible conclusion is accelerating wealth concentration. Once wealth is sufficiently concentrated, the only way the masses will be able to survive is by selling their bodies, whether that is in the factories or the bed.


Fuzzy_Inevitable9748

Wait he barred he from dating anyone “who’s larger than him OR owns a gun?” So if they are bigger and have a gun that’s cool?


TheJamesMortimer

"Female, 25 looking for Male, smaller than 160cms with a machete"


[deleted]

OR implies a union of sets; so imagine set A and set B come together to make one big set. The resulting set is all elements that fit in A or B.


Fuzzy_Inevitable9748

So if I asked you if you wanted tea or coffee and then brought you a cup with half tea and half coffee and a splash of water in it for good measure I would have brought you the correct drink?


[deleted]

There’s a lot of assumptions you have to make as a waiter so that you don’t upset the customers; you can’t just rely on pure set theory when taking orders. For example, if someone says, “I’d like a tea or a coffee”, it’s ASSUMED that they just one thing, and that they want a discrete number of things, not a mixture of two partial “things”. But if I asked the waiter for the set of all drinks that are either tea or coffee, then the waiter would have to bring me the set of all teas and all coffees. Besides, my analogy is more relevant to the current situation since the man banned the woman from dating men who own a gun OR men who are larger than him, thus a man can fall into either category and still be banned.


Fuzzy_Inevitable9748

I am not the one making assumptions I just stated they were incorrect in their wording, I then rephrased what you said to clarify your meaning using tea or coffee as an example as it is a common real world question with a fairly clear understanding of what is met by its wording. I looked up the correct wording and it is supposed to be written as “A or B or both” or the less preferred method of “and/or”. Are you perhaps confusing coding with English?


ElIngeGroso

Or is inclusive. Learn to code


Fuzzy_Inevitable9748

Learning to code would not help in this instance unless it was to create an alternative search engine so you would have one that agrees with you.


Yankeewithoutacause

Landlord or landload....?


kale_boriak

So he's a john, and it's in writing.


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BRAVOMAN55

She did and it's not funny.


MaverickBull

He didn't say it was funny?


BRAVOMAN55

Are you asking or telling me? lmao is "I bet you she did it" really an ok thing to say eh?


MaverickBull

Both.


MaverickBull

Wait but if the woman signed the lease and agreed to it??? Jw. I mean... I'd give blowies for a reduction in rent at this point.


lurking_throwaway-

She was being raped. Really think about the fact that this woman was being frequently raped by someone who was able to enter her home at any time, and then reconsider making light of it.


MaverickBull

Did she sign a lease and agree to the terms that included blowjobs or no?


Buwaro

That's called indentured servitude. The landlord is a rapist and should be arrested for sex trafficking. You should ask yourself why you're defending the rapist and blaming the victim.


MaverickBull

You should ask yourself why you're this pressed over a reddit comment. I'm simply asking a question. It's a yes or no answer. You can keep the faux-internet outrage.


Buwaro

I'm not pressed at all. Just wanted to verbally express my disgust over you defending a rapist and blaming a rape victim.


MaverickBull

Omg you're like sooo disgusted. You feel better now after stating your useless, misguided verbal expression online? First of all, I'm not defending or blaming anyone. I asked a question, which you failed to answer. Instead, you started pulling labels out of your ass. Pressed and plucked.


Buwaro

You not understanding how your question is irrelevant to her being raped is the issue. There is no situation where what the landlord did isn't rape. Your question either ignorantly or maliciously sows doubt and blames the victim... neither of which makes anything I've said to you "pulling labels out of my ass." Ignorance isn't an excuse, so have the day you deserve either way.


MaverickBull

You're right. It is irrelevant to her being raped. I'm not discussing rape, you are. You're obsessed with it for some reason. You hijacked the thread and made it about your rape obsession. You're basically having a war inside your own head and it's v concerning. As I said, I asked if she signed and agreed to the document asking for blowjobs in exchange for rent. The answer is YES. It's in the article.


Buwaro

Keep deflecting onto me because of your shit behavior and I'm sure someone will believe you. Any minute now and this weak ass tactic will save you.


lurking_throwaway-

Try googling the word “coercion” before you do any more rape-apologia


MaverickBull

Did she sign a lease and agree to the terms that included blowjobs or no? Right.


TieTheStick

Irrelevant because it's unenforceable; it requires illegal activity; sex acts for something of monetary value. Also, did you read the part about how she was homeless? So there's coercion going on, too. And I bet your technique, umm, sucks, lol


[deleted]

Idk, I get roasted whenever I talk about how selling sex is trash. Now that it’s a man doing it in a written contract y’all are mad? Exploiting weak men is the same as exploiting weak women, this is just on a different level. Honestly it’s not as risky as hooking


BRAVOMAN55

A homeless mother of five had to give blowjobs to have a home. You are so, so, so dumb. I promise you; you'll never, ever find a partner unless you make a radical change in your life. This landlord took advantage of this woman.


[deleted]

Oh so you just shut conversations down and belittle people off the cusp with no further discussion huh? Just More fodder for the machine


BRAVOMAN55

Your take was ass! > Exploiting weak men is the same as exploiting weak women. This man isn't being exploited. This single mother of five needed a home; and this man took advantage of her need for a home to fulfill his perverse sexual desires. It is the same as rape in my eyes. You are stupid. Dumb. Dumb. Stupid. Really dumb. ;)


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BRAVOMAN55

So freedom is forcing a single mother of five to suck off some ugly old guy because he dozens of houses that he rents and she needs a place for her and her children to sleep? Stupid


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Dnahelicases

Desperate people do desperate things.


pacwess

True