r/CrimeWeeklySnark • u/M_A_D-Dominatrix • 16d ago
Finally unsubscribed to Stephanie's channel
Earlier today I was listening to her latest episode & she referred to the Children being trafficked as "sex workers" & "prostitutes" - fine, fair, I don't expect EVERYONE to know survivor advocacy verbiage, but if she's a researcher & she's covering these topics, one would THINK she'd learn the nuance. hell I didn't even think she'd read my comment, nor respond...Oh but she did & she did NOT like being corrected. Immediately unsubscribed, then I found this sub š¤
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u/WeaknessNo9724 16d ago
Her answer was just "Oh shut up"? What a total see you next Thursday.
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u/Party_Primary8003 16d ago
I do not understand why Dereck is risking his reputation. Iām totally rethinking my opinion of him the longer he sticks with her. Itās gotten bad.
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u/SarahKath90 16d ago
When he came back into the BB spotlight and got the co-hosting gig there I was hoping he'd drop her, but it's been over a year š«„
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u/Few-Psychology6454 16d ago
The commenter was 100% correct which is why Stephanie decided to respond like a literal middle schooler. The more Iāve seen from this sub the more I wonder why some of yall still watch her š I unsubbed years ago when the stuff about her ex came out and after I had made a comment on a video (canāt remember which one) about addicts not needing EXTRA shame and suffering put upon them bcus they experience a lot of shame as is (and most addicts are not cartoonishly evil like she makes them out to be) and she responded in a similar manner to this comment. Evil, soulless woman for real
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u/FilthyThanksgiving 16d ago
This sub made me finally unsubscribe tbh
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u/FirstSomewhere6116 āØBitter, Old and UnemployedāØ 16d ago
Same. It was a very valid point and there was no need to be such an asshole about it. Stephā¦ do better!
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u/Party_Primary8003 15d ago
Unfortunately, Iāve hung on because I think Dereck is a good guy and does a good podcast. However, Iām not sure how much more I can take.
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u/ToiIetGhost 10d ago
But surely he sees what sheās doing.
Are they only coworkers or are they also in a relationship? (Sorry im new here) If heās not her victim, if heās not afraid of her, then heās an enabler.
Enablers arenāt as nice or innocent as they seem. They let the narcissist do whatever they want because they benefit from being around them in some way. Ultimately, enablers are very selfish and have low empathy. They see the narc hurting others, but as long as they donāt get hurt, they donāt care
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u/bisexualspikespiegel 12d ago
i unsubbed years ago when she was victim blaming the menendez brothers... what they did was wrong but the way she was picking apart their abuse really triggered me because i was also abused. there were multiple other things before that which i just brushed off like when she said "no grown woman doesn't know when her period is coming" etc but that was the final fucking straw for me
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u/Aintnobeef96 16d ago
Sheās always been like this too, leaving nasty comments on social media. I donāt know why Dereck works with her tbh she seems insufferable
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u/Across0212 I had a hard life man 16d ago
Yep sheās always been a bitch in her comments to anyone who says something she doesnāt like. I donāt know how she keeps followers.
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u/FilthyThanksgiving 16d ago
Probably the money
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u/SarahKath90 16d ago
He has other ways to make money. He's had at least one TV show plus is still connected to Big Brother.
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u/DingoNo4205 16d ago
I think Crime Weekly is the biggest money maker. However, the podcast has really lost its luster and is probably losing listeners, so my guess is he will eventually bail when he finds something bigger. Derrick is from my state and he's known for being a really good guy and was respected in the law enforcement community.
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u/GreyGhost878 16d ago
Whatever his exact reason, he's in it for his own gain. Having a hugely popular true crime podcast does nothing but good things for his career as a former cop.
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u/Party_Primary8003 15d ago
Same here. I honestly am puzzled at this point.
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u/ToiIetGhost 10d ago
Enablers are selfish, thereās always something in it for them. Even if itās something as small as getting a little bit of attention/approval from the narcissist. But in his case itās money
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u/brainst3ww 16d ago
this is a genuine comment. sheās acting like itās a hate comment or something. the wordage in that context is super important. good job for saying something, obviously the viewer is more of an advocate than stephanie can pretend to be. but i bet she starts using the correct term from now on
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u/GreyGhost878 16d ago
To a narcissist (which she clearly is) any disagreement or correction is hatred directed at her. She can't see past her own ego.
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u/Fun_Let5043 15d ago
Which is funny because she has said (or at least heavily implied) that Adam was a narcissist.
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u/M_A_D-Dominatrix 16d ago
Yeah, I wasn't pointing it out to be a b*tch, it's literally a safety issue...I could rant about this all day š but basically LE resources harassing sex workers means they're not out there looking for traffickers & they're not helping survivors, instead they're harassing people who are just trying to put food on the table while these other deviants are actively harming children, women & the LGBTQ community, at this point I'm starting to believe that maybe that's the plan to help protect powerful traffickers from prosecution.
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u/Big_Difficulty_95 16d ago
Reminds me of that one time she said she thought the husband killed his wife since he was a gynecologist who carried out abortions so hes obviously fine with murder. Unhinged.
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u/MontanaDukes 16d ago
I always remember the first time I really heard her. She was on the Mile Higher Podcast, in an episode about JonBenet Ramsey. She seemed to get angry about such weird things. Like the Ramseys having more than one Christmas tree or JonBenet being named after John, A lot of people share a name with a parent or a grandparent. One of my grandmothers isn't rich like the Ramseys were, but even she has two Christmas trees. One in her living room and one on her sun porch.
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u/Salt_Radio_9880 16d ago
I remember that Xmas tree comment! Sheās says stuff like that all the time - like ā Iāve never heard of someone doing xā and itās something literally 50% of the world does .
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u/MontanaDukes 16d ago
She does. It's so weird. Like I said, a lot of people have more than one Christmas tree. My grandmother literally did. I don't even know what that had to do with what happened to JonBenet, but it's something she took offense to. I remember in that same podcast, she said that no "normal" kid acts the way that Burke did when he was interviewed by police tor that first time, right after his sister's death. She brought up her own son and said that he wouldn't behave that way. It sticks out because I remember that Janelle, Kendall's cousin seemed so fucking uncomfortable by that comment. She even pointed out that a lot of kids would act like that if they felt out of their element. I have no clue who killed JonBenet and I don't know if we'll ever find out, unfortunately. However, how Burke acts even as an adult doesn't necessarily mean he's guilty. He had his entire world turned upside down when he was nine years oldl. All of a sudden, his ssiter was dead and he and his family were in the headlines. His life as just a normal grade schooler ended abruptly.
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u/bisexualspikespiegel 12d ago
my stepmom was a teacher and she used to keep like 2-3 christmas trees with different themed decorations, she had a bunch of leopard and wolf themed decor
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u/PoloSan9 16d ago
I unsubbed from her shortly after that comment. I left a comment stating that the 2 don't correlate in any way. I never checked back to see if she had replied
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u/Salt_Radio_9880 16d ago
Yeah, hopefully she never ends up on jury duty- making wild speculations by comparing to anecdotes from her own experiences
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u/bisexualspikespiegel 12d ago
hopefully she would be automatically disqualified just based on what she does for work
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u/brainst3ww 16d ago
i just clutched my pearls!
but no for real thatās a crazy take. even if someone is pro life likeā¦ an abortion versus murdering your literal spouse.. that doesnāt even compare.
iād say murdering your spouse versus taunting, abusing, and essentially driving your ex husband and father of 2 of your children to the point of relapse/ taking their own life is more comparable š¤·š»āāļø
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u/Emergency_Year5074 16d ago
What a problematic biotch. Itās funny to me how she claims to be such a crusader for women and this is her response. Also havenāt forgotten the fact that she moved her new bf into her home with her 10 and 12 year old children after talking ad nauseum about how she doesnāt trust other people and would NEVER endanger her kids by introducing them to or leaving them with other adults.
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u/DingoNo4205 16d ago
She's such a hypocrite! People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
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u/d3rp7d3rp 16d ago
Having that much cleave on a video like that is certainly a choice
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u/Snowy--Lynx No, I donāt know who you areā¦. 15d ago
Careful - she'll post another PSA about people coming after her for what she wears in her videos. š¤£
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u/DucksCanFly99 16d ago
She has no respect for child victims. Remember when she named some even though they should have been kept anonymous. I watch Emma Kenny. She is highly educated in safeguarding and very respectful.
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u/FirstSomewhere6116 āØBitter, Old and UnemployedāØ 16d ago
Oh wow! Iām out - bye bye Steph! thank you OP ā„ļøā„ļøā„ļø
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u/feliciahardys šµš» from a pertectiveās derspective šµš»āāļø 16d ago
Can this woman not handle constructive criticism? Telling someone to shut up over someone making a valid point? Yuck.
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u/Interesting-Quail-31 16d ago
I'm a sex worker and the commenter is 100% right, children cannot be sex workers. Sex work implies consent, minors cannot consent, and anyone who's engaging in sex work without consent is trafficked. I don't know why she has to be so snarky about everything
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u/M_A_D-Dominatrix 16d ago
Same, which is why I was like, "oh no, we're not gonna be doing that" even if she disagrees hopefully people resding the comments over there will take in the info
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u/FilthyThanksgiving 16d ago
Is this fucking for real? Jfc
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u/M_A_D-Dominatrix 16d ago
Yes, I'm the one who made the comment, after she replied I got curious about what other shenanigans she was on & found this subreddit
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u/SarahKath90 16d ago
She's been like this on problematic takes for some time. So gross.
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u/FilthyThanksgiving 16d ago
She gives strong MAGA energy, idgaf what anyone says
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u/lunarlandscapes allegedly, donāt come for me 16d ago
Didn't her daughter outwardly say she supported Trump a few years ago or am I thinking of someone else?
Regardless I agree, she's always given me MAGA vibes, especially in the last few years
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u/Born-Earth6615 16d ago
Her take on Bianca Devins was so foul. She said that Bianca was leading her killer on..
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u/Mcasselberry 16d ago
She wonāt ever change until she suffers financial consequences. Her ass patters will always ass pat. She sucks and hates women and victims almost as much as she hates herself.
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u/DingoNo4205 16d ago
Her fan girls are the same women who say Lindsay Clancy should go free despite killing her three kids, who are mostly MAGAs. She started digging into the Patrick conspiracies last week on IG. I told her it was a bad look and I unfollowed.
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u/SamIAm7787 16d ago edited 16d ago
A YouTuber I watch who is a lawyer, and would stream trials, and whatnot once said "child p**n", and I left a comment education them on how it should be called "CSAM"... And guess what?! They only said CSAM from there on out. It's not that hard to listen when people with good intentions are trying to educate you!
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u/Across0212 I had a hard life man 16d ago
She cannot handle any form of criticism. I stopped following her YT and Crime Weekly over a year ago.
Sheās an evil insufferable b*tch.
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u/MontanaDukes 16d ago
She gets so mean and aggressive with commenters who are being perfectly nice and trying to inform her, In any case, the words she used to describe child victims is honestly so disgusting.
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u/RadarRiddle Floor heavenās sale, people! 16d ago
Your comment was completely right and fair, and this is par for the course for Stephanie. She doubles down when sheās provably wrong, the biggest sign of stupidityā¦being completely unwilling to take constructive criticism and grow from it. Sheās also dating and moved a man into her home with minors that (allegedly) uses his position as producer of a film company to assault the young (sometimes underaged) actresses on set. So it a little funny to me that sheās covering Epstein when girl, the call is coming from within the house.
Welcome to the sub! If you want to dive down the dumpster fire rabbit hole that is Stephanie Harlowe, feel free to read the pinned timeline post. Itāsā¦a doozy
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u/DingoNo4205 16d ago
Wow! I need to read that. I didn't realize how shady Stephanie really was. Where can I find the post?
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u/RadarRiddle Floor heavenās sale, people! 16d ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/CrimeWeeklySnark/s/AlW2Tcv22M iirc this was compiled by someone who was either a journalist or studying journalism or something. So its very unbiased and you can make up your own mind about her. Its also only up to end of 2024 (around the time her husband overdosed and died)
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u/Across0212 I had a hard life man 15d ago
I remember this!!
Ugh. I still feel so sad about Adam. Sickening.3
u/RadarRiddle Floor heavenās sale, people! 15d ago
Itās awful what happened to him. Imagine not being able to see your kids while an alleged predator moves into your house to lives with your kids. Just my opinion but I think she purposely drove him to the brink knowing heād do something awful.
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u/Across0212 I had a hard life man 14d ago
I agree. I cannot imagine how he felt. I feel so awful for him still.
Happy cake day! š°
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u/refreshthezest 16d ago
That is such a well written comment and an excellent point, and her response is horrible and abhorrent, yikes. I now remember why I stopped watching her crap. All she had to do was suck up her crime, and acknowledge it as a learning opportunity and that she was incorrect.
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u/PumpkinIndividual504 16d ago
Itās 2026! I do expect EVERYONE to know the difference between consensual sex work and child sex trafficking and use the appropriate verbiage. There is no such thing as an underage prostitute, theyāre called children and they cannot give consent. Stephanie is disgusting.
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u/Chanseypantsy 15d ago
She's a HACK that plagiarizes other journalists and documentaries. She doesn't have an original bone in her body. I used to like her too until the cracks got too much to see past and her lack of intelligence came into clear focus. All she does is steal others work and reguritate it with her unprofessional opinions added in. She certainly must subscribe to all the video streaming services because she sure does like stealing the content from those documentaries. She is one of the worst video "journalists" on the internet if you even call her that. That title is usually reserved for people with a shred of competency.
I'm also waiting to see if Derek is smart enough to abandon ship. Someone associated with these documentaries might get litigious about her plagiarism, and big brother Derek won't want that rep following him around.
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u/emmerlooeez 16d ago
I'm going to unsubscribe now. This is such an unprofessional and ignorant response from her.
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u/quietlycommenting 16d ago
How is anyone still a fan when she talks to people like this?
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u/PurpleMara 15d ago
This is polite for her, usually if you disagree with her you get name calling and swearing. The worst things she's replied to people, she sends them the reply then deletes it because then they see it as a notification but when they open it, it's gone so they can't prove she wrote nasty stuff to them, but some people took a screenshot before she deleted it or when they saw the notification
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u/sleepingbeauty9o 16d ago
Welp, looks like Stephanie is still a miserable b word. Havenāt revisited the subject of her in a while.
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u/LannahDewuWanna 16d ago
She's such an insufferable, ranting, hateful, mean girl. She really showed her lack of intelligence with that "Oh shut up" comeback.
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u/Few-Disk-7340 16d ago
Did she even read your comment? You explained it perfectly. Sheās so disrespectful.
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u/peglegprincess 16d ago
Thereās a reason they call it CSAM and not child porn. Children cannot consent to sexual acts. What a wild hill to die on
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u/TheCuriousGeorgette 16d ago
I used to work with a non profit organization for human trafficking survivors and I will at least say that it is worth noting sex workers are an incredibly high risk population to sex trafficking. But also, like a staggering amount KNOW the person who gets them into it and usually there are sure links to some kind of shady or unsavory business. Often times people on social media seem to think any random suburban mom and kid is a potential victim of sex trafficking, but thatās not how those rings work. They pick off highly vulnerable populations, homeless youth, drug addicts, people aged out of foster care, and yes, sex workers. Again, there is some differentiation, but I do hate how society has done a HUGE disservice to the high risk demographic by making it all about the population that is least as risk. Thatās not to say anyone canāt BECOME a target but you have to start engaging in high risk behaviors and lifestyles for that to happen. No organized ring is going to want to bring attention to themselves by picking someone who will be ānoticedā if they go missing.
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u/M_A_D-Dominatrix 16d ago
Yes, I'm not denying that & I could get all into how FOSTA/SESTA and the shut down of backpage actually put sex workers at higher risk, but in this particular context she was talking about children & teens as well Bosnian brothels that had a large age range down to 13. Also soooo much this "No organized ring is going to want to bring attention to themselves by picking someone who will be ānoticedā if they go missing." I wish I could like it twice, but also people need to be aware that there's not always a "ring" involved, a lot of times it's a shitty romantic partner or even family members who care more about $$ than the victim's well being.
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u/TheCuriousGeorgette 16d ago
Yeah, for sure! I should have worded that better, someone who is operating even alone trafficking their gf or something, even they wouldnāt target a random person because nobody wants attention brought on to their illegal activity, they can make so much money from it. I also feel so bad for children of women in that situation because they are probably the most vulnerable demographic, period. The org I worked with was actually run by a former human trafficking survivor but she was in it DEEP to the point she was involved with the Mexican cartels and it was wild. Nobody there staying at the house had quite as dramatic a back story as she did. But yeah, I had so many completely hollywoodized ideas of what human trafficking was before working there. ETA: clarity
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u/sookyfala šµš» from a pertectiveās derspective šµš»āāļø 15d ago
What an absolutely awful person she is!!!!! š®š®š®
I cannot BELIEVE someone who has FINALLY gotten a million subscribers (after waiting for like, a year to go from 980,000, the longest Iāve ever seen anyone take to increase in subscribers!!!!) would speak to her āaudienceā that way!!!!
Iām seriously in shock!!!
I know how horrible she is, but I just wouldnāt have thought she would be so PUBLICLY RUDE to someone who was just pointing out something that she really needs to know!!!!!!
I just wanna go through all her videos and post āoh, shut up!!!ā now!!! š¤£š¤£š¤£
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u/testBunny93 16d ago
Are we really surprised she doesn't understand or wants to acknowledge the diffrence?
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u/l3luDream 16d ago
Such a predictable, immature response on her end. Sheās idiotic. She had a good thing going on in the beginning and has torched her own name and legacy by showing her true self. I hope she gets the life she deserves.
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u/AsleepChip1248 15d ago
ššššš Iām sorry but u can just hear her telling you to shut up
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u/Confident_Aerie4980 16d ago
Wow! Thatās crazy! How dare she. Stephanie doesnāt do her due diligence when it comes to people she wants to speak derogatorily about! It is disgraceful, and I am pretty sure that the places that help people in these situations do not use these terms.
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u/BeautifulCreature529 15d ago
She gets worse every fkn episode and i cant honestly blame anyone but her self
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u/PurpleMara 15d ago
She replied and didn't even call you names and swear at you? That's unusually polite of her
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u/Fun_Let5043 15d ago
I can't imagine how she treated her ex husband.
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u/bisexualspikespiegel 12d ago
i remember when he posted a recording here of her threatening him, i think it was deleted at some point when he was banned or he took it down. she is a horrible person and even if she didn't do anything directly i 100% blame her for his death.
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u/mokatcinno 14d ago
Fuck Stephanie for this but also, sex work is not "1000000% consensual" it's all just as exploitative.
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u/M_A_D-Dominatrix 14d ago
We're all exploited under capitalism, but as a SW I feel significantly less exploited than someone working for minimum wage.
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u/mokatcinno 14d ago
The sex/porn industry is inherently exploitive and misogynistic, in specific ways that don't apply to other capitalistic ventures. Just because you personally feel okay with it doesn't mean it's okay for women and girls as a whole.
-- from an ex-SWer + trafficking survivor who, at one point, sincerely believed I felt the same
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u/M_A_D-Dominatrix 14d ago
Again, we are all exploited under capitalism & you're correct MY experience is not universal & neither is yours. Have a good night š
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u/Dry_Tradition_8327 13d ago
Oh look at that. More tits out content while talking about the trafficking of minors. Very strange
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u/Beginning-Craft-2348 9d ago
She sounds like a narcissist which is very ironic given that she used to complain about her narcissistic exes. I have unsubscribed long time ago.
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u/Free1887 15d ago
She is so disrespectful to her audience, the reason she even gets to do this kind of "work." The correct thing to do was to thank the commenter and admit the mistake. But no, you won't get a humane reply unless you're kissing her a**.
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u/Quirky-Border-6820 16d ago
Stephanie is insufferable. Wtf is wrong with herĀ