Victoria Bitter/Amy Player is back

[mickeym]

She's hanging out now in the HP fandom. As a 25yr old guy named Andrew, who's on the run from the IRA (because he didn't want to join) and apparently dying of a 'rare heart defect'.

I'm glad she's never (so far) eyed SPN. We have enough wank without her help. *shakes head*

ETA: This is a link to an article run in the Willamette Week, covering the story.

Comments

[raynedanser.livejournal.com]

Um???

[mickeym.livejournal.com]

Oh, man. If you don't know the VB story...where to start. Actually, the journal I linked to has a round-up of it, because that person was scammed BIG TIME by Victoria/Amy (to the tune of identity theft and thousands of dollars). This was all in the LOTR/lotrips fandom, btw.

SHORT short version: VB and a friend scammed a bunch of people (fans and non-fans alike), as well as a charity foundation, for a *really* lot of money. They also pretended to be the actors they were infatuated with at the time (Sean Astin, Elijah Wood), and at one point VB was claiming to be the reincarnated spirit/soul of Elijah Wood. There was also taking a lot of people in for things like shelter, food, travel... it was a huge muck-up (and also back...in 2002/03, I believe, so it's not hugely recent).

The persons in question have most recently been doing "character impersonations" on Hollywood Blvd (been doing that for a while, I think), and now there's the beginnings of scamming within the HP fandom.

[someblazingstar.livejournal.com]

Don't forget the part where VB supposedly started growing a penis! Oh my god.

I remember when Willamette Week had an entire cover story on that insanity. Good times.

[mickeym.livejournal.com]

This article? *g* http://www.wweek.com/story.php?story=5307

[raynedanser.livejournal.com]

Scheiβe.

What the fuck is wrong with people?

[mickeym.livejournal.com]

Here's a good, journalistic rundown of the story: http://www.wweek.com/story.php?story=5307

Some of my facts were a little skewed--because like so many, I've heard things second/third hand.

Happy reading *g*

[britomart-is.livejournal.com]

The persons in question have most recently been doing "character impersonations" on Hollywood Blvd
Wait, seriously? I'm up there all the time. Could I have passed these particular psychos on the street? I can recognize most of the regular "characters".

[mickeym.livejournal.com]

"LegoLass" (Legolas, the elf) is VB/AP/JW, and I think Abbey/Abigail is currently posing as one of the Shrek characters (the girl troll, whose name escapes me now). Seen 'em? *g*

[someblazingstar.livejournal.com]

A really weirdly over-the-top misogynistic guy, to boot, who can't stop boasting about how tough he is. Uh...huh.

[mickeym.livejournal.com]

Mmhmm. *shakes head* She(he) is one WEIRD duck, that's for sure.

[annella.livejournal.com]

oh dear lord how had I never heard of this. It looks like it is on a similar scale to the MsScribe batshit. O_O

[mickeym.livejournal.com]

...pretty much, yeah.

Here's a condensed version, if you're interested: http://www.wweek.com/story.php?story=5307

[kitanabychoice.livejournal.com]

Crikey. I am so glad I only read about this kind of wank after the fact. I couldn't imagine being the kind of person that needs to do such things for attention/kicks.

[mickeym.livejournal.com]

Gives us something to shake our heads over, at least *g*

[kitanabychoice.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's true. I read the link above, and holy crap, that IS as batshit (if not more) as the MsScribe thing. I am glad that I have a leetle niche of fandom and I don't leave it.

[tabularassa.livejournal.com]

Oh my. They, he, actually scammed people out of their money? Crazy!

[mickeym.livejournal.com]

'He' was never a he, always a she...and yep. They did. Rather a lot of it, actually.

Here's a condensed version of the story: http://www.wweek.com/story.php?story=5307

[tabularassa.livejournal.com]

Wow. Thanks for the link, love.

[nopseud]

I was just about to go to bed, and then I checked journalfen, which is why I'm still up at 5am reading all the batshit. I'm absolutely not surprised that VB's back and scamming again, but using the ludicrous IRA story again is just so brazen!

[fickwalker.livejournal.com]

Oh yikes. I can't believe she's back. :( That's just-... Frightening.

[lazy-daze.livejournal.com]

I read all this last night, half highly amused and half just totally o.O that VICTORIA BITTER had shown up again - and then I DREAMED about it in detail last night! XD XD

[britomart-is.livejournal.com]

Eeeeeeeeeeeek!