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There had been a few news reports about State Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno's granddaughter being missing, starting last week. Yes, it's missing white girl season, but when the granddaughter of the guy who controls the State Senate goes missnig, you've got a movie plot at the very least. Earlier this week, Rachel Bruno finally emerged and called her mother, saying she was fine though the call sounded suspicious. Yesterday, the NYPD found her in Times Square, and the NYPD arrested the man they believe she was with. The NYPD didn't arrest John Savage for kidnapping Rachel Bruno, as the circumstances of their relationship were unclear, but they did arrest him for violating his probation (more on that later). It seems that the NY Post was alerted to a craigslist posting in Albany for "'Stephine,' who offered 'a pleasurable time' for '250 roses per half hour'" - and the photograph in the posting had a woman who looked like Rachel. So the Post contacted Senator Bruno's office, and the police jumped in, tracing Rachel's phone call to NYC (she used Savage's cellphone; the two left the Albany area after media attention that she was missing). She was taken back to her parents and Senator Bruno's office released a statement:
Rachel’s physical and emotional problems placed her in a dangerous and threatening situation, the outcome of which could have been much worse. This was compounded by her susceptibility to other harmful substances and dangerous influences, particularly those online, and people who use the Internet to prey on the vulnerable.The Daily News reports that Rachel and Savage met on MySpace. Savage's probation comes after he tried to bribe police officers in 2002 for the scoop on prostituation sweeps, saying, "You know we have a new mayor and police commissioner and they are going to start cracking down on prostitution. They are hitting me hard. Whatever you and your man can do for me I'll pay you money if you let me know when they're coming out to pick up the hoes."
Random political connect-the-dot: Senator Bruno asked Jeanette Pirro to get out of the Senate race, which she eventually did. A few months later, Pirro set her sights on trying to prosecute sexual predators on MySpace. We'll see if Bruno joins Pirro's charge.
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She's gotta be a junkie to be down with sex for money with this loser as a pimp. Not only did this dude ride that, so did a bunch of other losers. Gotta be tough to be her parents right now...
all that after her grandpa got her on the public payroll - at a child care center no less, funny place for a kid with her history and acknowledged issues ("susceptibility to...dangerous influences").
remember, it's for the children. no matter what they do, it's for the children.
More like grandparents if you ask me. Oh the shame of Republican State Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno, being the grandfather of a whore. By the way thank Joe for deregulating much of the rent stabilized apartments in NYC. Karma's a bitch sometimes.
OH DO I SMELL A L&O SVU!!!
She's used, now no one would want her.
Might as well be a whoreing hooker.
she got the black in her and will be shunned by her family. oh sweet sweet justice.
John Savage was in a couple of Law & Order's.
SVU and Criminal Intent. Can't have 2 John Savages'
She's 20 years old. I'm curious: If she went willingly with him, how was a crime committed? The Cops/DA will have a good time figuring that out.
Definitely an SVU Plot in the making...
Any juicy details on her "susceptibility to...dangerous influences"? Drugs? Tearaway Teen? It's all so L&O: SVU.
(Glad she didn't meet a terrible fate, though.)
who's got the link to her myspace? i want to make love to her.
How can we forget the mumbling classic Traffic in this? Daughter of rich political dude whores it out to black dudes for her drug addiction. Absolutely classic syndrome.
Hey, does anyone have a link with a picture of the guy she was "supposedly" with? Is he a black dude. Wow man. I don't think she is used goods. Every guy is going to try to get with her now. Blonde hair rich girl. At least she asked for 250 roses per hour. That would be $1,250. per hour. She was expensive. I wonder how many of the grandfather's friends answered the ad. They can afford her.
Never mind. I found the link to Savage. Wonder what made her run away. She must have been desperate. "It's hard out there for a pimp."
One-fifty for a half-hour maybe, depending on her guidelines, but there's no way she could get two-fifty in that neighborhood unless she was taking it in the can.
*Yawn* Haven't we flogged this topic to death? Nothing but trite comments for the past 2+ weeks.
Maybe we should go to something more topical--like global warming, for instance?
Global warming?! phesh, hello? Haven't you got the news already. We're doomed already so don't worry your little head about global warming and all that thingamajig. Just enjoy what's left of your ride to the death chamber.
how's about a little sympathy for the poor girl, she was basically a victim of domestic sex trafficking. i'm also a little bit disturbed by the sarcastic term "missing white girl season" white women are in fact, disproportionately targeted for crimes by other races. black on white crime is exponentially higher than white on black, especially sexual assaults. and the way the media glamorizes the black hip hop lifestyle ala mtv it's no wonder that so many naive young women are deceived by these dangerous individuals.
and the way the media glamorizes the black hip hop lifestyle ala mtv it's no wonder that so many naive young women are deceived by these dangerous individuals.
[17] Posted by: joe | August 3, 2006 10:19 PM
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You are out of touch.
Hip Hop is seen on BET. It is not young white girls watching it, it is young white boys. Does Fat Nick Minucci, ring a bell? Young white guy. White girls are watching sleazy woman like Brittney Spears and Christina Aguilera. Both blond. Both portrayed as easy in the media.
Thank Paris Hilton for doing the black guys on the internet. Maybe Paris taught her that behavior.
The pimp is not Hip Hop or Rapper. Don't insult the music genre with your statement. He is just a "man" that wanted to exploit a woman. He did a good job of it. The girl, Ms Bruno, wearing a t-shirt that read "hollist'" is just a dumb, blonde. Parents what are you teaching your children?
the hip hop is seen on mtv as well, and young females make up a majority of the viewership of mtv. it is the single most influential media in the lives of adolescent girls. you're right in that it also negatively affects white males as well. misogyny is a central part of the rap culture, which includes the exploitation and degradation of women. terms like "hoes" and "pimps" have very specific meanings, and they are portayed in a glorified manner. it seems you have a bias against "blondes" or maybe you just mean "whites" if i referred to the black dragging victim in jasper texas as a degenerate ex convict, which he was, I think you would probably take offense to that.
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