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[CampbellzSoup]

That's a good point. I've been fortunate enough to chat with a few of them over the past couple of days. The team seems ready to take action to move this thing forward and hopefully restore the sense of community.

Yes, it's important for people to vent. To express their outrage. To express their frustrations. It's all part of recognizing a problem and dealing with it. It's time to find a solution.

With all due respect did you not call all of this conspiracy theories when they first were coming to light? Next time let people speak instead of downplaying experiences, it would be very important without you dismissing them.

 

[OKW Lover]

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[kilik64]

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Sometimes you should just take your lumps and be Elsa…

Boo edit got me.

 

[Pens Fan]

I'm not able to watch the live session with Dustin and Sean. If someone doesn't mind doing it, it would be great if a summary could be posted.

Dustin said he would leave the video up so that anyone can watch it later.

 

[DonMacGregor]

Wait, where are the exhibits?

The lawsuit(s), with exhibits, can be found at the County Clerk's website via keyword search.

 

[take36]

Sometimes you should just take your lumps and be Elsa…

Boo edit got me.

Anyone still on the grand conspiracy to take down the DIS or this is the result of anonymous toxic forums....Dustin showed his face answered questions and it doesn't' look like he aged a day!

 

[JimmyV_2.0]

Wow, what a massive POS this dude is.

Who?
(I only ask b/c the most recent posts have been about Dustin with a few references to Sean,)

 

[JimmyV_2.0]

Anyone still on the grand conspiracy to take down the DIS or this is the result of anonymous toxic forums....Dustin showed his face answered questions and it doesn't' look like he aged a day!

Was going to post the same thing. Please no more: “On the internet people can impersonate others and make stuff up.”

 

[khertz]

Dustin showed his face answered questions and it doesn't' look like he aged a day!

Yes, he looked great!!

 

[disfam388]

I am Sean Faulk. I made a new account because idk my old account but I made the name the same to match.

**** you Charles. If anyone wants to go to ‘that site’ and see my account of Charles Bodas treatment of me is welcome to do so because my story hasn’t changed in over a year.

Charles treated me like absolute dirt the entire time he worked there. I did NOTHING to Charles and he ridiculed me, judged me, tried to get me fired, made fun of me having to be an escort and trashed my name to anyone that would listen.

All while actively knowing what was going on, he admits it himself. He also admits that he kept quiet to better his own situation. Somehow ‘fat shaming’ is the final straw for him?

This is a man who ‘loves his co-workers’ and ‘had to check to make sure he wasn’t filmed in the bathroom’ but he had no problem throwing me to the wolves and for what gain? Money? Gifts? Housing? Jewelry?

Maybe being an escort made me deserve what Pete did in his view. Ultimately, he has sympathy for 1 person here.

Y’all wanted to trash Craig, ryno, Corey and everyone else because you THOUGHT they knew, Charles actively knew.

I’ve been posting for a year that Charles was awful and this backs it up.

Charles, if you can see this far down off that high horse you live on - you’re a cuck.

Perhaps extend the same grace as you want in return. Abused people react differently (not making an excuse, just an observation). Seems that you all suffered pain and each of you rose from the ashes as best you could. Sending love to all. None of you deserved any of this

 

[GeneralTso]

Trying to make sense out of senseless and criminal acts is crazy-making.
Trying to throw Steve Porter under the bus and make him culpable at all laughable.

John & Kevin have some 'splainin to do. I have a hard time imagining they had no earthly clue what was going on. I've been wrong many times before though.

 

[disfam388]

Was going to post the same thing. Please no more: “On the internet people can impersonate others and make stuff up.”

Maybe go visit Instagram lol. He has pictures in real-time. And people have spoken to him yikes!

 

[kingearl]

Maybe they use his address as it mainly work from home and they can write off square footage? But that's not the big deal imho. The problem is when I log on to Amex I see all the cards associated with my company's EIN and I can turn them on and off, pay them, and check the purchases all from my phone. Even if Pete somehow sneaked a card in without approval and got the statements sent to his house (versus say they using another official business address) whoever is paying managing the cards should see it.

Maybe Pete is managing the accounts and paying the bills online (unlikely as he has almost dismissed anything financial and threw it at John), John should be able to log on (as a co owner and also whoever they delegated this task to) and see a growing bill. It might've been overlooked as it might have started small but it tells you when a card is past due and it looks like not even the minimum was applied. Furthermore if they had a Platinum card, the gold cards for additional employees and users are "free" but still required approval by the main account holder (Dreams Inc). So even if Pete snuck it by John and got an additional gold card, why would he as he must already have a company card, unless that is maxed?

Did Dreams Inc stop paying on Pete's cards as they disagreed with how he was spending? It seems like a focused effort not to even pay the minimum, they must know how this affects the company and Pete of all people knows the dangers of runaway credit card debt (Sean mentioned he helped him out of it) and even if Pete didn't care and relapsed, he didn't bother to pay the minimum just to keep the tab going?

Yeah, this screams 'secret card' that only Pete knew about to me.

 

[Disney loving Iowan]

Absolutely not, Charles had the prior knowledge before I started and had context to it.

He was terrible to my face. The word I would use is just flat out cruel. I’ve never been treated as poorly by a co-worker as I was by Charles Boda.

Sean I'm so sorry for everything that has happened. You didn't deserve any of it.

 

[DonMacGregor]

John & Kevin have some 'splainin to do. I have a hard time imagining they had no earthly clue what was going on. I've been wrong many times before though.

Well they spent over 2 decades in personal and professional relationships with him, including innumerable trips across the world and on cruises. They have seen him in the same situations that many of the on-air employees have already described, almost unanimously, as oppressive, overbearing, insulting, etc. As far as who knew specifically about the more heinous acts, I have no idea, and that does NOT mean John or Kevin knew about the treatment of Dustin and Sean. However, we do know now that Werner at least told Charles about Dustin (including the suggestion that Pete drugged Dustin), so the number of people Werner shared that information with is now non-zero. We also know from Sean that Charles was a pretty unpleasant/vindictive person to work with, so while he never told Dustin what he knew, it's impossible to rule out him flapping his gums to a third party as well.

Again, NONE of this says John or Kevin knew anything, but the early suggestion that every single person involved in this saga was living inside their own cone of silence just doesn't carry much water anymore. 20 years is also a very long time for absolutely no one to raise any concerns, even far less serious ones, to either John or Kevin.

 

[themando]

Perhaps extend the same grace as you want in return. Abused people react differently (not making an excuse, just an observation). Seems that you all suffered pain and each of you rose from the ashes as best you could. Sending love to all. None of you deserved any of this

I did extend the grace that I would want in return. I’d hope someone would question someone not telling this when they heard about it, but at worst, not in 2019 when they quit the job and lost the reason they claimed in keeping it secret.

‘Perhaps’ you shouldn’t say what ‘seems’ and you should say what is.

 

[FCDub]

Who?
(I only ask b/c the most recent posts have been about Dustin with a few references to Sean,)

Sorry, Pete.

 

[PUSMMA]

It's not misogynistic, it's a double standard. She can think what she wants, but it's clear she doesn't know what the word means. She's certainly been unsuccessful explaining herself.

Not to get into a silly argument but misogynistic simply means strongly prejudiced against women. If someone attacks a women for saying something they wouldn’t attack a man for saying that is misogynistic. A double standard can and often times is a type of misogyny.

 

[GeneralTso]

Dustin said it was "implausible" that John and Kevin did not know. I think he's right.

He also said he told no one. But Charles literally knew.

 

[DonMacGregor]

Deleted based on better clarity provided by others.