We know you really want to go see the Phillies/Yankees World Series, but you’ll have to find some way to pay for it that doesn’t include sex acts. One Philly fan found out that hard way when an undercover cop answered her Craigslist ad.
The ad said she was a buxom blonde who was also a die hard Phillies fan and that the price she’d pay for the tickets was “negotiable.”
“I’m the creative type! Maybe we can help each other!” the ad said.
When the cop answered the ad, police say he was offered a variety of sex acts in exchange for the tickets. She has now been arrested.
Phillies fan arrested for sex-for-tickets offer [USAToday]
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Wow Phillies fans really love to hammer people!
@Raekwon: Too bad they’re all glamour muscles and don’t workout their cores.
@ucdcsteve: Just don’t mess with the Phillies Phrenetic!
@Notsewfast: I’m just trying to talk the trade with you and I feel like you’re big leaguing me here.
@Raekwon: Oh, god… there are stickers.
Oh cripes.
When is this country going to grow up and realize that sex is 1) natural 2) worth something.
@bmwloco: I agree, its pretty ridiculous to tell adults that they cannot preform a perfectly natural act (not to mention consensual) in return for something they want.
@wjstone: Yea, because buying a girl dinner and drinks is totally different.
@acarr260: I’m not sure I catch what you’re saying.
@acarr260: I was waiting for this to pop up when I started reading the comments.
@bmwloco: Americans let you trade sex for stuff; we just stick with the time-honored tradition of only allowing you to trade sex for material goods if you get a lifetime contract (i.e., marriage) to do so.
@Eyebrows McGee (now with more baby!): Back in the day, I knew several women that would trade sex for dinner, drinks and a movie. Who knew I was breaking the law?
@sleze69: Sleze, sex for dinner is only illegal if the deal is explicit.
@sleze69: Is that a confession I see in the pronoun shift? I’m sure we’ve passed the statute of limitations.
@Eyebrows McGee (now with more baby!): They let you do it without one, the terms just aren’t so explicit (i.e., dating).
@bmwloco: The day donkeys aren’t so cheap.
@bmwloco: Worth something, yes, worth World Series tickets? That had better be on helluva good time!
@bmwloco: Agreed! I could never figure out why being a porn star (i.e. getting paid to have sex) is legal but being a prosititute (i.e. getting paid to have sex) is not…
@morganlh85:
Neither could some of the DAs in southern California–back in the early eighties, several attempts were made to prosecute the producers of pornos as pimps. To my knowledge, none succeeded.
@morganlh85: She’s getting paid, yes, but not by the man who’s having sex with her.
@bornonbord: Yea I’m totally speaking from my ass here but I think it’s partly to do with the fact that she is an “actress” who just happens to be naked and doing the horizontal polka for a role. She is not going out and soliciting herself for acts of sex on the streets. Is it a fine line? Yes definitely…but just my take on it.
She must not think she’s worth much if she’s willing to trade sex for just World Series Tickets.
@morganlh85: because pron stars are paid to “act” not to have sex. The final good is a movie, not necessarially a “happy feeling”.
For the prostitute, there is no real difference, because I would guess that most of the time she is acting, and not really enjoying the experience, but for the “John”, he is paying to receive a certain service.
One has to wonder if a prostitute rather than selling a sex act was to sell an amature erotic film (and the John was purchasing the video tape and paying for production costs and the sex was “free” , would that make the sequence of events legal?
@Rachacha:
1) Rent a camera
2) …
3) Profit?
@morganlh85: I wouldn’t be totally surprised if taxes had something to do with it.
@morganlh85: I’m unclear on why surrogacy (rental of the uterus) is legal by prostitution (rental of the vagina) is not. My assumption is that pregnancy is difficult while sex is fun, and the Puritans will let you sell anything as long as it isn’t fun.
@Eyebrows McGee (now with more baby!): One is legal, one is not?
Three words: Location, location, location.
Think Nevada (legal), and Utah (HAH!)
@doctor_cos: And Rhode Island!!!
@doctor_cos: Prostitution in Nevada isn’t exactly a sweet deal for the prostitutes. Unfortunately it rarely is.
(And “rental of the vagina”? God forbid there should be a human being involved.)
@Eyebrows McGee (now with more baby!):
It’s kind of like how abortion (killing an unwanted baby inside a uterus) is legal but manslaughter/murder (killing an unwanted baby outside a uterus) is not.
@Traveshamockery: A ball of cells is not a human. The woman’s life takes precedence here. Not to mention, not everyone gets to choose whether or not to have sex.
@Traveshamockery: @Method of Steepest Descent: Please, let’s stop the abortion comments right now. They’re completely off topic. Thanks.
@Consumerist-Moderator-Roz: Thank goodness, I was not looking forward to seeing where this thread was going on that topic.
ON topic, I pretty much agree with what’s been said here. I think that we pretty much need to lighten up about sex in general.
@bmwloco: Agreed. It’s not a crime between two consenting adults, no matter what the exchange.
I mean let’s face it, how many trophy wives are trading sex from a nice home and being set for life? I don’t see them arrested.
@lmarconi: True, but just like porn stars trophy wives are ground up and thrown out once they cease to be beautiful any longer
No roses?
At least it wasn’t for one of the lousy bleacher seats in Yankee Stadium.
@The_Legend: People have had sex for less!
@The_Legend: Yeah, look at it in a good way. That is crazy though. She must be a die-hard Phillies or Yankees fan……
@The_Legend: If I want an ‘obstructed view’, I’ll watch one of the “Uncut” movies on Universal HD. You mute all the bad language, and blur all the naughty bits.
I just like the term “naughty bits.”
mmmm cupcakes.
@hypnotik_jello: I would perform sexual acts for those cupcakes.
Oh, hi, here come the cops.
What a waste of law enforcement resources.
Who gives a flying, well, you know what!
Consenting adults trade sex for goods all the time– its just part of the dating ritual. What the hell.
So if I go out with a girl who is much prettier than I could ever land, and she does me because I have box seats (I don’t- this is a hypothetical) to the Yankees and wants to go to the games w/me before she dumps me, is that now illegal?
Give me a frickin’ break.
@JGKojak: If both people were upfront with each other about the situation I wouldn’t have a problem with it. America is becoming more and more a prudish society.
I’m not saying there should be flying penises and breasts everywhere, but come on people, lighten up.
@DoubleEcho: I wouldn’t say America is becoming prudish. It’s been prudish for decades and I would say major changes have been taking places only in the last 50 years.
@squinko: I agree that it has been prudish for a long time, but advanced communications that we have today are giving prudes a much louder voice. You could argue the same for the other side, but its much easier for a few exhibitionist extremists to spread distaste across the middle than a prude extremist calling for the handing out of Abayas to 13 year olds.
@DoubleEcho: I would trade tickets to a ball game AND cupcakes for a chance to see flying penises!
@JGKojak: You freakin’ nailed it. Couldn’t agree with you more.
What a waste of police resources.
Stay Classy, Philadelphia!
@missdona:
and thanks for stopping by!
@missdona:
Yawn. This story is your proof the Philly has no class. Get over yourself.
@tbax929 is rooting for a Phillies repeat: Yeah because one person represents our whole city. Get over yourself.
Society is so much safer now. Thank you to our boys in blue for spending our tax dollars wisely.
Oh Philly >333
Maybe I’m naive, but “I’m the creative type! Maybe we can help each other!” would not have made me suspicious. Maybe because she called herself a buxom blonde? I dunno, but if that was the most salacious line in her ad I would’ve kept scrolling.
@ExtraCelestial: I think that description tipped them off, and they decided to check it out to see whether she was trying to trade “creatively” – and that’s when she became extremely overt.
@ExtraCelestial: I traded concert tickets like this once. You had better believe she was creative, I made a fortune reselling the painting she did.
@ExtraCelestial: From my workplace experience, I find the operative words are: “I’ll do anything… to get/have/etc.”
One more example of how totally out of whack American laws and “morals” are.
Showing a tit during halftime at the Superbowl is a non-event.
Posting on Twitter wearing a tank top that shows your cleavage is a non-issue.
Offering sex to get something you want is a non-issue. Whether it’s money, a house, or baseball tickets.
We are so in the dark ages when it comes to sexuality…it’s a national shame.
@YouDidWhatNow?: The issue with the Jackson snafu was because it was during the Superbowl and its halftime show, both of which are watched by all ages.
@pecan 3.14159265: because the cheerleaders are so pure?
@pecan 3.14159265:
I’m sorry, but I just don’t see any reason why a woman should have to be ashamed of her breasts, or any reason why it should be considered immoral to display them.
To wit, it is in fact legal in some place, such as NYC, for a woman to walk around topless in public anyway.
@YouDidWhatNow?: Actually, not just NYC, but All of New York State because of a court case in Rochester NY in 1992- “The Top Free 7″
I am of course sumarizing, but a woman may be topless in public as long as her actions are not lewd and was not for commercial purposes. SO a woman walking down the street, no problem. A woman jumping on a trampoline for her own enjoyment, probably not a problem, a woman jumping on a trampoline for money I believe would be against the law. (IANAL)
@Rachacha: And actually addressing the Janet Jackson incident, as she was simply standing in a pose at the end of the song when exposed, it probably couls not be classified as lewd, so it would not have been against NYS law, but as it was broadcast on television, it would still have been against FCC regulations, even if the game in question had been held in New York State.
@YouDidWhatNow?: What gets me: If they had acted out a scene in which he beat her, complete with realistic, gory effects, no one (or far fewer) would have complained.
@witeowl:
Yup. The Hot Coffee episode on GTA taught us all that selling drugs on the streets, gang violence, and shooting cops in the head is fine – but sex between 2 consenting adults (who somehow don’t even take their clothes off) is obscene.
@pecan 3.14159265: Because, you know, god forbid a kid saw a nipple. Big fucking deal.
@YOXIM: And the “women’s volleyball team” ad played during the same Superbowl–that’s the one where they’re playing in their gossamer-thin beach Lycra, only in winter. There were plenty of nipples on display there.
@YOXIM: Based on statistics, about 74% of American kids have had an up-close and personal relationship with at least two breasts.
Love lift us up where we belong!!
Where the Eagles cry, on a mountain high
Love lift us up where we belong
Far from the world we know
Up where the clear winds blow!
You know, a picture of the “buxom blonde” would help a great deal in deciding if it was wrong.
@ThinkerTDM: Sad, but true
@animatedantmo: Her picture is here [www.cbsnews.com]
After seeing her picture, I believe that hiring an attractive prostitute would have been cheaper than forking over series tickets.
@Quake ‘n’ Shake:
Absolutely brilliant comment! So True!
!BUMP!
Unjust! She was planning on killing him and stealing his underwear.
@morlo:
for profit?
@morlo: But… what’s Step 2?
In the words of Charlie Sheen (I think). “I am not paying her for sex I am paying her to leave”
@DoctorMD: Haha if he said that it totally fits his persona.
@mazzic1083: I think I remember that, but they weren’t really Sheen’s words; they were Charlie Harper’s (his character’s) words. Very funny line in a very funny show.
So this would have been a legal deal if it was in Nevada?
@proskills: Not everywhere but in certain areas.
@TheOrtega: Not quite. It would have had to been negotiated within a licensed brothel. Street prostitution is still illegal in NV.
I would give a kidney for a couple of World Series tix.
If consenting adults want to trade sex for tickets, I have absolutely no problem with it.
Woman uses sex to get what she wants, news at 11.
@cmdrsass: Misogynist posts on the Internet, making himself look like a bigoted idiot, news at 11.
@squinko: nah he is pretty much on point. Sorry the truth hurts.
@Burning pakalolo not even noticing the weather: In this case maybe it’s the truth, but trying to be all edgy and act like it happens all the time isn’t and is incredibly sexist.
I have 2 World Series tickets in my desk for game 3 on Saturday that I’m willing to sell for top dollar. They are for section 7TD, row E, seats 20 and 21. Oh, what’s that? They are for the game at Dodger Stadium? Hmm, maybe I won’t get such a good price for them after all.
Whatever happened to the girl autioning off her virginity on Ebay? If I recall, the story received a lot of national attention, but no charges were filed. This doesn’t seem to be any different to me.
@Scoobatz: She was using a legal brothel in Nevada as the point of consummation of the deal.
@proskills: Thanks. That was quite obvious. My comment was focussed more on objecting to the anti-Phillies vibe in this forum.
It would be just like watching the Phillies offense…even when they’re trying to get to second base, they get thrown out before scoring.
@LetMeGetTheManager: What you meant to say is the Phillies will do whatever they can to win. It was just announced this woman scored two free tickets to the World Series thanks to a local radio station and car dealership.
Go Phillies!
@Scoobatz: I believe his comment was in reference to NOT getting laid.
The Yankee fans are more discreet. Also better looking.
The ad said she was a buxom blonde who was also a die hard Phillies fan and that the price she’d pay for the tickets was “negotiable.”
Sweet Dee is that you?
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There are about a million ads on Craig’s List that come right out and offer sex. Why would the cops worry about this ad compared to the others?
How lame!! If some poor sap wants to give up a ticket for a good time, then both parties involved should be left alone. What a waist of tax payers money.
Ugh. This woman is not deserving of a public shaming by the media. Why aren’t we posting photos of the thousands-upon-thousands of johns who solicit sex from prostitutes? Is it because she offered sex in exchange for World Series tickets? Because people have offered sex for much, much less than that.
@ddelux49: You’re right. I’m pretty much into giving it away for free.
Illegal? It sounds like a 3rd date.
The woman that was arrested for this was on the Opie and Anthony show today discussing the issue and claims the police Officer entrapped her AND misrepresented what she was offering or something like that.
Somehow I have no doubt.
This really pisses me off. We women use sex to get things all the time, and men know it. I’m a homemaker, and in college one of my professors called homemakers “glorified prostitutes”. Where is the line drawn? No money was to be exchanged here.
And hells, if I was single and the seats were good enough (no 400 section, please!) I’d do it for world series tickets. Most likely. Maybe. We’d talk over some wine.
Next ad…
Buxom blonde who is also a die hard Phillies fan needs legal assistance and the pay is “negotiable.” If you’re an attorney then I’m the creative type! Maybe we can help each other!
Sounds like something Sweet Dee would do.
You know, at first, I definitely sided with the lady: after all, it’s her body, right? And frankly, it’s not like the state drills all of the intricacies of all of the laws into our heads (sorry, but ignorance of some laws and by-laws is unfair).
On the other, any “buxom blonde” who’s advertising her “services” in exchange for a couple of WS tix is likely no Mother Theresa.
so… did he give her the tickets?