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NEWS: Yaoi Press Founder Arrested for Alleged Drug Sales

Greed1914 wrote:

Baltimoron wrote: Mikuru wrote: Not really feeling sorry for someone who sells pseudoscience and was very rude to me and other people I knew when I met her at a con. Dargonxtx wrote: She's a drug peddler, plain and simple. DoktorZetsobou wrote: ...revealed as even more of a scumbag than she seems... The court of public opinion sucks pretty hard. As it oftentimes does. That said, I too was at first worried that this was going to be another obscenity case. This, on the other hand, probably won't have much affect on anything for those not directly involved. Like she said, the company will go on, so those that purchased their products will still be able to get them.

How so? She's the owner of Yaoi Press, right? That business could be considered an asset. Seizure of assets is what the government also does. (In this article, it mentioned that her home could be seized.)

She also has a public defender for an attorney. Bad, bad news...

That was funny, accelagirl.

Cait wrote:

I don't know what this says about me as a person, but when I read this news my first reaction (after, "WTF?!") was, "Thank God it isn't obscenity..." I guess we'll find out more when this thing goes to trial.

Me too. I was thinking "uh oh this is it people"

But no, she was just selling mislabeled drugs.

hikaru004 wrote:

Greed1914 wrote: Baltimoron wrote: Mikuru wrote: Not really feeling sorry for someone who sells pseudoscience and was very rude to me and other people I knew when I met her at a con. Dargonxtx wrote: She's a drug peddler, plain and simple. DoktorZetsobou wrote: ...revealed as even more of a scumbag than she seems... The court of public opinion sucks pretty hard. As it oftentimes does. That said, I too was at first worried that this was going to be another obscenity case. This, on the other hand, probably won't have much affect on anything for those not directly involved. Like she said, the company will go on, so those that purchased their products will still be able to get them. How so? She's the owner of Yaoi Press, right? That business could be considered an asset. Seizure of assets is what the government also does. (In this article, it mentioned that her home could be seized.) She also has a public defender for an attorney. Bad, bad news... That was funny, accelagirl.

Could be and will be are too very different things. She could face fines, but maybe not, she could lose her house, but maybe not. Not to mention, as this article points out, the potential forfeiture is tied to properties from the proceeds of the alleged crime. Unless YP is proven to have come from that money, it can't be taken (or shouldn't be, at least). As I said, unlike an obscenity case, this probably won't matter to most of us here. And my main point still stands, we don't know all the facts so there is no reason for us to judge this already. Until this actually goes through a trial, or plea deal most likely, we can't say that she did or did not do it.

Cait wrote:

I don't know what this says about me as a person, but when I read this news my first reaction (after, "WTF?!") was, "Thank God it isn't obscenity..." I guess we'll find out more when this thing goes to trial.

Me too. I was thinking "uh oh this is it people"

But no, she was just selling mislabeled drugs.

But if she didn't keep her accounts separate and can't prove that money from the webite did not go to Yaoi Press, then it's fair game for the government to seize. She has to pay fines too if found guilty. The money has to come from somewhere.

Thanks for the bad yaoi pr, like we need any more of that.

ayashe wrote:

Thanks for the bad yaoi pr, like we need any more of that.

If it's any consolation, ayashe, this case probably isn't that big of a deal to the general public. Probably the only people even slightly interested in this case are people who already knows what "yaoi" is, and they probably already have an opinion about it unrelated to this event.

She was charged with seven counts of mail fraud, one count of misbranding a drug, one count of introducing goods into U.S. commerce by means of false statements, and criminal forfeiture.

Forgive me if I'm misinterpreting (quite possible, as I know next to nothing about legal stuff), but...

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She was charged with seven counts of mail fraud, one count of misbranding a drug, one count of introducing goods into U.S. commerce by means of false statements, and criminal forfeiture.

This isn't quite the same as being charged with "drug dealing," right? (seriously, please correct me if I'm wrong here).

Either way, it honestly kinda rubs me the wrong way when I see people coming on here saying things along the lines of, "Well I met her once and didn't like her, so I have no pity"; calling her a "drug peddler," "scumbag," etc. Really, one can find these sketchy "herbal supplement" ads in the backs of a number of magazines (Rolling Stone comes to mind). I'm sorry, in my mind this is not that serious* (for the record, I also think marijuana is not that serious, though "the Law" may beg to differ). I seriously don't mean to start a "drug use/abuse" debate (as I sip on my 3rd drink of the evening ), but people seem sooo quick to judge.

*Edit: Although not knowing what's in the stuff you're selling is being negligent-- though I'm sure she wouldn't be the first "supplement" dealer to have no clue what they're actually re-selling to the public, assuming she didn't know.

Winner don't use drugs (and yaoi too).