The Philip DeFranco Show - PDS 9.18 Guess Who Finally Got ARRESTED, Olivia Jade, Streaming Wars, Israel Election Drama

Starting point is 00:00:00 Sup you beautiful bastards, hope you're having a fantastic Wednesday. Welcome to the Philip DeFranco Show and let's just get right into it. Oh wow. I have to laugh at the end. I'm in the whitest version of me. Another Wednesday, another new PDS host that I have to fire. She wasn't even open to growing another 12 inches to match my frame. Amateur. But even though I just fired Liza Koshy, if you'd like to listen to our podcast, which I actually just uploaded before uploading this video,

Starting point is 00:00:25 one, you can either listen to it the classic way on iTunes or wherever the hell else, link down below, or two, you can listen to it and watch her dumb faces on the brand new YouTube channel, youtube.com slash convo with. I really loved having her in and having this conversation. I knew we were gonna have a fun time, but it was really interesting and educational

Starting point is 00:00:41 to kind of get a peek behind the curtain of someone that's so just such a big personality, so positive on camera and has been just doing a lot very openly. Yeah, after today's show, I definitely recommend you check it out. It'll be a top link in that description. But with that said, buckle up, hit that like button

Starting point is 00:00:56 and let's just jump into it. And the first thing we're gonna talk about today is Edward Buck being back in the news. And his name might be familiar to you. One, he is a prominent democratic donor, but also two, back in January, we talked about him. And that was because two men had been found dead in his apartment 18 months apart.

Starting point is 00:01:11 And notably, both of those men, both January of this year and July of 2017, both of those men reportedly died of a methamphetamine overdose. Regarding the 2017 death, reportedly the admissible evidence at that time was insufficient to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Buck was responsible for the man's death.

Starting point is 00:01:25 Then this year, the mother of the young man who died filed a wrongful death lawsuit. And reportedly that lawsuit accused him of wrongful death, sexual battery and assault. And reportedly the complaint describes Buck as a wealthy white man who quote, "'had a predatory and injurious system of soliciting black men and watching them cling to life.'"

Starting point is 00:01:39 Then that death in January of this year was Timothy Dean. He was a 55 year old man. Reportedly he and Buck had been friends for a very long time. There, Dean's death was ruled accidental by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. But obviously now that we're talking about this story today, you know that is not where the story ends

Starting point is 00:01:52 because it is now being reported that Ed Buck is being charged among other things with running a drug den. This because reportedly just last week, another 37 year old man had an overdose, although this time it was non-fatal. But yeah, Buck has been arrested at this this time, he's currently facing felony counts of battery causing serious injury,

Starting point is 00:02:08 administering methamphetamine, and maintaining a drug house. According to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, if convicted, he could face a maximum sentence of five years and eight months in state prison. And while Ed Buck's lawyer in the past has said things like, "'Yes, Ed does have individuals he associates with "'who have problems with drugs.

Starting point is 00:02:24 "'He tries to talk them out of it. Sometimes they bring their problems into his apartment and that's where the problem is. In this most recent event, according to court documents, prosecutors say that this latest overdose victim went to Buck's apartment on September 4th, where Buck personally and deliberately administered a large dose of methamphetamine.

Starting point is 00:02:38 Concerned he was suffering an overdose, the man left the apartment to get medical help. Then adding, he returned to Buck's apartment on September 11th, when Buck again injected him with two dangerously large doses of methamphetamine. Prosecutors then go on to say that Buck thwarted the man's attempt to get help, but the man eventually fled the apartment

Starting point is 00:02:53 and called 911 from a gas station, where he was eventually taken to a hospital for treatment. Also of note here, Sheriff's investigators say they found hundreds of photographs in Buck's home of men in compromising positions, which appears to go along with prosecutors saying that Buck is a violent sexual predator who preys on men

Starting point is 00:03:07 struggling with addiction and homelessness. From his home in a position of power, Buck manipulates his victims into participating in his sexual fetishes. And adding, these fetishes include supplying and personally administering dangerously large doses of narcotics to his victims. And so ultimately, that's where we are right now.

Starting point is 00:03:21 And I guess the kind of thought in my head right now is, how the hell has it taken this long? I mean, even when we were covering this back in January, it was baffling, right? Maybe you have one victim, okay, there's some smoke here. Second victim within 18 months, it seems like a fire. Then just months later, we're talking about a third victim. All of a sudden we're hearing things like hundreds of photos

Starting point is 00:03:38 and you're wondering how many victims are there? But yeah, that's where this one ends. One, it's gonna be interesting to see what happens related to these charges, but also two, if we see anything else come from this. Right, are there more stories, more victims, right? Because for me personally, it feels like there's a very big blank to be filled in here.

Starting point is 00:03:53 But yeah, to completely shift tone from that news, let's kind of knock out two quickie pieces of news today. First up, you had Olivia Jade in the news, who some know as just kind of a massive online influencer. Others, especially after all the news of the college admissions cheating scandal, nor is the daughter of Full House actress, Lori Loughlin, Aunt Becky.

Starting point is 00:04:09 Now notably, out of all the people accused, Loughlin did not plead guilty. She didn't take a plea deal. Which actually regarding that, we are seeing the punishments come through. Felicity Huffman, for example, just received a 14 day prison sentence. But pulling back to Olivia Jade,

Starting point is 00:04:21 the reason she's in the news is because according to reports, Lori Loughlin's daughter deletes controversial photo after report lawyers, quote, "'begged her to stay off social media.'" As far as the photo in question, if you do not remember it, it showed Olivia Jade flipping off the camera

Starting point is 00:04:33 with the caption having the handles of several outlets, as well as at every other media outlet. Hashtag close, hashtag source, hashtag says. And here's the thing, I imagine if you're as big of a figure as her in such a high profile case, there's gotta be a lot of frustrations. You know, there needs to be an understanding that wildly flailing or lashing out,

Starting point is 00:04:49 especially while your parent is charged, in a situation where we are now seeing other parents getting jail time, it's not helpful, especially when you're one of the people that allegedly got into this school because of what happened. But also, maybe I'm wrong. Maybe the judge will take into account how many likes and how much support you got from other blue check marks into consideration.

Starting point is 00:05:06 Then in quickie streaming wars news, there are reports that are a little all over the place regarding this deal. But you have places like Cord Cutter News saying for billions of dollars, but also places like Variety citing industry sources saying that for $600 million, Warner Media has gained the exclusive rights

Starting point is 00:05:20 to the 12 seasons of Big Bang Theory for TBS and notably HBO Max. Right, and this is a standout moment because one, it shows that the streaming wars are heating up, but I think also too, while it shows us that all these services, right, one of some of the biggest polls are, hey, look at our new original content.

Starting point is 00:05:35 Some of the biggest potential polls for the platform are older bingeable shows, right? I mean, as Variety pointed out in their report, this news is coming right after earlier this week, Netflix committed an estimated $500 million for the Seinfeld archive. You had HBO Max committing about $425 million to reclaim the streaming rights to Friends from Netflix.

Starting point is 00:05:51 NBC Universal has a whole new service that we haven't even talked about before called Peacock. And they've reportedly committed $500 million to relocate the office from Netflix starting in 2021. So I guess kind of with this story, I wanted to ask you, one, regarding all of these different places getting these big exclusives, what are your thoughts in general? There's been this big debate that with all these different streaming services already out there launching,

Starting point is 00:06:11 everyone's getting exclusives, things are kind of thinning out. By having to get multiple services, things are getting back to the cable package prices or that it's just going to lead to more piracy. But then also too, and this is probably more directed towards fans of these shows, do you actually find yourself kind of watching through them? And also if so, why? I don't think I personally know anyone that watches Big Bang Theory, but I definitely have a number of friends

Starting point is 00:06:31 that they just go back, even though they've seen everything, they binge watch Friends and Seinfeld. And I truly hope this part doesn't come off as dismissive because it's not, but why? Why do you think you go back to that rather than actively like seeking out new content? Then let's talk about a story that won't be polarizing in any way, Israel.

Starting point is 00:06:46 And specifically, we're gonna be talking about the recent election in Israel, which I mean, we've talked about the Israeli elections a few times over the last few months, but if you haven't seen that previous coverage, here's a very quick TLDR. Back in April, Bibi Netanyahu's Likud party beat the opposition Blue and White party

Starting point is 00:06:59 and its leader, Benny Gantz, by a fraction of a percent. And in fact, that election was so close that both parties ended up both getting 35 out of the 120 seats in Israel's parliament. And so because neither party won an outright majority, they had to form coalitions with smaller parties until they could get a majority or 61 seats. Now normally, whichever party wins the most seats

Starting point is 00:07:15 gets the first chance to form a coalition government, but due to the tie, it came down to whoever had the best chance to build a majority. And because a group of right-wing parties were expected to back Netanyahu had won a larger block of seats, Gantz conceded the election. So Netanyahu was given a max of 42 days to form a majority, and because a group of right-wing parties were expected to back Netanyahu had won a larger block of seats, Gantz conceded the election. So Netanyahu was given a max of 42 days to form a majority,

Starting point is 00:07:29 and those 42 days came and went, and Netanyahu was only able to get a coalition of 60 seats, so he was a seat short, meaning one, he didn't have enough seats to become prime minister, and two, it marked the first time in Israel's history that a prime minister-elect couldn't form a government after an election. And so what followed was Netanyahu proposed a bill

Starting point is 00:07:44 to dissolve parliament, and parliament voted to dissolve itself, triggering new elections that would be held in September. And so what followed was Netanyahu proposed a bill to dissolve parliament and parliament voted to dissolve itself, triggering new elections that would be held in September. And for those who have not looked at a calendar for 18, 19 days, it's September. And that highly anticipated election, the second in five months, it happened yesterday. And with the results still rolling in

Starting point is 00:07:56 and about 95% of the vote counted, right now it's looking like Gantz's blue and white party is just eking out a one seat lead over Netanyahu. Gantz currently holding 33, Netanyahu 32. And so once again, we're not seeing an outright majority, but we are seeing a number difference. And so as far as what happens from here, there are two main options.

Starting point is 00:08:12 The first option is for the Likud and the blue and white parties to form what's called a national unity government. Under that system, the two parties would come up with a power sharing agreement and pool their seats to form a majority. Although there is a big catch here, Gantz has said that he will not form a unity government

Starting point is 00:08:23 with Netanyahu as the leader of the League, who since he is facing indictment. As we've talked about in previous shows, as well as, I mean, we have a whole deep dive, Netanyahu is currently facing charges of bribery, fraud, and a breach of trust that stem from three different corruption cases. He has though denied the charges

Starting point is 00:08:36 and is set to have a pretrial hearing starting on October 2nd, so just in two weeks. This of course, after he was granted a request to push an earlier scheduled hearing back. And so as a result of that stance, Netanyahu is unlikely to agree to a unity government where he is not the leader. Especially because many people believe

Starting point is 00:08:48 that in that position, he would try to get parliament to pass a last minute immunity deal for himself. Which is something that many experts say could be his only shot at avoiding possible indictment. So there's that. Then the second option is for Netanyahu and Gantz to try to piece together coalitions with smaller parties to form a majority.

Starting point is 00:09:02 Right, and so for that to happen, we have to look at the blocks. Right, the alliances that parties form based on their political and ideological opinions. And there are two main blocks in Israel's parliament. You have the center left block, which includes the blue and white party, and the right wing block, which includes the Likud.

Starting point is 00:09:13 And once again, this situation gives us a big question mark because according to the current unofficial election results, both Gantz's center left block and Netanyahu's right wing block are expected to get 56 seats. And of course, keep in mind that these are not the final official results, and so things are subject to change, but regardless, based on what we're seeing, it appears that neither bloc is enough

Starting point is 00:09:30 for an outright majority. Okay, so then you do a little bit of math, and then you say, okay, well, what about the other eight seats? Well, all of those are expected to go to just one party, Israel, our home, a secular, ultra-nationalist party led by Avigdor Lieberman. Now, the party's political leanings would normally place them in the right-wing bloc,

Starting point is 00:09:43 and in fact, Lieberman even served in Bibi's cabinet in the past. But Lieberman has Now the party's political leanings would normally place them in the right wing block. And in fact, Lieberman even served in Bibi's cabinet in the past. But Lieberman has actually been at odds with Netanyahu and is unlikely to throw his weight behind him. As you might remember from the last time we covered this, Lieberman was refusing to form a coalition with Netanyahu after he won the election back in April, unless Netanyahu would support a bill

Starting point is 00:09:57 that would require ultra-Orthodox men to participate in Israel's mandatory military conscription. But if Netanyahu did that, right, he supported that bill, he would then lose the support of the ultra-Orthodox, which held 16 seats that he needed. And so all of that, of course, resulted in Netanyahu dissolving the government

Starting point is 00:10:10 and holding new elections. And so once again, the power to decide the next prime minister is in Lieberman's hand, which is actually also why the Israeli media often refers to him as the kingmaker. And as far as what Lieberman wants, for his part, he has said that he wants a unity government between his party, the Blue and White Party, and the Likud.

Starting point is 00:10:24 But once again, Netanyahu remains adamantly opposed to a unity government between his party, the Blue and White Party, and the Likud. But once again, Netanyahu remains adamantly opposed to a unity government. In fact, speaking in an announcement after meeting with members of the right-wing bloc, he said, "'We decided unanimously that we're going forward together "'to negotiations that will establish a government "'led by me,' and then adding, "'Now there are only two possibilities,

Starting point is 00:10:38 "'a government led by me, or a dangerous government "'that depends on the Arabs. "'Now more than ever, with the vast security challenges "'that lie ahead for the country, a government must not be established that depends on anti-Zionist Arab parties. That's our commitment to the country and to our voters." Which once again, that coming from him is not surprising.

Starting point is 00:10:55 The stakes for him have never been higher. I mean, you can see that desire, and if you want to call it desperation, reflected in the efforts of he and his party. Last week, he announced that he would annex part of the West Bank if reelected. After that statement, Israel's central election committee fined the Likud $8,500 for illegal propaganda.

Starting point is 00:11:09 Last Thursday, it was reported that Netanyahu's Facebook page's chatbot was shut down for violating hate speech rule. This after sending a message that said, "'Israel's Arab politicians want to destroy us all.'" That Facebook account though was later brought back, but then this Tuesday, his Facebook page's chatbot was suspended after it violated regulations

Starting point is 00:11:24 that prohibit publishing of voter surveys on election day. Also, reportedly the day before the election, Netanyahu gave two radio interviews, breaking the law that bars candidates from promoting themselves after 7 p.m. on election night eve. Also, there were allegations that the leakhood persuaded an Israeli television station to report that surveillance cameras were being installed at, quote, dozens of polling places in Arab areas, which some experts have described as part of an effort to suppress Arab turnout. Though, we should note there, if that was the desire, it did not work. And I say that because reportedly the turnout from Israel's Arab population, which comprises of just 20% of the whole country,

Starting point is 00:11:51 was much higher in this election than the last election. But ultimately, that's where we are right now. And once the final votes are in, Israel's president will choose the candidate he thinks will have a best chance of forming a majority government. And I mean, we'll have to see what happens, but it's incredibly unlikely that Gantz can get Lieberman on his side.

Starting point is 00:12:06 And you know, technically Lieberman's party is ideologically right wing. So will they just go with Netanyahu even though they can't get their way on one thing? Or if we end up in another stalemate, there is also the third option, which I didn't mention previously. There is also a possibility

Starting point is 00:12:19 of a third election early next year. Yeah, ultimately that's where we are. And of course I love to know everyone's thoughts on this, but also specifically if you live there or you have family there, I'd love to know your thoughts about what's happening. And that is where I'm going to end today's show. Of course, as I always overemphasize,

Starting point is 00:12:33 I'd love to hear from you. Also, while you're here, if you liked this video, let us know, hit that like button. Also, if you're new here, be sure to hit that subscribe button and definitely click that bell to turn on notifications. Also, if you're not 100% filled in, be sure to check out that brand new podcast

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The Philip DeFranco Show - PDS 9.18 Guess Who Finally Got ARRESTED, Olivia Jade, Streaming Wars, Israel Election Drama

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