Aussie Big Brother Evictions Scandal
It was all over the news and the internet the last couple of days about the Australian Big Brother TV Show eviction of two housemates.
According to Behind Big Brother, at approximately 4.30am Saturday morning Ashley and John jumped onto Camilla's bed. John held down Camilla while Ashley knelt over her, apparently slapping her in the face with his penis. At one stage John was holding Camilla down by her head. The incident went to air over the internet streams and several users recorded screen captures which are now circulating the internet. At the time Camilla was quoted as saying "thats not cool".
The news headlines were rampant:
- 'Big Brother' evicts pair amid sex claims
- Alleged assault rocks BB
- Calls for Ten to abandon 'Big Brother'
- Uproar over Big Brother footage
- Boys booted over sex claim
- The Ash/John incident: a complete rundown
- Updates: What happened after the incident
- Gretel attacks media outlets
The Big Brother forum was shut down because people wouldn't stop talking about the "Incident". Here's the official blurb from their website:
In dealing with the events of the last 48 hours in which John and Ashley were removed from the Big Brother House, we unfortunately had to intermittently cut the live stream from the House and have temporarily closed the Big Brother forums. The live stream was cut for an extended period on Saturday night while the House discussed the issues associated with John and Ashley's exit from the House. This footage could not be broadcast live for legal reasons. While we make every effort to continuously broadcast the action from the House 24/7, as stated in the terms of purchase of Premium membership, we reserve the right to cut the streams because sometimes we have no other option.
The BB spokesman is giving no indication of when the forums will be re-opened. Meanwhile, the offending photos are showing up all over the place and the "Incident" discussed so shutting down the forum achieved very little. On Behind Big Brother forum I noticed this:
"Most users ever online was 1,215, Yesterday at 09:24 PM". Traffic is still so high that today the site is not viewable, with a notice that reads: Apologies, due to high traffic on the website this page is not available.
Just goes to show you what passes for entertainment. People just love a good gossip, don't they??
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