Russell Hartley Has Returned...and He's Even Worse

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  • Опубликовано: 17 янв 2025

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  • @blackmailed1072
    @blackmailed1072 Год назад +5378

    The fact they asked Vaega to go out of the country to do "boy-on-girl stuff" is *EXTREMELY* concerning. She'd be trapped in a space with who knows how many men, not really able to leave as she doesn't live close by or wouldn't have a place set up to stay, outside of the house provided by the "company". Sounds like a front for sex trafficking.

    • @Global00Vintage
      @Global00Vintage Год назад +600

      That's exactly what I thought. When they said they set up events in Dubai and Bali my alarm bells went off. Those countries are absolutely a haven for sex trafficking, and then they are also asking her if she's now ok with boy/girl content. Which is what? A new way of saying would you consent to do porn with men you've never met in a country that is notorious for sex trafficking? This is just crazy disturbing.

    • @queenbiscuit311
      @queenbiscuit311 Год назад

      10000% sex trafficking, immediately first thing I thought the moment they brought up a house outside of the country. no non sex trafficking business is going to ask you to do that. that's ON TOP of the fact that those countries are notorious for sex trafficking. just a complete "get the fuck out of there now" alarm

    • @cyanuwu1864
      @cyanuwu1864 Год назад +128

      dude unless i had some sort of like safeguard like a friend that is a local there or smth i wouldnt even cosider it, that deal is a flag so Red you can bullfight with it

    • @maddieb.4282
      @maddieb.4282 9 месяцев назад

      I mean having someone travel across country or state lines for sex work literally is trafficking, you don’t need to torture or r*pe someone or put them in a dungeon for it to be trafficking. Like that is the actual definition of trafficking

    • @maddieb.4282
      @maddieb.4282 9 месяцев назад +43

      A literal sex trafficking operation cannot be a “front for trafficking” LOL

  • @itsdeniska
    @itsdeniska 2 года назад +19442

    This is actually incredibly concerning. Vaega's experience sounds like textbook sex trafficking and was very lucky to get out so quickly. Claims that they are an influencer/modeling agency with promise of career growth & networking & travel to then drop that they are an onlyfans agency & suggest making adult content is exactly how people are trafficked. This company needs to be investigated it makes me sick.

    • @EmmaJohnsonShenanigans
      @EmmaJohnsonShenanigans 2 года назад +746

      yeah it really needs to be investigated for sure

    • @rosiejl2798
      @rosiejl2798 2 года назад +51

      Yeah when she said they are invited to overseas locations like Dubai or Bali or Mexico these are prime trafficking locations. If you are overseas they can take your passport then you are fucked cause even if you go to the local police you could be arrested for adultry (dubai) or returned to the traffickers who bribe the cops.

    • @ShizNGigglez
      @ShizNGigglez 2 года назад +628

      I was thinking the same thing. Hopefully enough people notice enough for it to get looked into. I can’t help but think of all the women who *didnt* realize it was a scam/ trap:(

    • @chillarypuff
      @chillarypuff 2 года назад +139

      Very true, I hope people who have been signed to them see this video

    • @asinglefrenchfry
      @asinglefrenchfry 2 года назад +9

      Am I the only one seeing a lot of parallels to andrew t*te ?

  • @RaspberryPastry
    @RaspberryPastry 2 года назад +8936

    The fact they invited her to a content farming event and asked her if she was okay with "boy girl stuff" is completely absurd on it's own, but the fact that all this shit happened within two weeks?? Hell naw.

    • @ggoopy
      @ggoopy 2 года назад +308

      i didn’t even think abt that. two weeks is such a short time n they already asked her about that ??

    • @playgr0undx
      @playgr0undx 2 года назад +159

      I’m also sure that at some point they’ll stop asking that question and let them go to the location before asking. Sick.

    • @turner15
      @turner15 2 года назад +45

      Wildest 14 days of this girl’s life.

    • @notwerkinginthishouse8634
      @notwerkinginthishouse8634 2 года назад +60

      @@playgr0undx they deserve to be in jail

    • @EnderPanReigns
      @EnderPanReigns Год назад +2

      i think they said "voyeur", but might have mis heard

  • @rorobear1940
    @rorobear1940 2 года назад +4160

    This is what sex trafficking in the internet age looks like. Absolutely terrifying - kudos to Vaega for speaking out about, and kudos to Kurtis for using his platform to shine a light on it

    • @shikitohno47
      @shikitohno47 Год назад

      Not sex trafficking. Keep crying liberal.

    • @catherinedoyle9390
      @catherinedoyle9390 Год назад +3

      I know I’m super late to the show and no one will probably see this but I’ve been screaming into my phone screen that it is sex trafficking BY.THE.FUCKING.BOOK. And as someone whose actually been trafficked it really upsets me that there’s this whole narrative that foreigners are going into towns in bum fuck no where and big cities a like kidnapping pretty blond white girls bc aside from that being a false narrative to push xenophobia, but it’s also especially dangerous to women bc shit like that company can operate out in the open and can victimize mass amounts of women bc too many are completely unaware of the warning signs and the tactics they use.

    • @Nyx_Fey_
      @Nyx_Fey_ 11 месяцев назад +112

      For me personally, nothing will ever top the growing horror and nausea I felt when watching a DannyGonzalas video where when making fun of alpha bro content, he unknowingly revealed what was very clearly a human trafficking subculture

    • @im_an_oyster
      @im_an_oyster 11 месяцев назад +18

      ​@@Nyx_Fey_ wait which video is this? He's made fun of many "alphas" so I gotta know

    • @zaina2538
      @zaina2538 11 месяцев назад

      @@im_an_oysteri think it’s danny’s “Terrifying Alpha Male Club” vid abt andrew tate

  • @sheskiwiw
    @sheskiwiw 2 года назад +6846

    dude the 50% of their income fucked me up but honestly, the breach of safety was a whole other level. unblocking people, giving real names, thats insane. they are literally putting peoples lives at risk oh my god.

    • @oats8854
      @oats8854 2 года назад +6

      @wynn1587
      so you're just all throughout this comment section defending sexual predators. I can only hope you're a pathetic attention seeker and not someone who genuinely believes this shit.

    • @kiralonely
      @kiralonely 2 года назад +5

      @Wynn Dude, that's like saying that because a business has terrible HIPPA violations, that the entire job field its in is too dangerous and no one should do it. Oh no, Elon Musk is shit at safety concerns in his Tesla factories? Guess we just stop the whole industry of making cars, oop.
      Stop putting sex work on a different standard than other fields of work, dude.

    • @kiralonely
      @kiralonely 2 года назад +316

      @Wynn Also, side note, the same risks are there for non-sex work? Normal female creators get stalked all the time; you do realize that? They have the same risks? So why are you singling out sex work? The chick here didn't even do sex work.

    • @emic2590
      @emic2590 2 года назад +1

      @@kiralonely
      The comment was an answer to the original one of emma wells about spicy stuff in the video so wynn wasn't singling out sex work . Just responding to it...
      When you put yourself online in 2022, the content doesn't matter you'll get pervs and creeps, if you spice things up you won't get refined guys looking to play cards and big romance...

    • @project_letters
      @project_letters 2 года назад

      @@kiralonely any influencer job is very dangerous in itself because crazy people can find you and doxx you. Being in the public eye means if you maje any slip ups it can ruin your life for atleast the next few years, at most your entire life. Sex work Is the same but your also selling your body to God knows who and a lot of weirdos will be sexual weirdos too. Other than that, same amount of danger

  • @Lyndiloo
    @Lyndiloo 2 года назад +52602

    russell hartley being involved in a company that tries to trick influencers into doing porn is about as surprising as finding milk in a milk carton.

    • @mammoneymelon
      @mammoneymelon 2 года назад +2226

      local misogynist continues to exploit women and fems? who woulda guessed /sarcasm

    • @kaijudriftz3443
      @kaijudriftz3443 2 года назад +1081

      hes trynna be bootleg andrew tate lmfao

    • @itslikescooby-doobutahomel3295
      @itslikescooby-doobutahomel3295 2 года назад +8

      deadass guarantee he’s one of the guys they could do “content” with. he’s so scummy there’s no way he wouldn’t be

    • @Lucaz99
      @Lucaz99 2 года назад +553

      @@kaijudriftz3443 to be bootleg Andrew Tate is really bottom of the barrel stuff god Damn 😂

    • @ari1758
      @ari1758 2 года назад +326

      I disagree. I always expect to find Sprite in my milk carton. I don't want milk. Why did I buy milk?

  • @drewjames-hyperkiddstudios7826
    @drewjames-hyperkiddstudios7826 2 года назад +8095

    Russell Hartley is the guy in every Hallmark movie who gets dumped for a country boy

    • @JoAndGetFat
      @JoAndGetFat 2 года назад +305

      Country boy I love you 😛

    • @choosehappy9224
      @choosehappy9224 2 года назад +64

      This comment is too perfect!!!!

    • @JaseekaRawr
      @JaseekaRawr 2 года назад +80

      I literally put my hand over my mouth 🤭 gasp, you're exactly right!! 😭

    • @dummybear6772
      @dummybear6772 2 года назад +9

      Quick, get this to 1k likes, stat!

    • @claranadine1086
      @claranadine1086 2 года назад +8

      Daaaang that's accurate 😂

  • @nikkiconrad299
    @nikkiconrad299 Год назад +1203

    I immediately went “that’s literally a sex trafficking scheme” when she said they shifted to onlyfans management and they asked her to meet up with men to create content. So freaking scary. So glad vaega got out.

  • @manderly33
    @manderly33 2 года назад +9185

    I’ve been an actor for years and this whole story made me so angry. I’m not even in the spicy content space but I’ve constantly had to dodge scummy “managers” and “agents.” Scammers abound. Be careful out there, folks.

    • @iridescentsolace
      @iridescentsolace 2 года назад +239

      It reminds me of back in the early 2010s when gaming RUclipsrs would sign on to these companies claiming to help their brand but all they did was get a cut from their earnings and throw their name around like “look who we have under our belt!”

    • @david-jonballinger6638
      @david-jonballinger6638 2 года назад +93

      Same, i signed with one and then they were really dodgy so I left. Found out a month later they were still using me on their website and on Facebook. Well dodgy

    • @darknebula310
      @darknebula310 2 года назад +20

      @@recitationtohear How did I allow myself to get cinnamon rolled yet again.. I really wanted an answer to why my dad left bro

    • @sheskiwiw
      @sheskiwiw 2 года назад +21

      glad you knew to dodge them!!! i dont know anyone who does online content or anything but i feel like texting all my friends right now just in case ahaha

    • @wildfire9280
      @wildfire9280 2 года назад +12

      @@iridescentsolace Damn you Machinima!

  • @spicymilks9173
    @spicymilks9173 2 года назад +15730

    Ok the whole ‘we’ll take you on a paid vacation where we’ll pressure you to make pornographic content for us’ thing is unbelievably disturbing. It high key sounds like a sex trafficking scheme. So glad Vaega was able to get away from such a scummy and disgusting company. A highly important video to make, thank you.

    • @StarsXXXXXX
      @StarsXXXXXX 2 года назад +911

      Not to mention all the places she listed were all places outside of the US ☹️ That’s so scary

    • @mirandawhittaker8481
      @mirandawhittaker8481 2 года назад +686

      @@StarsXXXXXX There's no way it isn't sex trafficking.

    • @kaywee4200
      @kaywee4200 2 года назад +62

      Immediate thought!

    • @YouKnowMeDuh
      @YouKnowMeDuh 2 года назад +132

      @@mirandawhittaker8481 That's how they can confirm that you'll get more money than you would working for yourself, because they will send you to as many people who want you. But if you want to be something like an escort, there are far safer companies to work with than this that won't ship you out of sight to work...

    • @billbill6094
      @billbill6094 2 года назад +91

      This is industry standard too, and it mostly targets kids in or straight out of high school.

  • @spedupversion778
    @spedupversion778 2 года назад +34752

    Kurtis looks like the type of guy to tell their kids "ready to rock and roll" when picking them up from school

    • @beanieguitarguy4070
      @beanieguitarguy4070 2 года назад +861

      Here, I’ll be your first non-bot reply.

    • @crimjim2912
      @crimjim2912 2 года назад +618

      I only see this as a compliment towards good ol Kurt tbh

    • @planefan082
      @planefan082 2 года назад

      @Кurtis Соnner 🅥 HAHAHAHAHA ho away

    • @KingOfGaymes
      @KingOfGaymes 2 года назад +1179

      He also swings the keys around his finger while saying that

    • @spedupversion778
      @spedupversion778 2 года назад +158

      @@beanieguitarguy4070 thanks, it's been real hard man😔🤞

  • @Hal-b3j
    @Hal-b3j Год назад +2041

    The fact that a “siren” is literally a mythical creature that is known for disguising itself as a beautiful, attractive thing so it can lure people closer to their doom is SOOOO telling of the company’s actual intentions.

    • @ScrubbyGames
      @ScrubbyGames 11 месяцев назад +25

      Yeah dude that's wild right lol

    • @Jordan-eu2zh
      @Jordan-eu2zh 8 месяцев назад +54

      It feels like in a horror story where the evil company has the evil company name

    • @WaltzerCerealMuncher
      @WaltzerCerealMuncher 6 месяцев назад +16

      The more i live, the more i feel like this world is just one big sh1tty movie.

    • @nari5161
      @nari5161 6 месяцев назад +7

      It's how they see women, but it's projection

    • @GrtGuy
      @GrtGuy 4 месяца назад +4

      Yeah Kurtis said this exact thing at 22:00

  • @mammoneymelon
    @mammoneymelon 2 года назад +5914

    when vaega said they doxxed her my jaw dropped. that is insane, no agency with a drop of decency would think giving out someone's LEGAL NAME would be remotely okay. not to mention them overcharging her and unblocking people without her consent. they're putting content creators in such a dangerous position and it's wild that this hasn't gotten more attention

    • @Agmolly
      @Agmolly 2 года назад +359

      Honestly, that could get her killed. Stalking laws are weak as fuck.

    • @luckyrainbowrose
      @luckyrainbowrose 2 года назад +166

      Exactly, doing that to someone is extremely dangerous especially in this situation.

    • @Frizzleman
      @Frizzleman 2 года назад +107

      Straight up criminal behaviour.

    • @NachozMan
      @NachozMan 2 года назад +148

      @@Agmolly Stalking laws are a suggestion that exists and do nothing until the person gets killed. Even restraining orders do literally nothing until it's too late.

    • @heckingbamboozled8097
      @heckingbamboozled8097 2 года назад +63

      @@NachozMan Crazy to me how many aspects of our criminal justice system depend on the after effects of crime when things like stalking, even in incredibly obvious, detailed cases often get ignored entirely. Like damn, I'd imagine anyone interested in actual justice would jump at the opportunity to take down a criminal BEFORE they commit a crime

  • @unicornwizard2118
    @unicornwizard2118 2 года назад +4607

    I think Russel Hartely tried his best not to assciate himself with Siren cause he didn't want people to find out he runs a super super shady managment company

    • @ashleabaton4279
      @ashleabaton4279 2 года назад +5

      management agency to sex trafficking pipeline is real

    • @gaygengar
      @gaygengar 2 года назад +299

      you'd think he'd be more proud about running a sex trafficking business considering literally all of his other content 💀

    • @MISTER-SINK
      @MISTER-SINK 2 года назад +9

      @@recitationtohear Bot

    • @wildfire9280
      @wildfire9280 2 года назад +91

      @@gaygengar True but he runs it under the guise of “empowering women”. If anything he’d probably feel ‘shameful’ about being insufficiently sexist in branding but without that facade he’d probably be facing a lot more trouble.

    • @jshanksffemtp
      @jshanksffemtp 2 года назад +40

      or quite possibly the other way around, considering that his digital footprint is pretty concerning for someone in charge of an adult content agency and can be pretty easily found with a quick online search

  • @vaegamoon
    @vaegamoon 2 года назад +40978

    Thank you so much Kurtis for taking the time to interview me, help me have a voice, and speak my truth. I appreciate everything that you’re doing to help others. And thank you to everyone who has commented or reached out to me, I’m very overwhelmed but also very grateful for all of you. Update: I will make my own public statement soon on my RUclips and TikTok, please be patient with me. I have chronic health issues and since this video has been posted I have been trying to get past a flare-up. My health takes a lot of my time and energy but I promise I'll talk more about this topic soon. Thank you endlessly for all of your support.

    • @deandraacevedo6971
      @deandraacevedo6971 2 года назад +2069

      Thank you for sharing your story Vaega, I hope you and everyone else unfortunately wrapped into this scam and possible sex trafficking ring is safe and well and recieve justice ASAP!!! It's so disturbing how openly they are taking advantage of these people, it makes me sick.

    • @kelly5913
      @kelly5913 2 года назад +954

      ur so cool for doing this!! i’m sure it’s saving other girls from falling into the same trap. so sorry all this happened to you.

    • @eddiejames4006
      @eddiejames4006 2 года назад +412

      Cheers for the interview mate, it’s great to hear people talking about really nefarious and predatory scams, since we should all be aware of this stuff! Hopefully nobody gets reeled into agencies like these.
      Also, great RUclips name - reminds me of Alan Vega, the singer from Suicide (I’m guessing that’s the point)

    • @Fatima_92
      @Fatima_92 2 года назад +269

      Please take this to court if you have the ability to do so 🙏

    • @is-6333
      @is-6333 2 года назад +136

      thank you for sharing your story! so sorry you went through all that. wishing you nothing but happiness and success!

  • @AcoraZ3RO
    @AcoraZ3RO Год назад +254

    Honestly "We're having meet-ups in Dubai/Bali/Mexico for boy/girl content" sounds like a lead for sex trafficking.

  • @isabelnewton19
    @isabelnewton19 2 года назад +2791

    call me pessimistic, but it sounds like russell hartley and his icky friends made this as a front to either traffick or take advantage of these girls in other sick ways. who's to say other female creators would've shown up to the meetup? i'd be terrified if i were in that situation that i'd show up and it would be a house full of men and then only me. this is so terrifying to think about, thank you for shining a light on this to hopefully get it destroyed

    • @yassu20
      @yassu20 2 года назад +179

      Oh god the fact that you could be right about this is sickening

    • @chaoscrab
      @chaoscrab Год назад +133

      And considering the amount of money they demand, I could see them running girls into huge debt and scaring them into going just to erase what they supposedly owe, without giving them the details 🤮🤮🤮

    • @Chhjmmkg
      @Chhjmmkg Год назад +18

      Well, Russell said these girls were making the easy buck, so later on he just capitalised on that.

    • @quincy2376
      @quincy2376 Год назад +10

      Pullin’ the ol’ Andrew Taint

    • @Joeysaladslover
      @Joeysaladslover Год назад

      No I don’t think you’ll be called pessimistic, just braindead.

  • @LearningToLinka
    @LearningToLinka 2 года назад +3059

    I’m so concerned for younger/more vulnerable girls who get contacted by this company. It’s sounding a hell of a lot like a trafficking ring alongside the clear financial scam they’re trying to pull. I was trying to piece together what the 4 people who work 24/7 do and the guess I’m going for is that they use your account to message other girls to get them signed up to the agency, like the message from the person Vaega mentioned. Because what else would they be doing??

    • @songbird-wj4yj
      @songbird-wj4yj 2 года назад +337

      Oh my god that makes so much sense! If they have control of your accounts, why wouldn’t they use them to also promote themselves?

    • @boogityhoo
      @boogityhoo 2 года назад +191

      They most likely also message random guys and try to get them to buy the content. No telling what they tell these strangers in order to get and secure a buy so that sone could be dangerous as well.

    • @valodate
      @valodate 2 года назад +97

      a big part of onlyfans is messaging your subscribers and trying to get them to buy extra content from you. a lot of creators send out automated messages to people but as vaega said the people from siren were doing that on her account which also led to them doxxing her to a subscriber

    • @LearningToLinka
      @LearningToLinka 2 года назад +39

      @@valodate ahhh that makes sense. I don’t really know anything about OF as I was wondering how they ended up doing that. It’s so dangerous

    • @quinntessent1al
      @quinntessent1al 2 года назад +6

      I didn’t even think of that I bet you’re right

  • @cassandrasheek8510
    @cassandrasheek8510 2 года назад +4811

    when I worked at fucking TARGET they wouldn't even let people know if you were on the schedule, let alone any personal info. poor Vaega holy SHIT I hope something good comes out of this for her. shoutout to kurtis for sharing her story & being so respectful. its fucking abysmal and i hope they get sued

    • @agatha004
      @agatha004 2 года назад +231

      Yes omg, I worked in a supermarket and if a costumer asked if someone was working that evening you had to act like if you didn't know... So thinking of someone giving a legal name to a stalker in the adult content industry makes me sick

    • @saritavenkatapathynaidu9533
      @saritavenkatapathynaidu9533 2 года назад +103

      Gentle reminder that the only pronouns given for Vaega in this video are they/them 😘

    • @abbiesadler4324
      @abbiesadler4324 2 года назад +19

      My work used to have a list of people allowed in a cupboard of full names on the shop floor. With first name name tags, 2 separate men found my full name and messaged me online

    • @emma-dk5zf
      @emma-dk5zf 2 года назад +24

      literally i worked for a small business and i wasn't even allowed to take a pic of the schedule. this is fucking insane

    • @GoodKidmAAdLizard
      @GoodKidmAAdLizard 2 года назад

      @@saritavenkatapathynaidu9533vaegina

  • @maledictionwolf
    @maledictionwolf Год назад +308

    Shooting porn content in Dubai. Where extramarital sex is illegal... damn that's shady.

  • @kathleenwright5842
    @kathleenwright5842 2 года назад +12899

    This might have been covered in the interview but not included, but I sincerely hope Vaega and/or other victims take this to court. This sounds like a front for human trafficking.

    • @BLoren
      @BLoren 2 года назад +148

      Yep

    • @heyitseliza1157
      @heyitseliza1157 2 года назад +719

      I really hope it gets taken to court as well. Like the doxxing is absolutely insane and terrifying, I really hope the “agency” gets in serious trouble.

    • @gateauxq4604
      @gateauxq4604 2 года назад +4

      I hope Russell gets pantsed in court.

    • @elise9189
      @elise9189 2 года назад +113

      I thought that immediately after seeing the messages

    • @Industry-insider
      @Industry-insider 2 года назад

      That’s the stupidest conclusion you could have come to

  • @bishielurfer
    @bishielurfer 2 года назад +2761

    I cannot believe they released her legal name. Even in basic customer service jobs I've worked it was standard policy to not release any personal info unless we had explicit permission to do so. 'Cause once that info is out there, there is no way to take it back.
    A scam is bad enough, but that kind of behavior is outright dangerous. I really hope they get shut down.

    • @justthingstbh6061
      @justthingstbh6061 2 года назад +92

      I work as a waitress and we literally give people fake names while working cause just no

    • @darcie6491
      @darcie6491 2 года назад +60

      literally its one of the first things they tell you at ANY job - don't give out personal info.

    • @agatha004
      @agatha004 2 года назад +15

      Even in a supermarket I worked as a cashier we weren't allowed to give any information of any peer to a costumer... So thinking of giving it to some stalker in the internet in the adult content industry is sooo fucked up.

  • @Vampress09
    @Vampress09 2 года назад +2547

    I am so mad for what happened to Vega. They basically gave her a stalker. There should be legal ramfication for the company.

    • @AngelBirdo
      @AngelBirdo 2 года назад +99

      Replying to this because I'm sick of bots being the only replies to valid comments

    • @deandraacevedo6971
      @deandraacevedo6971 2 года назад +121

      Legally Vaega can sue. Doxxing a client's personal information regardless of the company's policy on privacy is illegal. They can get their license taken away and more.

    • @TheNumnutRandomness
      @TheNumnutRandomness 2 года назад +42

      I was absolutely horrified when I heard that. They literally removed even the most basic safety protocols just so he could keep having "access" to her. Disgusting

  • @chaoscrab
    @chaoscrab Год назад +273

    Considering the HUGE human-trafficking vibes the "creator meet-up" gives off, it's possible Siren tries to run their clients into debt so they can conveniently offer them the meet-up with the promise they'll forget about that debt- without giving them the details of this trip. Vaega was able to pay them off before they could've done that, but I imagine there are plenty of creators they're targetting, specifically younger women or girls, that they're scaring into a meet-up. It just seems like that's something they'd do, and I feel like is worth mentioning in case I'm (VERY unfortunately) right

  • @burningrumm
    @burningrumm 2 года назад +1769

    my blood is boiling listening to vaega’s story i can’t even imagine how she must have felt. it’s terrifying and infuriating all at the same time

    • @rachelallen4240
      @rachelallen4240 2 года назад +22

      @@burningrumm please don’t interact with comments like those, they are spam bots. when you engage with them and click their links, it promotes their page and makes it easier for them to spam. in the future, the best thing to do, is report these comments.

    • @deandraacevedo6971
      @deandraacevedo6971 2 года назад +13

      Yeah, especially since content creating is so hard to do especially as a woman or femme leaning person. Them taking advantage of these people is so gross.

  • @Shrimpyfellow
    @Shrimpyfellow 2 года назад +2712

    I feel so bad for her and others who are in the same situation. Having stalkers must be so scary and even more scary knowing random strangers know your personal information :(

    • @FrigidQuail
      @FrigidQuail 2 года назад +37

      Scary and sadly, common.

    • @NachozMan
      @NachozMan 2 года назад +1

      If you go do anything online without acknowledging the fact it's INCREDIBLY easy to dox people and find their personal information, and don't accept the dangers that could put you in, especially as a woman, well you just have to be an idiot frankly.

    • @sammaysam8953
      @sammaysam8953 2 года назад +17

      I can relate to the stalker shit. I had a dude show up at my job I'd never even spoken to who went through my shit to find out where I worked and threatened to stab me through my piercing holes

    • @helledising8273
      @helledising8273 2 года назад +9

      Hey yeah stalkers are no joke! I've had a few and at more than one occasion some of them have obtained my phone number, one from approaching a friend of mine pretending he knew me, and another I don't even know where he found my phone number as I was a minor at that time.
      It's a huge invasion of privacy and at some points I've been scared to even go to work or just to the store to buy groceries.
      You feel constantly paranoid and like you're being watched. And hey if they found out where you lived, your name or your phone number without even talking to you, what else are they capable of?

    • @chatnoir9038
      @chatnoir9038 2 года назад

      @@helledising8273 I feel you. Going thru this rn.

  • @QueeenB747
    @QueeenB747 2 года назад +15803

    When world finally started to heal, he returned.

    • @macrobug17
      @macrobug17 2 года назад +285

      That sounds like something a poop goblin would say…

    • @Moonwalker2923
      @Moonwalker2923 2 года назад +169

      I thought you were talking about Kurtis lol

    • @QueeenB747
      @QueeenB747 2 года назад +28

      @@Moonwalker2923 omg no i would never

    • @ButterByteStudios
      @ButterByteStudios 2 года назад +56

      @Кurtis Соnner shorts 🅥 omg its durtis honner. He even has a super real v

    • @danicatsiang1399
      @danicatsiang1399 2 года назад +23

      not the underwater horse from the 50s 💀

  • @talkin_bout_this
    @talkin_bout_this 2 года назад +1639

    I am a teen. 17 yrs old. I am glad i follow creators like you. And i am assured that i am following a right person. You spread much awarness and even teach basic things like respect which apparently is not so basic in this society. Loved your way of informing us about this and doing the interviews. 😄k bye

  • @damascus9876
    @damascus9876 2 года назад +929

    The jump from “modeling agency” to “only fans” to “paid trips to go out of the country and film ‘content on location with guys’” makes the fact that they emphasized covering the cost of randomly having a baby go from nonsensical to disturbing

    • @xakirax_8864
      @xakirax_8864 Год назад

      Repulsive

    • @Jerebee-DS
      @Jerebee-DS Год назад +88

      Oh my god I never picked up on that. That is so disgusting and horrific and I hope no more women or literally anyone in general falls for this.

    • @crowdlycrow3632
      @crowdlycrow3632 Год назад

      Disguised Sex tracfficking

    • @SpawnRevenge92
      @SpawnRevenge92 9 месяцев назад +12

      OH... Fuck, you're right.

    • @justanautisticnerd8969
      @justanautisticnerd8969 2 месяца назад +6

      I know. But i also think they are saying this because they are targeting vulnerable individuals.
      I mean saying that your going to cover medical care and going to help if your having a baby.
      Making me think they are picking people like single mothers and disabled individuals.
      Especially with the fact that apperently one of the women kurtis interviewed had a chronic illness.
      Basically i feel like they are picking people in a financial pickle.

  • @loneleeone9122
    @loneleeone9122 2 года назад +3451

    i never thought i'd hear about this man ever again

    • @adomestichousecat9707
      @adomestichousecat9707 2 года назад +55

      all these replies are bots 💀

    • @idklol1233-u7z
      @idklol1233-u7z 2 года назад +5

      Wishful thinking

    • @GoodKidmAAdLizard
      @GoodKidmAAdLizard 2 года назад +14

      thought he got lost in the Mariana Trench or overdosed on ketamine

    • @It-is-me...Melsie
      @It-is-me...Melsie 2 года назад +24

      @@adomestichousecat9707 I used to report every one of them as spam. Now I report them as porn.

    • @XxMadilynn21xX
      @XxMadilynn21xX 2 года назад +4

      Forgot about him and was living life before he returned

  • @ParadoxRein
    @ParadoxRein 2 года назад +3598

    Russell is that one ex that won’t stop messaging you even after a month of not being together

    • @foxbrobroski5714
      @foxbrobroski5714 2 года назад +7

      @Chad 007 ……..this video link is every where I can’t escape it……….

    • @turboshazed7370
      @turboshazed7370 2 года назад +72

      Fuck I used to be that guy. 10-15 years ago... Glad I've grown out of that mindset. If it ain't meant to be it ain't meant to be.

    • @XDenyDefendDeposeX
      @XDenyDefendDeposeX 2 года назад +31

      It still baffles me that men are out there acting like that.

    • @_ASPEN_
      @_ASPEN_ 2 года назад +1

      Lasagna

    • @_ASPEN_
      @_ASPEN_ 2 года назад

      @Кurtis Соnner 🅥 🤢

  • @livenandlove1980
    @livenandlove1980 2 года назад +341

    They sound like straight up predators.Thank you for making this. Hopefully, it will save someone from joining Siren. I also hope this leads to a police investigation cause this sounds like sex trafficking.

  • @ichikoluvr
    @ichikoluvr 2 года назад +2653

    i like to think that kurtis laughs really hard at his own jokes while editing

    • @kiroswife
      @kiroswife 2 года назад +3

      Futaba

    • @existential_horror5045
      @existential_horror5045 2 года назад +65

      lotta bots in this comment section huh

    • @caidalee1994
      @caidalee1994 2 года назад +14

      As he should

    • @boomitscocosucker
      @boomitscocosucker 2 года назад +8

      @@existential_horror5045 because sadly RUclips is full of em and doesn't do anything bout it lmao

    • @ITSMEB4BI
      @ITSMEB4BI 2 года назад +2

      I would too

  • @phantasmagorics
    @phantasmagorics 2 года назад +603

    This needs to be investigated in depth, it sounds exactly like a front for human trafficking. Who knows how many other girls couldn't get out on time. That's fucking terrifying.

  • @valodate
    @valodate 2 года назад +1943

    as a former OF creator the thought of someone sending out my full name to one of my subscribers made my stomach drop. that shit is terrifying & it's insane that an agency FOR adult content creators would do that. i wish all the best for vaega, hope she stays safe

    • @saritavenkatapathynaidu9533
      @saritavenkatapathynaidu9533 2 года назад +20

      Kurtis only used they/them pronouns for Vaega, it can be easy to miss! You’re so on point, tho!

    • @aniiahie
      @aniiahie 2 года назад +64

      @@saritavenkatapathynaidu9533 in her bio she has she/fae!

    • @GoodKidmAAdLizard
      @GoodKidmAAdLizard 2 года назад +12

      @@aniiahieisn’t a fae like a mythical fairy creature

    • @aniiahie
      @aniiahie 2 года назад +56

      @@GoodKidmAAdLizard neopronouns

    • @GoodKidmAAdLizard
      @GoodKidmAAdLizard 2 года назад +16

      @@aniiahie neopet

  • @Beth-t2p
    @Beth-t2p Год назад +100

    He’s rebranded again (just showed up on my fyp), he’s now all “get that bag sis” and it’s hilarious to me

    • @natebrown9523
      @natebrown9523 6 месяцев назад +12

      Fr i saw one of this guys reels like 15 minutes ago and hes now one of the sprinkle sprinkle people ( him and Christian walker both)

    • @nari5161
      @nari5161 6 месяцев назад +14

      get that bag sis (give me the bag)

    • @Beth-t2p
      @Beth-t2p 6 месяцев назад

      @@natebrown9523 the Christian walker lore had such a switch up

    • @BienAimee868
      @BienAimee868 5 месяцев назад +2

      Damn, I bought it bc he collabed with SheraSeven. And now I'm watching this🤯 I hope she figures it out too

    • @natebrown9523
      @natebrown9523 5 месяцев назад +2

      @@BienAimee868 yeah the dude went from red pill to pink pill

  • @cavemicepencil
    @cavemicepencil 2 года назад +12363

    what have we done to deserve so much kurtis this week

  • @emmabergman4054
    @emmabergman4054 2 года назад +6966

    Can we just appreciate Kurtis showing how easy it is to talk respectfully about women and people in the adult content industry? His videos are such a good vibe

    • @Dawnbreakerr
      @Dawnbreakerr 2 года назад +351

      It's refreshing. Anthony Padilla also has really good interviews with some folks in the spicy space and I like watching him talk to them on an equal level.

    • @pigeonatic
      @pigeonatic 2 года назад +226

      yesss I always fear that content creators are gonna be weird or disrespectful to sex workers when they interact and am always happy to be proven wrong

    • @blackparademistress1
      @blackparademistress1 2 года назад +215

      It shouldn’t be refreshing that spicy workers are talked to like human beings and yet it is. Yes the bar is super low but I still super appreciate Kurtis is always drinking his respect women/spicy workers juice every day.

    • @emmabergman4054
      @emmabergman4054 2 года назад +152

      @@blackparademistress1 yeah it's just nice to see him showing how *easy* it is. This type of language isn't hard and yet many creators makes it seem like they have to have a "I respect peopel" disclaimer or really show people how much of an effort they are making "navigating the pc-georaphy". Kurtis just talks respectfully like it's no big deal for him to do that

    • @aeroaustaire2082
      @aeroaustaire2082 2 года назад +30

      its the bare minimum from men tbh it shouldnt be praised

  • @jumpinglily8903
    @jumpinglily8903 2 года назад +973

    As a woman I still remember when he said women get access to certain things easier than men. That made me so mad, 2020 was literally the 100 year anniversary of the 19th amendment. And that was just white women, women of color were still treated less than human after that. Women have been fighting for years and years, it’s crazy to me how people like Russell can confidently share opinions online without being embarrassed

    • @kiralonely
      @kiralonely 2 года назад +3

      As a trans man, like as a dude who passes as a dude but also used to be widely seen as a chick, he's a fucking idiot, end of story. Men take me 10x more seriously as a dude than they did when they saw me as a woman, for starters.
      I hate the bullshit those assholes perpetuate when, as someone who's seen both sides, I can like objectively say they're fucking idiots. The difference in how people treat me is big enough that I can usually tell in just how someone treats me, whether they subconsciously still view me as a woman, or a "woman turned man" kinda thing.

    • @heckingbamboozled8097
      @heckingbamboozled8097 2 года назад +5

      I think people often forget how close we are historically to times when women and minorities straight up had no rights. Like you said, it's only been 100 years since women have even been able to vote. I have friends who have just a few familial generations since said family were literal SLAVES for fucks sake. But yeah, many people would have you believe nowadays that we're past all that stuff when in reality, we've had slavery longer as a country than we've been without it. The same applies to women's suffrage.

    • @ithinkiwoulddie9196
      @ithinkiwoulddie9196 2 года назад +45

      yea I’ve never understood the “women get it easier” bc even if they are getting it easier, who’s making it easier for them? that would be men. and the point of woc being treated like dogshit just completely disproves the “women have it easier” statement.

    • @v.xien.
      @v.xien. 2 года назад +2

      ^^^

  • @FlorSilvestre12
    @FlorSilvestre12 Год назад +169

    Wish I could say I'm surprised that yet another dude who trashes women for doing sex work is okay with it once he finds a way to benefit from their efforts.

  • @inkandpaintdept5612
    @inkandpaintdept5612 2 года назад +1084

    The fact that Kurtis just did a better job marketing Vaega in 5 minutes than this company did in 2 weeks smh

    • @teknofreak2387
      @teknofreak2387 2 года назад +1

      I think she didnt deserve this, go get a real job and work like Everyone else. Onlyfans models contribute exactly nothing to Society and even make it worse, cause more lonely men are in parasocial relations with them instead of seeking love in real live. I hate this guy too, but its hard to feel sorry for these „creators“

    • @inkandpaintdept5612
      @inkandpaintdept5612 2 года назад +66

      @@teknofreak2387 If she's making money, that makes it a real job. And like it or not, if there's an audience that enjoys the content, then it is a contribution. Tbh, if you have a problem with it being a viable career, I think it makes more sense to blame the market rather than the people who are just supplying a demand

    • @King_James_1andLonely
      @King_James_1andLonely 2 года назад +11

      Actually tho XD I was thinking as I was watching that she’s one of those people that gets prettier the more you look at her. Sucks she got pulled into that shit, glad she got out of it and Kurt boi is here to shed some light

  • @rsabinioan
    @rsabinioan 2 года назад +2954

    Hey Kurtis, I would recommend adding the company’s name to the title so this will be the first thing that shows up if future content creators search up Siren.

    • @rsabinioan
      @rsabinioan 2 года назад +91

      @@xoxomiha ohh that’s good then

    • @Nerdgirl9853
      @Nerdgirl9853 2 года назад +55

      He probably put it in Tags.

    • @arcadeglass1342
      @arcadeglass1342 Год назад +3

      @@Nerdgirl9853 he didn’t

    • @saspitite
      @saspitite Год назад +19

      I think youtube also shows videos that mention the words you search up using the transcript of said video, so i think it’ll show up?

    • @garlikbred6474
      @garlikbred6474 Год назад +13

      I'm replying so Kurtis has a slightly better chance of seeing this comments. People gotta know this about Siren, and it'd save them tons too

  • @revapb
    @revapb 2 года назад +3381

    kurtis its so awesome that you are making really genuinely inquisitive and respectful content. i love your videos because they're funny but you also do a really good job critiquing and analyzing things in a super articulate and respectful way! i don't comment a lot on things but i just rly appreciate you calling out this agency and supporting other creators while being funny and respectful the whole time

    • @soulgazer11
      @soulgazer11 2 года назад +14

      Would not have said it better myself!

    • @jonnnnniej
      @jonnnnniej 2 года назад +11

      You put into words exactly why I like Kurtis's videos so much!

    • @spedupversion778
      @spedupversion778 2 года назад +5

      I love the way u explain it. Really got to the point. Ur comment also got hearted by kurtis

    • @under.covercat
      @under.covercat 2 года назад +5

      i love it when he goes into journalism mode!!

    • @AwesomeFreakMadd
      @AwesomeFreakMadd 2 года назад +1

      Totally agree! I recommend Nick DiRamio for anyone who likes hilarious but really constructive critiques. They have such a sharp wit but also really clever ideas for making bad movies/content better

  • @billbill6094
    @billbill6094 2 года назад +198

    "Modelling agencies" turning into strictly adult content after meeting with them to pressure young women into adult entertainment, a scam as old as the photograph.

  • @arima_song
    @arima_song 2 года назад +2675

    I feel so sorry about Vaega... But she is lucky to escape from this contract and these people. I'm happy she did, but I'm also sad that she still has to deal with this sicko that messages her to this day. Well, I'm glad that she's relatively safe now, but I hope things will get better for her.
    I also hope that a lot of people will see this and will talk about this, so no more girls will be dragged into this stuff. It's really nice to be informed about this. Thank you, Kurtis, for doing this!

    • @cloudlily8835
      @cloudlily8835 2 года назад +154

      holy fuck, when did youtube bots get this bad

    • @Styruse
      @Styruse 2 года назад +2

      Wow

    • @arima_song
      @arima_song 2 года назад +59

      @@cloudlily8835 I know, right? But I like how they thought that "making fun of bots" thing would be enough to fool everyone, lol

    • @arima_song
      @arima_song 2 года назад +38

      @@Syd448 absolutely terrifying, you're right. I also had "this one guy", who wouldn't just leave me alone and it was a really scary experience, wouldn't want that for anyone at all. I hope there are some ways she can deal with him for good.

    • @nunpho
      @nunpho 2 года назад +38

      @@arima_song I had the same, he used to follow me home from work at night. There are SO many creeps out there and a lot of guys don't understand why women are so cautious.

  • @blonddlife
    @blonddlife 2 года назад +5790

    I cannot tell you how happy I was to get this notification. Not that Russel Hartley got worse, but that you made a sequel on the main channel :) thank you for talking about all these stinky poopy bois for our entertainment

    • @cheesegur
      @cheesegur 2 года назад +58

      The bots bro 💀💀

    • @Something125_
      @Something125_ 2 года назад +15

      @@cheesegur Frr like 💀💀

    • @blonddlife
      @blonddlife 2 года назад +17

      @@cheesegur ik it’s killing me 💀💀

    • @arima_song
      @arima_song 2 года назад +88

      I'm just here to remind y'all that those "making fun of bots" comments are also bots. Do not like them or reply to them, just report them. The system doesn't recognize them as bots if people interact with them.

    • @Overseer2579
      @Overseer2579 2 года назад +2

      Agreed. These kinds of videos are a guilty pleasure of mine

  • @WannaBuyAGate
    @WannaBuyAGate 2 года назад +591

    Man the "we actually care about our clients" thing reminds me of every job that's like "here at _____ we feel like our employees are a family." Always a red flag

    • @jjrays9913
      @jjrays9913 Год назад +20

      I've only worked at one place that felt like that, and they didn't advertise it. It was also a very small restaurant (I don't think we seated more than 80 people at a time), so it sorta made sense(we were also heavily understaffed). I still work there to this day, and I enjoy (most of- there's the occasional bitch that comes and goes) the people I work with. Most of my coworkers are adults (I'm in my mid-teens) and would immediately shut down a situation where they thought I'd be in danger, harassed, or straight-up looked down on (I'm a hostess, every customer that came in had to talk to me, especially because I was the only hostess on schedule half the time).
      For example, I was training as a server my first year there and I didn't know our alcohol options, since I had never served prior(we had also just gotten the selection and our ABC license, so everything was still new) and I was underage(so I technically couldn't serve it. I can't even touch it when bussing a table since I'm not 18), I never took the time to learn; there was no need for me too when I hosted. I had a table of three, a young boy, his mother, and his grandpa. The grandpa asked me what our beer options were and I immediately blanked. I tried to list off what I knew, but ended up having to tell them I would need to grab them a beer menu. As I walked away from their table I heard the mother whisper to her dad, "I think she's special," which made me feel like absolute shit. Much later, they were still there, and I told one of the other servers. She was _livid._ She went out there to talk to them about it, even though I tried to tell it was fine(I have social anxiety and stumble over my words a lot, so people saying this kind of stuff was never surprising to me, I kind of got used to it after a while).
      To this day I still don't know what she said, but when they left, they had tipped a good portion of their bill and were excessively nice to me whenever I went back out there.

  • @sayLeotardbutsayitChinese
    @sayLeotardbutsayitChinese Год назад +248

    Russel Hartley: "Women take the easy way through life."
    Also Russel Hartley: "I want my life to be easy by taking advantage of women."

    • @TheGryphonLJJ
      @TheGryphonLJJ 6 месяцев назад +1

      Chapter & verse from the How to be a Pimp handbook.

  • @peachicedtears
    @peachicedtears 2 года назад +390

    jesus it is sickening how much it sounds like a sex trafficking agency. especially the ‘creator meetup’ things. scary.

  • @katelynb2913
    @katelynb2913 2 года назад +2391

    The thing where they said "if you have a baby, siren covers it" is referring to the fact that here in the US, it literally costs like $10,000 or more to stay in a hospital and have the nurses deliver your baby, and there is literally no insurance company that covers 100% of those costs, but apparently siren does. Definitely sounds too good to be true
    Edit: woah this comment blew up for no reason, thanks everyone
    Edit 2: must be a peanut butter adult by now

    • @shachen8
      @shachen8 2 года назад +125

      no, it's actually peanut butter

    • @astrowolvez
      @astrowolvez 2 года назад +1

      @@daisangenwannabe I wouldn’t be shocked either if it’s also specifically you get pregnant from the porn.

    • @SeymourDisapproves
      @SeymourDisapproves 2 года назад +107

      @Daisangen Wannabe they specifically say "have a baby," not "are pregnant," so I really doubt they're implying abortion there

    • @Hollyberrystreats
      @Hollyberrystreats 2 года назад +164

      Considering their ultimate plan for vegamoon seemed to be pimping her out, I wonder if that "We'll covered you if you have a baby" really meant "if you get pregnant working for us..."

    • @NachozMan
      @NachozMan 2 года назад +28

      Don't have kids don't get sick or you'll ruin your life, America in a nutshell.

  • @JuliaxTimlin
    @JuliaxTimlin Год назад +116

    Fun fact: I used to work for LA weekly and those types of press release articles can be written about or by anybody, as long as you pay them about 2.5k. I would go out on a limb and suggest that Russell likely wrote this himself or had someone write it for him.

  • @IndigoWhite
    @IndigoWhite 2 года назад +878

    This is actually just a company version of how pimping works. They start off by making you think you’re dating. Then you get pressured into working the streets, then you get the reveal that he doesn’t love you and only tricked you into working for him. The company is doing the same thing. It’s especially predatory considering she thought it was modeling, and that these “trips” are in countries that have a harder time with grape cases. Because that’s exactly what would happen on these trips. I’m so so so glad she got out and was only with them for two weeks bc they were prepping her to be trafficked. That’s how this industry works.

    • @heckingbamboozled8097
      @heckingbamboozled8097 2 года назад +2

      They're also countries that tend to do things like restrict travel and revoke passports of people accused of certain crimes. Lots of ways for this scumbag company to get women into sex trafficking by offering them no other way out.

  • @sarahm8695
    @sarahm8695 2 года назад +1030

    I am PRAYING that this video tanks Siren's reputation. This is genuinely dangerous and needs to be addressed.

  • @swagromancer
    @swagromancer 2 года назад +414

    I work at a museum where I occasionally need to handle personal data. Not very often, but it happens. When I started my job, I had to sign a mountain of data security legal instructions. I literally spent an entire work day just reading and signing them. The whole stack of them would put any Stephen King novel to shame. Misusing someone's personal information is such a serious offence that I not only _would_ absolutely get fired, it could land me in jail for three to five years.
    That Siren just doxed their customer like it was nothing, with zero repercussions, is absolutely insane to me.

    • @kanexoxo
      @kanexoxo 2 года назад +9

      do you think they could go to court for that?

    • @swagromancer
      @swagromancer 2 года назад +41

      @@kanexoxo Probably. While I'm not exactly sure on how US law treats something like this, I'd be surprised if there was no protection at all. Siren clearly violated the trust of their customer, potentially putting their life in danger. The fact that Vaega still gets messages by this stalker person months after the fact should help to build a case.

    • @whateverlolawants
      @whateverlolawants 2 года назад +28

      @@swagromancer Even if US laws don't forbid this, I suspect European Union GDPR (General Data Privacy Regulation) rules would forbid what Siren does.

    • @swagromancer
      @swagromancer 2 года назад +26

      @@whateverlolawants They absolutely do. European courts would chew them up and spit them out for this.

  • @SpecialBlanket
    @SpecialBlanket Месяц назад +6

    Sex worker of 10 years here, this is sex trafficking. This is not like sex trafficking. When you are putting someone on the road to sex work without telling them, that is sex trafficking.

  • @milliepensa6693
    @milliepensa6693 2 года назад +1684

    Jesus… lucky I found this video, the Siren agency approached me through a big influencer months ago, which made it seem far too good to be true… but I couldn’t help but trust a well - known model with a blue tick and almost millions of followers. You’d think she’d care about her reputation? Obviously not.
    I then had a call from a young guy, trying to act like my best friend, promising the world and more + even U.S healthcare… even though I’m Australian, Don’t know how that works?
    The website even looks so bogus. I signed on for a week and then changed all my passwords as they were not consistent with a single thing they promised.

    • @Ukraineaissance2014
      @Ukraineaissance2014 2 года назад

      Americans think the rest of the world works the same as america

    • @honeyeggs9145
      @honeyeggs9145 2 года назад +44

      who was the influencer???

    • @placeholderdoe
      @placeholderdoe 2 года назад

      Glad you dodged a bullet

    • @lol-lb5pm
      @lol-lb5pm 2 года назад +91

      the us healthcare bit is so funny

    • @casserpillar6311
      @casserpillar6311 2 года назад +55

      Expose them, who was the influencer?

  • @sophiabroom
    @sophiabroom 2 года назад +530

    The cut back between their promises and the reality is so impactful and shows what they are

  • @toaster400_
    @toaster400_ 2 года назад +950

    I’m honestly so impressed by this video, like this is basically journalism!! Kurtis did so much research, and a whole ass interview? This is basically an exposé
    AND it was hilarious??? Damn

    • @Random-sk6hm
      @Random-sk6hm Год назад +3

      I didn't even realise this omg

  • @lavender.lemonade
    @lavender.lemonade 2 года назад +67

    I appreciate that you took time to talk about 🔞content creators being taken advantage of in a very respectful manner!

  • @Caeljharden
    @Caeljharden 2 года назад +458

    Kurtis: **Gives a detailed list of all the lies and sketchy BS the agency does**
    The agency: “this is absolutely ridiculous…. We do not cover your baby in peanut butter…..…”

  • @bexkivisto5940
    @bexkivisto5940 2 года назад +324

    Thanks for talking about this!
    I've been a s-worker for a year now (it's legal in my country) and I've already learned so much.
    I remember talk about the Siren agency popping up online among colleagues months ago. Companies like this are usually scams, at worst incredibly dangerous.
    Online work is safer than IRL work, but you still need to be careful. If you make OF, 🌽 or anything similar: own your content. Mia Khalifa has talked about this bunch but you really need to be careful with contracts.
    Online work and advertising is super restricted. You can get banned or shadow-banned from social media super easy for promoting that type of content.
    On the off-chance that anyone here is considering starting s-work: community is everything. Find people in your city/country that do the work and listen to why they tell you. And listen to your intuition! If a company/client or anything feels off, don't do it!
    Hope everyone is safe. Love from Finland ❤

    • @JasminMiettunen
      @JasminMiettunen 2 года назад +3

      Mulla ei oo mitään aikomusta tommoseen työhön itellä, mutta ku puhuit yhteisöstä ni ajattelin just että onkohan se vaikeeta tälläsissä pienissä maissa niinku Suomi, ja sit luin että ootki Suomesta 😂

    • @bexkivisto5940
      @bexkivisto5940 2 года назад +1

      @@JasminMiettunenSuomessa on arviolta tuhansia s-työntekijöitä! Yhteisöö löytää kunhan tietää mistä etsiä. Tietyissä kaupungeissa helpompaa, esim Tampereella ja Helsingissä meitä on paljon!
      Torille :)

  • @Chanta2424
    @Chanta2424 2 года назад +454

    They’re literally pimping these creators out. Insane

    • @SunniDae333
      @SunniDae333 2 года назад +9

      I said the exact same thing

    • @everything5066
      @everything5066 2 года назад +1

      why do they ever agree to being pimped ?they can just open an only fans

    • @ghoultooth
      @ghoultooth Год назад +10

      @@everything5066 Because running content, funds etc. when you have quite a large following can be hard on your own.

    • @WynnWynn-gl3fk
      @WynnWynn-gl3fk Год назад +1

      @@everything5066they pImp themselves which is as bad

  • @martinaasandersen3775
    @martinaasandersen3775 2 года назад +53

    11:00 "No contracts" also mean you have no easy way to hold them to their promises.

    • @martinaasandersen3775
      @martinaasandersen3775 2 года назад

      @jhjfnfg You won the lottery!!. Just send me the processing fee of 5000.- USD and i'll send the grand price to you.

  • @vzxlid
    @vzxlid 2 года назад +3157

    Honestly surprised Kurtis didn’t hit us with a “Russell Hartley, i HARTLEY knew her” within the first minute 😩🤧
    Edit: btw I made this comment at the very beginning of the video. I didn’t know what the topic was going to be besides that weird guy.

    • @samirmalwasneues
      @samirmalwasneues 2 года назад +27

      missed opportunity

    • @anitaaranceta780
      @anitaaranceta780 2 года назад +47

      I’m glad he didn’t. This was quite the serious situation

    • @musicyak3471
      @musicyak3471 2 года назад +16

      total missed opportunity. We expect better of you, Kurtis /j

    • @elianazuniga6541
      @elianazuniga6541 2 года назад +33

      @@anitaaranceta780 there's still jokes in it. Lol

    • @anitaaranceta780
      @anitaaranceta780 2 года назад +6

      @@elianazuniga6541 yeah, youre right. I just don't get the joke ajajaj. Sorry bout that

  • @juliannabernado9188
    @juliannabernado9188 2 года назад +565

    Love that you’re just an investigative journalist now. Especially with the comedic twists

    • @kiralonely
      @kiralonely 2 года назад +3

      Replying cause it sucks when your replies are only bots. Also as a heads-up to anyone reading these, please report the bots for spam. Don't click links, don't give them likes or reply to them. The one's "making fun of bots" are bots too.
      Also, same, the more investigative takes with like comedy intermixed makes for my fav videos from a bunch of creators. I love it when they take that route lol.

    • @heckingbamboozled8097
      @heckingbamboozled8097 2 года назад +3

      @@kiralonely Yeah the making fun of bots ones are especially annoying imo. Like yeah, let's just take a notoriously bad issue that RUclips comments have and make them WORSE by clowning on the other bots. Doesn't make any sense

  • @TheQueenOfSheba
    @TheQueenOfSheba 2 года назад +261

    Thank you for calling out these evil creeps.

  • @Dirk_Strider
    @Dirk_Strider 2 года назад +65

    They said _"If you have a baby, Siren Care covers it"_ because in the US it costs around $19,000 to have a baby. I'm serious, Google it.

  • @nuthankyou9033
    @nuthankyou9033 2 года назад +220

    As someone who has used the "I dont know, I just work here" line *many* times at work, it's usually another way of saying "I dont know, the higher ups & management are terrible at communicating and I have no clue what's going on or why. I've never even seen my boss in person or spoken to them. I dont know what's going on. I'm just paid to show up". Soo, pretty much means 'communication is really really bad here'.. a bit of a red flag if it's a management company.

  • @Hawthorn6852
    @Hawthorn6852 2 года назад +190

    20:53 Okay honestly, the whole "We're a modeling agency" to "We're actually an onlyfans agency" to wanting porn content really kinda gives me sex trafficking vibes.... I know that sounds far out, but like that is how some sex traffickers will target young adults sometimes. They'll pretend to be a modeling or acting agency, and then when you get in a little deeper they say they also cover sexual content, and then they'll start saying they need sexual content, and they get more and more pushy the less you are able to get out...

    • @Lunabyes
      @Lunabyes 2 года назад +1

      Definitely not too far out. This is textbook s3x trafficking.

  • @lalalalaaAa123
    @lalalalaaAa123 2 года назад +244

    FYI: I’m an actor in LA (no, not famous yet 😂) and my acting agency takes 10%, my manager takes 10% and my entertainment lawyer takes 5%. This is the industry standard! 50% is absolutely unheard of!!

    • @divine5328
      @divine5328 2 года назад +7

      I wish you luck girl!

    • @kanexoxo
      @kanexoxo 2 года назад +8

      yeah when i head that shit my jaw dropped bro, also i hope u get famous one day because every Len fan deserves a good life

    • @RichardServello
      @RichardServello 2 года назад +2

      I work in entertainment, and in 2012 when things started running to Canada I spoke to an agency and they wanted 10% on all earnings regardless of whether they got if or me. I said, you need to get me 20% more to make it worth it. And the upcoming year I was waiting on a job that would have taken 1/4 the year….so I decided to hold off to not hand them 10% of my income on a job I already lined up. Never ended up using them because I got busy. But yeah, 10% is normal…but still f’d since it’s not just work they get you.

  • @chameleon28
    @chameleon28 Год назад +29

    The amount of pick up artists/ tik tok misogynists/ pod cast bros that are turning out to be sexual predators is ridiculous but also not surprising

  • @notfelix4258
    @notfelix4258 2 года назад +304

    more like russell fartley

  • @heather_bee
    @heather_bee 2 года назад +653

    That is so scary that the agency doxed that creator, I hope Vaega stays safe 😢

    • @skullchimes
      @skullchimes 2 года назад +6

      @@recitationtohear you're as sus as the bot so you also must be a bot ong get a hobby

    • @fabra1122
      @fabra1122 2 года назад +18

      ​@@skullchimes dont engage with bots

    • @Agmolly
      @Agmolly 2 года назад +1

      Revealing Vaega's name could literally get them killed.

    • @parrot998
      @parrot998 2 года назад +2

      @@fabra1122 Report bots for spams.

  • @colonelweird
    @colonelweird 2 года назад +305

    It's so cute that Kurtis doesn't know that when someone has a baby in the US, the hospital treats the mama as the funding source for the CEO's new yacht.

    • @grantmegan91
      @grantmegan91 2 года назад +2

      @N. 13k for mine. With "good" insurance I pay 400$ a month for.

  • @garrettvance4686
    @garrettvance4686 Год назад +10

    You reminded me of something I call the "trust me principle". Generally speaking if someone has a tendency to tell you to trust them, it's because they know you would never trust them without being informed

  • @anyrija.
    @anyrija. 2 года назад +132

    "if you have a child, we'll cover it" is THE funniest thing i've ever heard
    im crying

    • @angeldeviltears
      @angeldeviltears 2 года назад +10

      “cover it in WHAT” 😭

    • @MalMagLog
      @MalMagLog 2 года назад +1

      My first thought was that they would just throw a sheet or towel over them

  • @juliabohemian
    @juliabohemian 2 года назад +1190

    Can we get this guy's mom involved? I've love to hear what she thinks about his ideas and business ventures.

    • @chayden153
      @chayden153 2 года назад +65

      Honestly!

    • @folkiethetea
      @folkiethetea 2 года назад +231

      feel like this man hasn’t even spoken to a woman in years lol

    • @fungiboops6073
      @fungiboops6073 2 года назад +68

      What the fuck had happened to bots- every comment has at least one bot

    • @fungiboops6073
      @fungiboops6073 2 года назад +9

      But honestly yes

    • @hive-sys
      @hive-sys 2 года назад +48

      “MY MOTHER IS VERY PROUD” -Russell Hartley

  • @amirnaim3675
    @amirnaim3675 2 года назад +312

    This video has turned from a comedy into a true crime documentary. I like it

    • @kiralonely
      @kiralonely 2 года назад

      Report bots for spam, don't like or reply to them, including one's "making fun of bots".
      I love it when comedy creators do these sorts of investigative takes with the comedy sprinkled in? It makes for fun, engaging, informative content. Just, mwah, chef's kiss.

  • @cameronellis3544
    @cameronellis3544 Год назад +7

    the mention of those “trips” made me get chills, sounds like trafficking

  • @mixedveggies528
    @mixedveggies528 2 года назад +165

    Kurtis, I would recommend putting "Siren Agency" in the video title so these interviews will show up in search for creators considering working with the agency.

  • @culinaryfox4983
    @culinaryfox4983 2 года назад +35

    They say "no contract" because they don't want to be held legally accountable for their outrageous empty promises.

  • @peacechickification
    @peacechickification 2 года назад +65

    I recognized the Siren logo and I couldn’t remember why and then I realized it’s because I’m in a model safety group and someone was like ‘is this safe?’ And all responses were like ‘fuck no’. So thanks for bringing more awareness to it Kurtis!

  • @StrawberryNinjaNibbles
    @StrawberryNinjaNibbles 2 года назад +14

    The false claims on the website and what seems to be sex trafficking should be prosecutable I swear
    AND GIVING AWAY PERSONAL INFO THAT COULD BE SO DANGEROUS

  • @andraenache8485
    @andraenache8485 2 года назад +179

    Shout out Kurtis for calling them out. This kind of shady stuff shouldn't stay under the radar.

  • @somethingstupid1075
    @somethingstupid1075 2 года назад +391

    this is so insanely predatory and dangerous. i know this is a pervasive issue that’s broader than just one company, but i’m glad you were able to help shed light on the shady nature of at least this company!

    • @somethingstupid1075
      @somethingstupid1075 2 года назад +17

      @Wynn sure, but that doesn’t mean that specific companies can’t be called out. We don’t have to accept this kind of behavior just because exploitation is so common when it comes to sex work.

    • @heckingbamboozled8097
      @heckingbamboozled8097 2 года назад

      @Wynn Getting killed is a risk that cops take when they go to work. Should we therefore not feel any remorse when one gets shot and killed during a drug bust? I imagine not. Fucking hypocrite.

    • @hayleyblanch5895
      @hayleyblanch5895 2 года назад +9

      @wynn1587yeah, it's true. that's why we need organised unions for sex workers to get the working conditions that mitigate risks of danger, don't unnecessarily place workers in MORE danger, and advocate for their rights as workers.

    • @thelonleyUchiha1
      @thelonleyUchiha1 2 года назад

      @Wynn we get it my dude you don’t like sex work you keep commenting it everywhere but no one’s gonna listen to not only a dumb ass take like this but someone just repeating the same thing over and over without explaining everything…they just report you like a bot and move on

    • @saritavenkatapathynaidu9533
      @saritavenkatapathynaidu9533 2 года назад +3

      @Wynn which is why sex workers and their allies/anyone who’s not SWERF-y are fighting for the decriminalization of their work and how they’re targeted instead of exploitative people like pimps or “agencies” like this.
      Based on your responses to many comments under this video, I’m guessing you’re a SWERF and that has no place in this conversation. If you wouldn’t say a coal miner is “selling their body” then you shouldn’t say it about sex work. Sex work is not just one thing, not inherently wrong or exploitative, and has downsides and risks, like any job. The only thing that makes sex work dangerous is that there aren’t protections and practices in the industry that support sex workers.
      Listening to sex workers, the route is NOT legalization, but decriminalization. Sex work is many things - from full service sex work to stripping to OF, none of it is bad or wrong. Only treating human beings as less than for doing work that suits them and makes them happy and able to live comfortably in a world that otherwise subjugates them is a problem.

  • @alextheloser
    @alextheloser 2 года назад +329

    the amount of times i’ve rewatched that one russell hartley video kurtis made two years ago is too much

    • @KingOfGaymes
      @KingOfGaymes 2 года назад +18

      I rewatch the second Kurtis and Jacob Sebastian balls video cuz it’s literally some of the funniest content I’ve seen

    • @octobercowgirl
      @octobercowgirl 2 года назад +7

      @@KingOfGaymes literally same I always rewatch specifically the second one at random times

    • @alextheloser
      @alextheloser 2 года назад +1

      @@KingOfGaymes SAMEEEE
      the no offence murderer 💀💀

  • @wellhellothere927
    @wellhellothere927 Год назад +16

    Unfortunately, I once dated Russel and at first, he was amazing, but then after a month he started spewing anti-black things (I’m mixed race) he then started saying he only saw women as “sex toys” I left so fast

  • @yuiscene
    @yuiscene 2 года назад +160

    "covers it what? fuc-peanut butter? Ä" this made me laugh harder than I should've 😭

    • @KingOfGaymes
      @KingOfGaymes 2 года назад +2

      I see Kaeya from Genshin impact my beloved ice man

    • @wayv_baby
      @wayv_baby 2 года назад

      also the music in the background was giving MAJOR Death Note and idk if anyone else noticed

    • @fawnieee
      @fawnieee 2 года назад

      That peanut butter baby makes me lose my shit each and every time I see it. It's so funny 😂😂😭

  • @ivebeeenthinkntomuchl8627
    @ivebeeenthinkntomuchl8627 2 года назад +53

    i’d began to forget about mr. horse loving hartley. i’m devastated my memory has been refreshed

  • @Leannbby
    @Leannbby 2 года назад +988

    As an adult content creator I can assure you, every single man that disrespects us, are the same ones spending the most on us and our content.

    • @Leannbby
      @Leannbby 2 года назад +189

      @Celeste it’s good in the sense that I get their money, but it’s never “good” to disrespect someone for the job they choose if that job isn’t hurting or effecting them in any way.

    • @rarediamond1011
      @rarediamond1011 2 года назад +148

      @@celeste1197 According to my friend that does this, the ones that give the most money can end up being the most obsessive and dangerous for your safety. More money seems great in theory, but not if a person is actively trying to locate you with ill intentions.

    • @NadiaSeesIt
      @NadiaSeesIt 2 года назад +2

      You know, I work at a nonprofit and don't have these issues at all. Plus I do some good for the world. There are other areas of work where you can actually contribute something to the world AND not be harassed

    • @sylmaerie
      @sylmaerie 2 года назад +146

      @@NadiaSeesItnobody asked dude and i wouldn’t be so quick to assume you’re contributing something good 😭 you know how many nonprofits turn out to suck? at least adult creators know the full extent of what their role is in their work

    • @tc3800
      @tc3800 2 года назад +147

      @@NadiaSeesIt Wow thats super
      condescending.

  • @moss3668
    @moss3668 4 месяца назад +3

    “we pay people what they deserve” and continues to ask for half of their earnings is wild bro. like they’re implying they deserve to be paid less

  • @kali_uchis7635
    @kali_uchis7635 2 года назад +143

    kurtis being an investigative reporter on this is giving me life

  • @Jack_Saint_Archive
    @Jack_Saint_Archive 2 года назад +514

    *_I love when Kurtis Conner said "It's dunkin' time!" and dunked all over the Russell Hartley. Truly one of the videos of all time._*

    • @Jack_Saint_Archive
      @Jack_Saint_Archive 2 года назад +14

      *Truly one of the RUclipsrs of all time*

    • @Jack_Saint_Archive
      @Jack_Saint_Archive 2 года назад +17

      @Кurtis Соnner shorts 🅥 The bots are now evolving...

    • @It-is-me...Melsie
      @It-is-me...Melsie 2 года назад +8

      @@Jack_Saint_Archive The bots have their own cheer leaders sometimes. I report both.

    • @FiveEyedRaven
      @FiveEyedRaven 2 года назад +1

      This joke is so oooold, it has no right to be this funny anymore 😭😂

  • @Wyrmington
    @Wyrmington 2 года назад +477

    I am severely disappointed we did not get a long awaited full video of Kurtis's Donkey Kong impression

  • @Global00Vintage
    @Global00Vintage Год назад +42

    So, it’s sex trafficking right? They set up these events in Dubai? Bali? Two countries that are notorious for sex trafficking. This is very disturbing.

    • @GustavRex
      @GustavRex Год назад +4

      Of course it is, it's a sex worker agency, it's obviously human trafficking.

  • @evren5642
    @evren5642 2 года назад +94

    Someone rushing you and being really pushy to try to get you to sign something, send money, etc as fast as possible is a really common sign of scams! They put pressure on you and tell you that you have to do something Right Away so that you’re too anxious to second-guess anything. Bc it’s so psychological, pretty much anyone can fall for it in the moment. So sorry that happened to Vaega!

  • @sadpoopgoblin
    @sadpoopgoblin 2 года назад +67

    kurtis saying poop goblin while being widened and green shouldn’t have made me laugh that hard, but it did and i’m disappointed in myself

    • @yeet1066
      @yeet1066 2 года назад +15

      You even made it your pfp 😭😭

  • @ClaraSchnitzel
    @ClaraSchnitzel 2 года назад +222

    If they actually host those content meetups, I'm willing to bet these men are using it to get intimate with the women themselves 🤢 So disgusting. I've had a couple of experiences with management companies too. The first one, I had to pull the plug after two days and the second after two weeks. It was so stressful constantly monitoring the chat to make sure they weren't destroying my carefully built reputation in the chat 😖 And the way they hire non native English speakers (presumably living in poorer countries) is so shady because they must be paying them so little. I could seriously rant on and on about this whole thing. I figured it would be better for me to just select and train somebody local myself. Thank you for discussing this and bringing it to light!

  • @HappyBirddi
    @HappyBirddi 2 месяца назад +4

    Siren agency sounds like it's one of those random pop-up, overnight sensation businesses from an episode of Sailor Moon that are secretly run by aliens trying to steal your life energy to feed their leader.
    Russell Hartley is literally just Diamond from Sailor Moon but ten million times less stylish

  • @Mario_Angel_Medina
    @Mario_Angel_Medina 2 года назад +174

    Syren: "we don't take advantage of women in this company"
    Also Syren: "we'll pay for it if you get pregnant or need a therapist"
    That has more red flags than a parade from the Swiss army

    • @deandraacevedo6971
      @deandraacevedo6971 2 года назад +19

      I never realized how weird it is that they offered compensation to victims even though they claim to be a "good" organization. This is just so evil.

    • @lillianfulgham9280
      @lillianfulgham9280 2 года назад +2

      Omg you're so right. That's terrifying

    • @Marispider
      @Marispider 2 года назад +1

      ......Oh. Oh no. I didn't even put that together, I just figured it was another part of their ridiculous "we will cover everything in your life ever" shtick.