- You guys (beep) suck!
My parents are worth more than
(beep) two million (beep) dollars!
- (laughs) Tell me you're a worthless, pathetic schmuck
without saying you're a worthless, pathetic schmuck.
Oh my God, there's so much to break down here,
but you know I gotta do it first.
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So at the beginning of today's show,
you got the honor of meeting Max Berry,
who, by the way, is our douchebag of the day.
It's not just because he was yelling at a plane of people,
saying, "You suck, my mommy and daddy are worth
more than two million dollars," but rather because
Berry allegedly groped the chest of two female
flight attendants and then punched
a male flight attendant in the face.
But yeah, going back to the video because
there's more to break down here.
Reportedly, before the filming, he had had
at least two drinks on the flight,
Also, the alleged groping happening
before this video was filmed, and then,
in addition to talking about his mommy and daddy,
he starts talking about his grandpa.
You even hear people audibly laughing at him.
- Yeah!
Yeah, yeah!
You know what?
My grandpa is worth
more than your (beep) life. (passenger laughing)
- You then see Max escalate the situation.
(passengers clamoring)
Max essentially fucking around and finding out
he is not the man that he thinks that he is.
He's easily dealt with, and then the Frontier crew
duct tape him to his seat.
And while you and seemingly a good number of people
on that plane were brought joy
to see him wrapped up like that,
it brings us to the other aspect of this story.
While yes, Maxwell Berry was arrested after they landed
in Miami, Frontier suspended the crew
for duct taping him to the seat.
My response to that is if this is anything other than
a poorly-worded way to explain the situation,
like this is not a paid vacation for them,
fuck you, Frontier!
How dare you not have the back of your employees,
especially in this past year?
Flight attendants have had to deal with
unprecedented harassment from customers this year.
It's like nightmare story after nightmare story,
and you throw them under the bus like this?
But, that said, as far as what happens next from here,
we're gonna have to wait and see,
both for the crew and Max Berry.
But yeah, main thing, fuck you, entitled boy!
Granted, your mommy and daddy's $2 million
will probably help limit the punishment
that you deserve here, but at the very least,
what I can do here is highlight that Maxwell Berry
is not only a douchebag, but he is our douchebag of the day.
And like with every story on the Philip de Franco Show,
I welcome you to let me know your thoughts
in those comments down below regarding Max,
Frontier, and anything else involved.
And then, next up, let's definitely talk about this big
DMCA strike copyright situation with kind of a
nice little sprinkling of drama on top,
although that drama does provide very interesting insight
into something else that we previously covered
on this show years back.
So you have this very popular Twitch streamer
by the name of xQc, who's become a massive topic
of conversation ever since he was
temporarily banned from the platform about a week ago.
Reportedly, he was banned for showing copyrighted
snippets of the Tokyo Olympics on a livestream,
and rather than just sitting by and taking that,
he is reportedly contesting the DMCA strike
that he received from the International Olympics Committee
by filing a counter claim to have it dismissed.
Which, notably, could potentially lead to
a lawsuit from the IOC, and that is something
that you often don't see, right?
We even saw xQc's lawyer, Ryan Morrison,
AKA video game attorney, confirming that clients are usually
advised against countering because even if you're
in the right, the legal process,
it could be risky and very expensive,
but here, saying if they're confident that the content
in question was fair use and that they hope that the IOC
will, quote, "make the right decision and let this die."
So with this, we've seen a lot of people talking online,
including one of the most notable voices on this topic,
YouTuber Ethan Klein.
He, as you might remember, won a landmark fair use case
against Matt Hoss back in 2017.
But, and I had no idea it got this bad,
in a recent livestream, he said that Morrison
was the first attorney to represent H3H3 in their suit,
which I knew, but then adding-
- He is a horrible attorney that royally screwed us.
And the fact that he's handling this
makes me very, very nervous.
Ryan is out there saying, "This is fair use,
we're fighting it," and not,
"I'm not a fucking media attorney
and I'm not equipped to deal with this."
Like, I've held my tongue on this guy for so long,
but now it's come to this point where
I see him in a position to cause even more damage,
and I really think that this is a dangerous place
for everyone to be when he's being represented by this guy
who really doesn't know what he's doing.
- With Ethan also explaining that once they replaced
Morrison with a different team, the new attorneys were
shocked at how poorly their case was handled,
and saying they even considered launching
a malpractice case against them, but Ethan also isn't
the only one raising concerns about Morrison.
We've also seen the very popular and fellow Twitch streamer,
Pokimane, giving her 2 cents
raising concerns about Morrison.
This, more focused on Morrison being the co-founder
and CEO of Evolved Talent Agency,
which represents xQc and others.
- I believe that he is both.
He acts as a lawyer and as an agent
to streamers and content creators.
And I feel like that is not a good position to be.
I feel like it is even potentially a conflict of interest
in some cases.
Your lawyer should always be someone who's trying to
get as strict and as beneficial of a contract as possible,
whereas if you're also someone's agent,
you just want the deal to go through
because you get commission off of that.
Again, my personal opinion, just my opinion.
I don't think a person should be acting
both as a lawyer and an agent.
I think if you're a really good (beep) agent,
you're just an agent, and if you're a
really good (beep) lawyer, you're just a lawyer.
- With this, as far as what xQc had to say
regarding Pokimane, and Ethan, actually,
right before today's show, he was streaming.
Regarding Pokimane's concerns, after watching
the clip of her, he responded.
- She seems very knowledgeable of this stuff.
And to me it feels like with what she's saying,
that she passed the bar and she has a law degree.
This is an unofficial statement,
I'm probably just gonna fire my lawyer.
I'm hiring Poki instead, she just knows better.
- Regarding Ethan's comments about Ryan Morrison, he said-
- Things have changed because
it's not one guy, it's a whole entity,
it's multiple entities.
Why am I even talking to you guys about this?
What do I have to disprove, like,
random (beep) third parties?
- Also, as far as the comment from Ryan Morrison,
we reached out this morning, have not heard from him yet.
But yeah, that's ultimately where we are with this,
and we're gonna have to keep our eyes on it,
kind of on two fronts.
One specifically regarding Ryan Morrison,
because there appears to be a lot of chatter
and accusations there, as well as just the IOC and xQc.
My gut tells me the last people I want to get in
a legal battle with is the IOC, or, like, the NFL.
This will either fizzle out or a blow up
in someone's face, I don't know who.
But, that said, I would really love to know
your thoughts on the whole story in general,
as well as anything with Pokimane, Ethan, xQc,
and the reactions thus far.
It's gonna be an interesting one to watch.
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And then, let's talk about one of the most requested stories
from this past week, and maybe you've seen the hashtag,
"stop the shock."
So let's talk about the campaign,
what's behind it, what's happening.
So this story centers around the Judge Rotenberg
Educational Center, which is a Massachusetts-based school
that houses both adult and child students
with severe intellectual disabilities
or behavioral, emotional, and psychiatric issues.
This institution has been highly controversial
among people with disabilities for the better part
of the last half a century, but the most recent reason
that has been in the news is for the use of
electric shock devices to modify students' behavior.
And with this, the Center has said
that the student's parents requested and consented
to the devices, which are strapped to their legs or arms
and remote controlled by staff,
and that they are only used for extreme behaviors,
like headbanging, self biting,
or violently attacking others.
Notably, some parents have been very vocal
about their support for the use of these tools,
which are exclusively used at this center,
claiming that they are the best and last method
to address these behaviors.
But, also, previous students have complained of burns,
accidental shocks, and other abuses,
with critics also having long said
that these devices are inhumane and dehumanizing,
with the UN going as far to describe them as torture.
With many having also argued that the Center has been
administering the shocks excessively,
with those people often pointing to an instance in 2002,
when you had a student that was restrained and shocked
more than 30 times for seven hours
after he didn't take off his jacket when he was told to.
Also, reportedly five years later, there was another student
who was shocked 77 times in just one night
after a prank caller instructed staff to do so.
Others are saying the devices are ineffective,
that they can cause lasting damage, including the FDA,
which took the incredibly rare step of banning the school
from using them last March after a lengthy review
found that they can cause long-term trauma
and an unreasonable and substantial risk
of illness or injury, with the FDA specifically noting
that evidence of the device's effectiveness was weak
and that there was no evidence of long-term
behavioral changes in residents,
and adding that any of the possible benefits here
are outweighed by the risks of depression, anxiety,
PTSD, pain, burns, and tissue damage.
But it brings us to why we're talking about this now.
The Center petitioned the Federal Court
to overrule the ban, and in fact, last month,
the Court decided in their favor,
ruling that the FDA cannot legally ban the use
of electric shock because federal law
prevents the agency from intervening
in the state-regulated practice of medicine.
So with all of this, that's why we've seen a lot of people
on Twitter bring back the hashtag "stop the shock,"
which was earlier used by grassroots campaigns led by
autism advocacy groups before the FDA banned the devices.
With many using it now trying to raise awareness
on this issue, others outlining action items,
like this widely-shared post that informs people
how to file a complaint with the DOJ,
and so far, it seems like this campaign
might be getting heard.
I say that, in part, because the house appropriations bill
that passed just last week
included a provision that would end federal funding
for institutions that use the shock devices,
a move that directly targets the Judge Rotenberg Center
because they are the only place that still uses it.
But, hurdle, speed bump, whatever you want to call it,
that bill still has to be approved by the Senate.
And given how much money the Senate has spent
on lobbying Congress, you never know when someone's gonna
come out of the woodworks and oppose this bill.
So for now, we're gonna have to wait
and see what happens here.
But if this story stands out to you,
you want to get involved, of course, yes,
you can use the hashtag on social media to spread the word,
share this video, share better resources.
Hell, I know most of you mainly text
and you barely call your friends, but you can also
call your senators and ask them to ensure
the appropriations bill has the funding cut provision,
and I'll also link to some action items down below,
but with this, I do want to pass the question off to you.
What are your thoughts on all of this?
And then, let's definitely talk about Andrew Cuomo because
after a nearly five-month probe, this morning,
we had the New York state attorney general announce-
- The Independent investigation has concluded
that governor Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women,
and in doing so violated federal and state law.
Specifically, the investigation found that
governor Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed current
and former New York state employees by engaging in
unwelcome and non-consensual touching
and making numerous offensive comments
of a suggestive and sexual nature
that created a hostile work environment.
- As we talked about a while back,
Latitia James launched that investigation into Cuomo
after numerous women came forward to accuse him
of unwanted touching, and kissing, unsolicited advances,
as well as fostering a hostile work environment,
at that time, Cuomo denying the allegations,
urging the public and his colleagues to wait until
the investigation was complete.
But now you do have the investigators saying that after
interviewing 179 witnesses, collecting tens of thousands
of documents, emails, texts, and photos,
they were able to corroborate the claims of 11 women,
including nine current or former state employees,
and two previously unreported allegations
of unwanted touching.
And very notably, the investigation also found that
on at least one occasion, Cuomo and a senior staff
retaliated against a former employee
who made her allegations public.
And so with all of that, I mean,
you should very much expect a messy shitshow.
As you might remember, people, including a number of
Democrats, were urging that he resigned,
with Cuomo urging those wanting that
to wait until the results of the investigation
were concluded, and kind of along that line,
we even saw back in March,
president Biden saying that yes, Cuomo should step down
and even be prosecuted if the investigation corroborated
the women's claims.
And now following this morning, we've seen a wave of people
calling for Cuomo to resign.
Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer and Senator
Kirsten Gillibrand issuing a joint statement this morning,
calling for Cuomo to resign,
New York city mayor, Bill de Blasio saying,
"It is beyond clear that Andrew Cuomo
is not fit to hold office and can no longer
serve as governor.
He must resign, and if he continues to resist
and attack the investigators who did their jobs,
he should be impeached immediately."
And this added pressure now coming because not only
was this announcement made, but Cuomo has responded,
announcing this morning that he will not resign
and saying that his attorney-
- Who is a nonpolitical former federal prosecutor
has done a response to each allegation.
And the facts are much different
than what has been portrayed.
That document is available on my website.
If you are interested, please take the time
to read the facts and decide for yourself.
- With Cuomo then going on to say-
- I want you to know directly from me
that I never touched anyone inappropriately
or made inappropriate sexual advances.
- Regarding the touching, he brought up the New York Times.
- The New York Times published a front page picture of me
touching a woman's face at a wedding,
and then kissing her on the cheek.
That is not front page news.
I've been making the same gesture in public all my life.
I actually learned it from my mother
and from my father.
It is meant to convey warmth, nothing more.
- With Cuomo then going on to continue,
speaking while at the same time showing a slide show
of him touching a lot of people.
- Indeed, there are hundreds, if not thousands of photos
of me using the exact same gesture.
I do it with everyone.
Black and white,
young
and old,
straight and LGBTQ,
powerful people,
friends,
strangers.
- Though it did appear that Cuomo addressed
and did make at least one concession,
and that being the specific allegation
from his former aide, Charlotte Bennett,
admitting that he "did ask her questions
I don't normally ask people,"
including about her dating life,
but saying that he was truly and deeply sorry
for bringing his personal life into the workplace,
but claimed that she ascribed motives that he never had
and "heard things I just didn't say."
But ultimately, that is where we are right now.
It is still a developing situation.
There are a lot of reactions and statements
that you should expect to come in the next 24 hours.
I mean, hell, as I was finishing up today's show,
we had president Biden saying, "Yes,
I do believe that Cuomo should resign,"
as well as, you know, there's a lot of talk now
about articles of impeachment regarding Cuomo.
That specifically is gonna be something that we need to
keep our eyes on because even before this report came out,
the New York State Assembly launched an investigation
into whether there were grounds to impeach Cuomo
stemming from a number of scandals
centering around abuse of power.
This, including an addition to these
sexual harassment claims, whether he used state funds
to promote his book, his administration's alleged efforts
to conceal COVID nursing home deaths,
and if he gave people special access to COVID testing.
So yeah, like I said, prepare for the messy shitshow,
and in the meantime, I would really love to know
your thoughts regarding this story.
Do you believe Cuomo?
Yes, no, somewhere in the middle?
Do you think that he should resign?
Yes, no, somewhere in the middle?
And if he doesn't resign,
do you think that he should be impeached?
Yes, no, anything and everything.
And the final thing that we're gonna talk about today
is we have another international spotlight
on the bastion of freedom that is Belarus.
So the first situation, I think more people have
heard about this, you have that Belarusian track star
who managed to secure asylum in Poland,
this after she was nearly forced onto a flight home
from the Tokyo Olympics, with her being removed
from the competition for allegedly criticizing her coaches,
although her coach has told state media that she was removed
because of her emotional, psychological state,
with the country's athletics head coach adding
that he could see that there was something wrong with her,
she either secluded herself or didn't want to talk,
which may or may not have to do with
living in totalitarian Belarus,
worried about being jailed or killed.
But, you know, ultimately, what we saw with this is Poland
granted her visa request with the Foreign Ministry Official
tweeting that she was offered a humanitarian visa
and is free to pursue her sporting career in Poland
if she so chooses, with the IOC now investigating
the situation around this 24-year-old runner,
and why she was almost forced home,
and whether or not it'll take action against Belarus.
Also good news, reportedly, the runner's husband
is already out of Belarus, has entered Ukraine,
with the runner also saying to the media,
"I am afraid that I might be jailed in Belarus.
I'm not afraid of being fired or kicked out
of the national team, I'm concerned about my safety."
And, you know, with the regime in power there,
it makes sense.
I mean, hell, for example, the other spotlight
that's on Belarus today, in the news,
you had Vitaly Shishov, an activist from Belarus
who was living out political exile in Ukraine,
he'd been missing for a day, but as of this morning,
he was found hanged in a park,
not far from his home in Kiev.
Authorities there launching an investigation into his death,
right now, it's leaning towards it being a homicide,
and there are a few notable things here.
Shishov reportedly told friends recently
that he felt like he was being followed on his morning runs.
Also, he ran the Belarusian House in Ukraine,
an NGO that helped Belarusians fleeing persecution
in the country to find jobs, housing,
and legal advice after making their way out,
with similar groups existing across Poland, Ukraine,
and the Baltic nations, all of which have become
political havens for Belarusians trying to escape.
And so obviously with a death like this,
there are thoughts that he was targeted by
Belarusian state agents, especially as the government
of Alexander Lukashenko is ramping up the pressure
on NGOs within the country, conducting nearly 200 raids
in July alone against groups, journalists,
and independent media outlets.
And now with this possibly abroad as well,
and that theory seems to be prevalent among members
of the Belarusian House in Ukraine,
with one telling Al Jazeera is that this death
was meant as a signal and a message to other exiles
to sit low and keep their mouth shut.
But ultimately, with this story,
or honestly anything else that stood out to you today,
I'd love to know your thoughts in those comments
down below, because yes, this is a news show,
but it is also a conversation.
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