Carré Otis Finally Names Her Alleged r*pist : Her Modeling Agent

[petit fours]

http://jezebel.com/5855370/model-carre-otis-was-raped-and-shes-naming-names

 

[Deleted member 1957]

WOW THATs graphic! but a reality in the industry

 

[FASHIONLOVA]

am i missing something, i didn't find it graphic at all.

Gerald Marie is known to be a womanizer from way back in the early 90's. i remember i was a teenager and watched programs about Elite Models competition and it was obvious the guy was taking advantage of those girls.

I'm happy for Carré she finally named him. But Karen Mulder did the same thing before and everybody said she was crazy.

 

[Label Basher]

^ Exactly. I've always felt sad about what happened to Karen.

I can't understand why people on the jezebel site are saying there should have been a warning about how she describes it. HELLO r*pe is not pretty. It's traumatic and there's too much ''glossing over'' of the subject and victim blaming.

 

[AD011620]

this is shocking... poor Carre and poor Karen who was ridiculed bcos of her allegations...

 

[Les_Sucettes]

When i was a teen, i thought Carré was the most beautiful girl in the world.
It takes a lot of courage to speak up like this, it's admirable, good to know that she now sorted her life.

 

[AD011620]

i still feel disturbed... poor Carre... why such a beautiful girl had to suffer so much throughout her life... it is sad...

 

[Drusilla_]

I can't understand why people on the jezebel site are saying there should have been a warning about how she describes it.

This is typical Jezebel *rolls eyes*

A woman describes something graphic and traumatic that a much older, more powerful man did to her and there will be commenters who will want to talk, not about the subject of what happened or the fact that Gerald Marie was able to get away with such sustained abuse for so long (isn't he also the man who tried to pimp out - as in literally - underage contestants in the Elite modelling competition?), but nitpick about how to choose an excerpt from a book. The post itself is better than what they usually publish, but the comments....heaven help us.

Like others said, newsflash: r*pe is not pretty. I'm glad Carré spoke up, it's courageous of her to do so and I hope that it brought her some peace. I also hope Gerald Marie pays for what he did, but I suppose that's too much to hope for .

 

[iluvjeisa]

That man is such a monster. This is not the first time allegations like this surround him, nor the second.

 

[FASHIONLOVA]

i dont think he 's ever gonna be punished for anything he did.
when the whole scandal broke out a decade ago he wasn't fired or anything.

 

[Jasmine04]

Very brave of Carre to speak out like this and it's good to see she's been able to move on with her life.
Gerald Marie is a horrible, vile person who is probably living a life of luxury as we speak. From my understanding he did resign but was reinstated after it was discovered that the BBC documentary may have included some manipulated scenes.

 

[minstinguett]

How is it possible that this scumbag still has a job where he comes into contact with young vulnerable girls? Why hasn't anyone done anything about this. It makes me so angry.

 

[Blodeuwedd]

Seems he has quite the history. Ugh

Two senior executives at a top model agency have resigned after a BBC programme exposed the seedy side of the fashion industry.

A team led by undercover journalist Donal MacIntyre alleged girls as young as 13 were pressured into sex and drugs by people in trust.

Gerald Marie, president of Elite Europe, and Xavier Moreau, president of Elite Model Look, have both had their resignations accepted by the Elite board of directors.

Mr Marie, former husband of supermodel Linda Evangelista, was filmed propositioning journalist Lisa Brinkworth when she posed as a model in Tuesday night's programme, part of the MacIntyre Undercover series.

Mr Marie was also filmed telling Mr MacIntyre, who was posing as a fashion photographer, he was planning to seduce finalists from the Elite Model Look contest, whose average age was 15.

BBC, 26/11/1999 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/537643.stm

 

[justaguy]

This really sad, and unfortunately, probably more reality than we'll ever now.

 

[saann]

This is so sad, the worst part is how many others there are that have gone through this but haven't had the courage to speak up. Good for Carre.

Has he ever been charged with anything?

 

[Irena_K]

I admire Carre a lot. I remember the time when she and Mickey were the famous couple (there was a story later but dunno it's true about him shooting her, accidentaly, and that she had tattoo on her sholder to cover it) and I even remember that movie they made together. It makes me sad that she had to go through all this and it really took courage to talk openly about it. And yes, I remember that Linda was married to this guy, makes me wonder what was that all about.

 

[Northern Star]

The only thing I'm surprised at, is that it took her so long to speak out, but at least she has finally had the courage to do so.
Gerald Marie is clearly a deeply creepy and disgusting man as witnessed in the BBC documentary with Donal McIntyre, that exposed him for the pig he is, even if some scenes were slightly manipulated, he still said the things that were shown......and being that some of the models were underage, this calls for a different perspective on his behaviour altogether.

 

[thejarc]

I also admire Otis for speaking out as it is very hard for women to do so.

But what makes me even more sad is that there are probably loads and loads of women and girls that have been raped or sexually harassed. It makes me really sad.

Also, a thing that is rarely discussed, is that often young boys are sexually harassed. I've read a biography (I don't remember which, unfortunately) in which the author tried to intern at some big fashion house when he was 16 where he has been indirectly told that he has to sleep with the guy in order to get the place. Disgusting, really. There are plenty of stories like this.

 

[hedur]

The fact that this disgusting man isn't rotting in a prison somewhere right now says a lot about how effed up this world is.

I don't necessarily mean this about Carre because she was just 17 at the time and no doubt scared and confused, but, it's so important for women to report these crimes when they happen. As scary as it may be, not reporting it just makes it possible for the r*pist to believe he will never face any consequences and victimize girl after girl. Think how many girls could have been spared this nightmare if his prior victims could have somehow mustered the strength to report it.

That Carre didn't have the ability or understand the necessity of doing this is the fault of her (nonexistent?) parents.

This type of thing enrages me.

 

[thejarc]

The fact that this disgusting man isn't rotting in a prison somewhere right now says a lot about how effed up this world is.

I don't necessarily mean this about Carre because she was just 17 at the time and no doubt scared and confused, but, it's so important for women to report these crimes when they happen. As scary as it may be, not reporting it just makes it possible for the r*pist to believe he will never face any consequences and victimize girl after girl. Think how many girls could have been spared this nightmare if his prior victims could have somehow mustered the strength to report it.

That Carre didn't have the ability or understand the necessity of doing this is the fault of her (nonexistent?) parents.

This type of thing enrages me.

I have read lots of books and article about this topic and it's often a long, difficult process until many women report their r*pists. Many are scared of the reactions of their families and the multiple witness statements. That's why I admire every women who is brave enough to report the crime.