A Las Vegas man has been arrested in association with several violent rapes of local prostitutes, and authorities are seeking help in locating other possible victims. Police say 29-year-old Denver Baoec-Ascuncion was arrested earlier this month after multiple women came forward recounting recent incidents of kidnapping and sexual assault. 8 News Now reports that the 28-year-old Las Vegas man faces multiple counts , and there may be other victims. Two separate prostitutes between December 20th and January 7th reportedly told police that Ascuncion picked them up and forced them into sexual acts. Both alleged victims claimed that the Las Vegas man used a firearm to threaten them. Non-virtual sex work (i.e., physical prostitution) is a dangerous line of work, especially in large cities like Las Vegas -- where rates of non-virtual sex work have increased by 50% in recent years. Prostitutes -- especially street walkers -- are often victims of violent crime and robberies. It's fortunat...
Mama June is getting attention after she recently married a man she’d only been seeing for a handful of months. The matriarch of the notorious Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, Toddlers in Tiaras, From Not to Hot, and Road to Redemption family of reality shows had been dating Justin Stroud for less than a year before deciding to tie the knot in a move that is shocking some, but entertaining others.
People Magazine reports that Mama June Shannon married Stroud in a Georgia courthouse approximately six months after the two started dating. The marriage took place in March of this year, but only just recently making headlines. This move comes after June left her longtime boyfriend Gene Doak upon accusing him of abusing her while continuing to abuse alcohol and other substances. Two episodes of the reality show Mama June: Road to Redemption showcased the drama surrounding the end of June and Geno’s relationship recently, along with the revelation that the notorious matriarch might have been seeing someone new.
Mama June’s always doing too much
Mama June has been controversial since she first graced television screens with her daughter Alana on Toddlers in Tiaras, over a decade ago. From her love of extreme couponing to her strange recipe choices (anyone remember spaghetti and butter?), she’s been entertaining at the very least. However, June’s also been no stranger to the darker side of controversy which led to the cancellation of Here Come Honey Boo Boo a handful of years ago. When June was rumored to be in a relationship with a child molester — and pictures of the two surfaced, which also showed Alana in the shots, the public was overwhelmingly outraged and TLC canceled the show.
June got another chance at television stardom when she and her daughters starred in the show Mama June: From Not to Hot, which documented June’s weight loss journey — as well as how her family had been doing. That show was dashed quickly when June was arrested alongside Geno Doak in Alabama for crack possession. This arrest altered the trajectory of the show, and it went from a program focused on June’s glow up, to a dramatic documentation of a family desperate bid to get their mother, sister and friend off drugs.
Now Mama June is supposedly clean off the substances that nearly killed her, and she is free from the toxic relationship she was trapped in with Geno. Will this marriage to Justin Stroud end well for her, and benefit her life? If June’s wild personality and unpredictable nature is any indicator of the future, there is absolutely no way to predict anything but a wild ride ahead. And we love her for that.
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