Hustler to publish Jessica Lynch pics! (Drudge)

[Fuzz]

SOURCES: NY DAILY NEWS PAGE ONE TUESDAY: 'HUSTLER' TOPLESS SNAPS OF JESSICA LYNCH; PAPER SET TO EXPLORE PENDING PUBLICATION OF YOUNG LYNCH PHOTOS...

AMBUSHED AGAIN!

--Skin mag says it has topless photos of Jessica before she went to Iraq

--War hero’s spokesman rips plan to publish pix as “unspeakable.

I don't go to Drudge, but got this from FR where I lurk. This woman is going to be put through the ringer.

[neuvocat]

1. How do we even know they're real?

The photos, that is.

[sexybomber]

2. oh dear

I thought she was cute, don't get me wrong, but she's not Hustler material...

[Renew Deal]

3. Hustler will make enough money on this...

to last another couple years. I hope it's not real.

[Catherine Vincent]

4. Tell me about it.

I read where she only weighs 99 pounds. Unless most of the weight are in her boobs.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

5. You don't go to Drudge yet lurk at FR?

Once you go Serpico, might as well go all the way. :shrug:

[kentuck]

6. Those MF 'ers are sick !

I feel for her Dad...They don't care who they hurt.

[SoCalDem]

7. Am I the only woman in the US who does not have naked booby shots

It must be the norm to photograph yourself naked.. Why??? Can't you just look into the mirror to see yourself naked??

[KoKo]

9. ROFL, SoCal. But it is very odd that she would have posed for Hustler....

this has got to be some kind of joke. How did she know she would be famous? How would she have gotten involved with Hustler. It's not like she looks like a "Babe" of some kind. And, I thought she was supposed to be very ordinary.

[Syrinx]

10. No one is saying that she posed for Hustler

Hustler, has apparently gotten hold of some topless shots from her past. Probably taken by a boyfriend, or something like that.

[oustemnow]

18. On the Army post, actually

with some testimony from a couple of her fellow soldiers, who claim that she was quite popular on the post.

[KoKo]

22. How do you know they were taken on the Army Post? Is there another

story somewhere. How would Hustler have gotten hold of them, if they were taken in the Army?

[Beaker]

27. there was this about a month ago-

http://www.dadi.org/gijesic9.htm

Fri Oct 03 03:15:24 2003
The Sun Newspaper Online
Britain's best-selling daily newspaper
GULF WAR II heroine Jessica Lynch was yesterday hit by a vicious sex-smear campaign.

Two ex-comrades tried to sell Globe magazine images, they claim show her topless and simulating sex, for £120,000.
Private Jessica, 20, was horrifically injured when her convoy was ambushed in Nasiriyah.
She was rescued in a night raid — and became a millionaire with a book and film deal.
One troop, identified only as Bobby, bitterly said Jessica needed to be brought down a peg.
He said: “She’s not squeaky clean like everyone thinks.”

[KoKo]

31. She should have talked about it publicly and gotten ahead of the story,

then. I almost said "on top of the story".....but given what the pictures show that would be a "pun." :eyes:

[incapsulated]

34. She's not running for office, you know..

And considering everthing that's happened, I would not be suprised if this slipped her mind...

[eileen_d]

35. Shoulda woulda coulda

I'd like to see you go up against the entire U.S. corporate media and the Bush administration propaganda and see how fucking far you get. And keep throwing those stones from your glass house.

Second edit: removed for misunderstanding.

[KoKo]

39. eileen_d, this doesn't have anything to do with the alleged sodomizing of

her. The pictures supposedly were taken before she was in Iraq, and I thought the story had been proved false about her being raped by Iraq soldiers. And, I certainly wasn't referring to that incident.

Supposedly the pictures were taken willingly of her, at a party or something so she wasn't forced, one assumes.. And, if they are sensational enough for Hustler to buy them then they could be an embarrassment after she's had a movie made and signed a book deal. I think you are reading my posts wrong.

[eileen_d]

43. No, I wasn't referring to the alleged sodomizing

I was making an analogy. You are blaming a woman who had nude pictures taken of her (I assume for private purposes) for her own unwilling exploitation by Hustler. I find that offensive.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

15. The only naked pics I have of myself was when I was a toddler

although some of my bikinis when I was young flirted with near-nudity.

So you're not alone, SoCalDem!

[corarose]

40. They wouldn't want photos of me I am a size

Barely B.

Your not the only one.

[Skittles]

42. yes

in the age of the internet, any gal who does this is stooooooo-pid

[Lisa]

8. what's more shameful -- Jessica with her shirt off ...

.... or Bush and Cheney lying to start a war?

Not even in the same league!


As far as I'm concerned, Jessica and her entire company could march naked down Pennsylvania Avenue, broadcast live on CNN, and it wouldn't be anywhere near as disturbing as one "transit tube" being offloaded at night.

I'm starting to think the Europeans have it right ... puerile snickering about nudity is totally misplaced, when there is far naughtier stuff going on in Cheney's secret energy industry meetings.

[Arianrhod]

26. I'm with you.

This obsession with nudity/sex borders on illness, IMO. It's a result of our Puritan beginnings--attitudes we've never let go of. And it produces a lot of our social problems.

As someone who spent many years in Europe, I can attest that their views are much healthier.

[mitchum]

28. Thank you for a very sane post, Lisa

couldn't agree more

[TacticalPeek]

33. There it is.

http://www.ptreyeslight.com/stories/jan02_03/naked_again.html
(bigger pics)

:)

[KoKo]

11. I don't feel sorry for her. If she posed for the pix she knew it would

come out. And with a book deal and a TV movie.....she's starting to sound kind of like a publicity seeker that makes me wonder about her. I thought she was an ordinary soldier who got caught up in some Rummy/Rove Dramatic Rescue scenario where she was used. Now I'm thinking she's used everyone else.

I hear she's said she wasn't a hero, but why did she allow the movie to come out if the story was a lie? Now we find she
has nudie pictures taken before she goes to Iraq? Give me a break here, is that normal?

Or, is this Rove payback for her telling the truth that she wasn't a hero. The Bushies don't like it when one exposes their lies. They always retaliate. Did they know she had these pictures all along? Or, just find out when they needed some compromising revelation about her past?

Why are there always so many questions surrounding everything to do with this administration. This is really sickening.

She should have been left alone. Now she's like some kind of "tainted celebrity" and we are going to have to hear about it for months. UGH!

It's up on Drudge BTW.....big headlines.

[incapsulated]

17. She "knew it would come out?"

Wha? These pictures could be years old!

[oustemnow]

19. Dude (Dudette?), they aren't posed shots

they're casual shots on the post, in what is very evidently a party situation. By no stretch of the imagination did she expect the photos to be published.

And it's not Rove payback, not by a long shot. It's pure, naked capitalism.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

50. "Pure, naked capitalism" by whom??

By someone in the 507th that was pissed off about all of the publicity and awards Lynch was receiving prior to her recent counterattack in the media?

Since you want to make us all believe that you have some inside information, how much was paid for the pictures, and who received the money? That would speak volumes about that "pure, naked capitalism", as well as who benefitted, wouldn't it?

I bet the person that gave Lynch's photos to Hustler is not feeling that good about himself or herself lately. Particularly since Lynch has been going out of her way to refute the lies being told about her by the Bushies.

[oustemnow]

57. Quite possibly, Media

the motive by the sellers may well have been that they were bitter about the accolades that Lynch had received. However, they don't state as such. They had some pictures that, due to Jessica's sudden celebrity, were worth some money; that alone is motivation for a lot of people.

As for how much they were paid for the photos, I can only say, not nearly as much as you probably imagine.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

61. "Not nearly as much as you can imagine"??? What exactly does that mean?

[eileen_d]

32. Some people take nude pictures for private purposes

Sorry to shatter the glass around your world, but not all people who have nude pictures taken do it to make a buck. As for the movie, how much power do you really think she had? She's a single American soldier and has been dragged through hell and back, both in Iraq and in the U.S. Leave her the hell alone.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

44. Your post really raised a lot of issues in my mind...

First, you said the following...

"I don't feel sorry for her. If she posed for the pix she knew it would come out."

You can feel sorry for her or not, that's certainly your perogative. The alleged topless photos were taken BEFORE she was sent to Iraq. How could what she did then have any possible bearing on what's currently happening?

The you charged ahead and stated...

"And with a book deal and a TV movie.....she's starting to sound kind of like a publicity seeker that makes me wonder about her. I thought she was an ordinary soldier who got caught up in some Rummy/Rove Dramatic Rescue scenario where she was used. Now I'm thinking she's used everyone else."

Listen up. THE TV MOVIE IS NOT HER DEAL. The movie is based on the completely bogus book written by the Iraqi lawyer who claimed he had some role in her rescue.

The so-called "authorized biography" was written by Rick Bragg, a writer that was fired from the NY Times for using stringers to do all of his work, work for which Bragg claimed the bylines. That's dishonest at the very least, don't you think? With the Defense Department hovering in the backgound, just who do you think actually "authorized" this book in which Lynch has already refuted several lies? And just how did Bragg manage to review Lynch's medical records? Did he fall back on old habits and get the information from someone else...like say, someone in the Defense Department with a vested interest in telling a story calculated to inflame the American public?

And if Lynch was just a "publicity seeker" as you stated, why is she going out of her way to refute the stories being told about her? If that makes sense to you, feel free to run with it.

And to dig that hole even deeper, you continued to throw stones...

"I hear she's said she wasn't a hero, but why did she allow the movie to come out if the story was a lie?"

You "hear" that she's stated that she's not a hero? Heck, it's been covered in several extensive posts on DU over the past few days! We've already covered the movie deal...IT'S NOT HER MOVIE DEAL...she has NO CONTROL over whether it comes out or not! And yes, the only truths in that movie are the facts that 1) she was sent to Iraq, and 2) her convoy was ambushed. Why don't you do us a break and do some homework before shooting from the hip?

That hole is well on the way to China, isn't it? You also made the comment that...

"Now we find she has nudie pictures taken before she goes to Iraq? Give me a break here, is that normal?"

No, you need to give us a break. Please tell us what you believe are the connections between her alleged "nudie pictures", what happened to her in Iraq, the movie deal, and the book deal. Take your time...we'll wait.

And finally, you show signs of coming to your senses...

"Or, is this Rove payback for her telling the truth that she wasn't a hero. The Bushies don't like it when one exposes their lies. They always retaliate. Did they know she had these pictures all along? Or, just find out when they needed some compromising revelation about her past?"

BINGO. What took you so long to reach that point, and once there, why did you not delete the rest of your commentary above??

And then you wrote the following...

"Why are there always so many questions surrounding everything to do with this administration. This is really sickening."

Did you think anything less was going to happen once their coup was successful in late 2000?

But, you go back to this rather curious comment...

"She should have been left alone. Now she's like some kind of 'tainted celebrity' and we are going to have to hear about it for months. UGH!"

"Tainted celebrity"??? Only if you chose to believe so. IMHO, she's been pretty brave to step up to the plate and refute the lies being told about 1) her injuries, 2) when she actually blacked out, 3) how the Iraqi doctors actually treated her, and 4) how she was allegedly "rescued" when the hospital was ALREADY in friendly hands.

[eileen_d]

46. THANK YOU. n/t

[gardenista]

51. Well said. Excellent post. nt

.

[KoKo]

69. Media_Lies_ Here's Link: Private Lynch signs $1m Book Deal /BBC

She signed a book deal for a million. If she didn't like the book she could complain to the publisher.

Private Lynch signs $1m book deal
The American soldier Jessica Lynch, who was rescued by US special forces
after being taken prisoner in Iraq, has signed a $1m book deal with
publisher Alfred A Knopf.

I Am a Soldier, Too: The Jessica Lynch Story will be co-written by former New York
Times reporter Rick Bragg and detail her journey from rural West Virginia to becoming
a national heroine.

"Many folks have written, expressing their support for me and for the thousands of
other soldiers who serve their country," Lynch said in a statement issued by the
publishers.

"I feel I owe them all this story, which will be about more than a girl going off to war
and fighting alongside her fellow soldiers. It will be a story about growing up in
America."

The book will have an initial print run of 500,000 and is due to be published in
November.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3076624.stm

[KoKo]

71. And Another: " TV Giants 'fight over Private Lynch," to win exclusive !

TV giants 'fight over Private Lynch'
The big four US TV networks are
reportedly battling to win the
exclusive story of former Iraq
prisoner of war Jessica Lynch.

ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox are going to
great lengths to get an interview with
the 20-year-old US army private, the
New York Times said.

The paper said she had been sent
gift items and offered TV projects as
inducements to tell her story - a
suggestion strongly denied by at
least one of the media giants.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/2997164.stm
Nine of her comrades were killed when her convoy was ambushed
outside Nasiriya. Private Lynch was taken to the local hospital.

Eight days later US special forces stormed the hospital, capturing the
events on a night-vision camera.
(snip)
However, the BBC's Correspondent programme has alleged the US
military misrepresented the facts of her rescue.

The programme said the story of her rescue was "one of the most
stunning pieces of news management ever conceived" - a charge denied
by the Pentagon.

[kispoko]

62. koko'

-I hear she's said she wasn't a hero, but why did she allow the movie to come out if the story was a lie? Now we find she
has nudie pictures taken before she goes to Iraq? Give me a break here, is that normal?


jessica had nothing to do with that movie... meaning also she didn't receiver any money from it as well.

i'm sure if she did have a say, that piece of garbage wouldn't have been shown. just more exploitation is all....

[Cocoa]

12. weird Larry Flynt connection...

Flynt brought down Bob Livingston 5 years ago, and now Livingston just hired "Mohammed," the Iraqi that claims to have saved Lynch.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=211795

[KoKo]

30. The Livingston connection to the Jessic Story is really "Bad News"......

The Livingston Group who hires the lawyer who let the troops to Jessica. They guy is living here in the US. How do we know what he's doing here?

[Media_Lies_Daily]

47. How do we know that he led the troops anywhere? If he lied about...

...Lynch being slapped around in the hospital, what else has he lied about? Additionally, why did it take so little time for him to get into the U.S., find a job as a consultant for Livingstone, and get paid $500,000 for the movie deal?

His story stinks to high heaven...I'm thinking that he was an intell asset for the Defense Department and is tied tightly to the NeoCons.

[hunter]

64. It will be very sad if topless photos are what it takes

To clean up the mess that is the "Jessica Lynch Story."

There's a lot of people on both sides who should be hanging their heads in shame over this.

I feel dirty just posting on this thread.

Ughhh, and now I'm thinking about Bob Livingston. :puke:

[realFedUp]

13. They'd probably sell more issues if she just told the truthful

tale in a printed interview.

[qanda]

14. Is this the story that will drive her over the edge

And cause her to "do away with herself"? I don't know, but something sounds awfully fishy about this.

[hlthe2b]

16. So is this the Bushies' Revenge?................

eom

[oustemnow]

20. LOL it's not Bushie's revenge

Larry HATES Bush, but he does like to make a buck.

[hlthe2b]

23. Right, but who managed to come up with the pics?

At any rate, I'm sure Rove/Rumsfield are smiling right now....

[KoKo]

25. oustemnow, dare I ask? Do you work for Hustler or Skin Mags? You seem to

know so much about what the photos show and where they were taken......it's creepy....or are you just speculating?

[oustemnow]

45. I'm aware of the situation, Koko

and suffice it to say, the publication of these pics is not some Rovian retaliation for her coming out against the official Pentagon spin, at least not on Hustler's end. The interest in these pics stems from the fact that she became a very public figure a while ago, it precedes Lynch's coming out against the Pentagon.

On edit: also, KoKo, to address an issue you brought up in the above post, this is not the result of some grand scheme on Lynch's part to cash in; the photos clearly weren't taken with the intent to profit in some future scenario. See beaker's post above, that pretty closely hits the situation.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

49. Right. Perfectly believable.

NOT.

I'm sorry, but your story makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.

According to you, while Lynch is dealing with her injuries in the hospital with little or no private time to discuss anything with anybody, Hustler somehow finds out about the photos and somehow gets in to see her. Yeah, right.

And meanwhile, she's dealing with what she thought was a legitimate offer to do an authorized biography for a million dollars, and she also deals with Hustler for a few thousand? Okay, sure.

I have no doubt the photos were sent to Hustler by someone in her old unit. It was probably done completely out of spite when she started getting the "hero" business from the Bushies, and it was believed at the time that Lynch was cooperating with all of that crap. All the attention, the Purple Heart, the Bronze Star...that probably pissed off at least a couple of the people in the 507th that were POWs for a much longer time.

Once the pictures were in Hustler's hands, Lynch's options were extremely limited. If she sued to keep them out of public view, Flynt would simply publish them and outlast her financially.

[oustemnow]

52. Media, you're about half-right

Jessica NEVER had any say or input into the publication of the photos. The book deal never had anything to do with it. The photos weren't procured through her, nor are they published with her blessing.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

56. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that seems to cover just about ALL...

...of the contents of my post.

Help me out with where you believe my post to be half-wrong.

[oustemnow]

58. you're half-right in that the second half of your above post is

correct, In the first half, you seem to suggest that Hustler somehow brokered a deal with Lynch that would have flown in the face of all logic on her part (and it would have). However, such was not the case. It's not like Jessica said, "Hey, Hustler, wanna buy some nekkid photos from me?"

[Media_Lies_Daily]

60. Read my post again. I actually implied that it would have been...

...nearly impossible for Lynch to have made ANY deal with Hustler.

[TacticalPeek]

21. Wasn't there a DU thread linking to story a while back

about a RW soldierboy with Jessica Polaroids or something from a "when I was young and reckless" moment, threatening to publish them for spite?

Juvenile asshole.

However, the timing is so KKKarlish . . . I'd love to see his Lynch file.

[eileen_d]

24. PLEASE FOLKS! I come to DU to get away from this crap!

If I wanted to pump up Drudge's penis I'd visit his fucking site.

This is DISGUSTING, and anyone who thinks otherwise needs a slap upside the head.

[ShaneGR]

29. We should write Larry Flyntt, asking him not to do that

God, I'm insane. What am I thinking? He would never even read it.

[TacticalPeek]

37. He probably figures her pissant detractors get 'em published somewhere

anyway, might has well make a buck to fight aWol with.

:shrug:

[oustemnow]

55. Tactical, that's pretty much right

and, to address an above post, while maybe not all letters addressed to Flynt are read personally by him (he does get a lot of nutty mail, after all, mostly asking for money), someone at the company does read them.

[Yupster]

72. Maybe Larry Flynt

will use good taste and good judgement and decide not to publish them. You never know.

[Beaker]

36. "Unspeakable"????

Ummm...It's OK for her "people" to put out an unsubstantiated possibility that she was anally raped as absolute fact, but publishing topless photos that she(supposedly) posed for is "unspeakable"?? Huh?

Jessica needs new handlers- her current ones have violated her worse than any Iraqi ever could. From now on, "Jessica Lynch" will be to butt sex what Monica is to blow-jobs.

I'm predicting that it will come out that she wasn't actually raped by Iraqi soldiers, but that the "scarring" came from from consenual activities involved with her own sexual proclivities. The VRWC has plenty of scarlet paint left over from the "A" they painted on the forehead of Monica Lewinsky's reputation.

[TexasMexican]

38. Sucks for her.

Sucks for her, however I am interested in seeing the pictures.

I wont be buying the issue if they do release them, I'll just wait till to find them online.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

53. "Her people"??? Please explain what you mean by "her people".

If you're discussing the so-called "authorized biography", please tell me who authorized that piece of trash when Lynch has gone out of her way to refute some of the lies?

If you tell me that Lynch authorized every word, or was even aware of some of the stuff contained in the book, I've got some really NICE bridges to sell you that cross the Gulf of Mexico.

[Beaker]

73. If it's an "authorized biography", she must have had some control-

of the content. I would very strongly doubt that the anal rape stuff was included without her knowledge or approval.

Also- the lies that she's refuted have to do with the "kicking-ass and taking names" bullshit story that the pentagon put out at the time of her capture- The book doesn't include that rendition of the story. I'm not aware of her refuting any of the stuff that's in her upcoming Bio by Bragg- do you? If so, maybe you could provide a link?

[0rganism]

41. Someone tell Larry Flynt she's on our side, okay??

Mr. Flynt is not my favorite person in the world right now. Dirty pictures of Laura bush, yes. Drunken frat-party pictures of george w. bush, even better. Current white house staff orgy pix, best of all. But Leave The Veterans Alone, for gosh sakes.

[gauguin57]

48. just the other day

I said in a post that I hoped Jessica wouldn't be roped into dumb sitcom cameos or posing in "No Excuses" jeans.

Sheesh.

She's had her 15 minutes. Let her recuperate in peace.

[IronLionZion]

54. Larry Flynt is a Jackass

but he's also a Democrat. He may be trying to take her down a peg due to the load of neo-con (or neo-fascist) bullshit surrounding her "rescue". The girl is innocent enough, but Karl Rove is guilty as hell.

As for the greed thing, I don't imagine many men would buy that issue.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

63. Why "take her down a peg or two" to get at the NeoCons? There are other..

...ways to do that without damaging Lynch in the process. And Flynt knows exactly what has to be done, because he's done it before.

[Desperadoe]

59. Excuse me but..........

does anyone happen to have an actual link to a news source for this 50-some odd post thread??? Not some dumbass internet blog but a real live news source????

[Fuzz]

74. Here's the NY Post story

November 11, 2003 -- Pornmeister Larry Flynt said he's bought purported nude photos of Iraq war heroine Jessica Lynch - to keep them from ever being published.
Flynt's claim came as Lynch and her family were feted last night at a Glamour magazine reception at the American Museum of Natural History - and on the day before her authorized biography is to be released.

"I was offered photos of Jessica Lynch. I purchased them in order to keep them out of circulation, not to publish them," Flynt, publisher of Hustler magazine, said in a statement read by a publicist.

"Jessica Lynch is being used as a pawn by the media and by the government to create a hero who can sell this war to the American people."




http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/10513.htm

[shance]

65. Larry Flynt reveals hes the real whore - so much for the truth

This of course could stand as an attempt to overshadow the truth and invalidate Jessica, just because she has posed somewhere, as if that has anything to do with her experience being manipulated by the media and whoever else because they knew many Murikunz would buy the story because shes blonde and cute and "all-American".

God, someone tell me why many men hate women so much and exploit us so? Do they just utilize us for their own benefit? I agree that some women do this to, but I dont know of any powerful women who use men and blackmail or exploit them through soft porn or blackmail or just plain profit.

I dont know anything about the pics, but as far as I can see they could be from an ex-boyfriend. Why not print Dr Lauras pictures? Bet the ever capitalistic Larry Flynt hasnt touched those.

File this away if Larry Flynt ever attempts to pretend hes a good guy and get power hungry again. Hes light years sicker than any of the young innocent naive women he exploits and uses for his monetary gain. Very sad. I thought for a millisecond he might actually care about the present situation of our nation.

Hes a predator just like so many others unfortunately.

[Classical_Liberal]

66. Oye Larry Flynt

what are you doing?

[in_cog_ni_to]

67. Here's a link to the story.

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/135799p-120870c.html

Apparently, they are pics of Jessica with 2 soldiers she served in the army with. They were taken just prior to leaving for Iraq. One of the soldiers gave the pics to Flynt. One is topless with just jeans on and the other she's topless with just a thong. Flynt said if the Lynch movie had potrayed the true Jessica, he would not have felt the need to print these. It looks like a retaliation for the CBS "Reagan" movie? Maybe?

[Loonman]

68. Dumbass freepers

Dumbass freepers think Flynt is trying to blackmail her.

For what, I do not know.

[0007]

70. 'Tis total hog wash from the pig farm in Crawfor.....