Betsy Castro is Threatening Teenagers

Posted by thefunnystone on September 16th, 2008 at 5:56 AM
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Jason Castro's mom, Betsy, has now stepped up to an even more shameful platform that hurts kids. The Castro family was already mooching free flights off of the fans and tricking them into sending pictures of Jason so the family could profit by designing merchandise. Now Betsy is sending out a cease and desist to anyone who sells anything with Jason's likeness on it. If some big manufacturer was producing Castro crap, sure, it might be understandable. But Betsy is attacking little kids who are making things like charm bracelets for themselves and friends, most of which don't even have Jason's name on them. Also, a teenager designed a shirt for the Castrotards to wear to show their fan support (left), and Betsy is requiring her to stop making them for friends as well. You don't see the other Idols attacking teenagers for making low-grade fan items. This is just shameful, but it seems Jason's family are low-life, classless, greedy people, so it's not a shock. Betsy's message:

You guys need to support Jason by buying his official merchandise. It is illegal to make any type of profit on Jason’s likeness and image. Hope you can understand and respect that it is his hard work and dedication that needs your support. It’s like asking Jason to go work so he can pay for your tuition or rent? That just doesn’t make sense to me. Out of respect for Jason and his music, I am personally askin y’all to cease and desist any further sale of merchandise with his name, image or likeness. Thanks… Betsy Castro

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Fallen Angel Gabriel
Posted: September 16, 2008 - 8:39pm
Joined: 12 Jun 2006

That broke ass ho doesn't have the money to sue you. Bitch can't even afford her own laptop.

Mugsy
Posted: September 16, 2008 - 9:42pm
Joined: 11 Jul 2008

Welcome Hippe. It's good to hear objective distain from a Dreadhead. I saw the cease and desist letter from the attorney that you are talking about. Much ado about Jason's intellectual property rights--yeah, yeah, yeah. I laughed when I read the discussion about how the fans should just call the Castro's lawyer named in the letter and ask if it's OK to continue selling their particular items.

You can search for any other "idol" at Cafepress, and find lots of "Brooke (substitute any name) is my idol" T-shirts for sale. Heck, that's what Cafepress is all about--it's for selling original designs. And, you were abiding by their rules.

Jason's family has their hands too deep in this stuff, and they need to back off, for his sake. This crap will ruin his career.

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Francisco.....that's fun to say.

GoodnightIrene
Posted: September 16, 2008 - 11:38pm
Joined: 14 Mar 2008

I think I shall try an experiment.

I will design and create my own character. It will be a stick figure with a cartoon face with glazed, bloodshot eyes and dirty-ass dreads, with a blunt in one hand and 50 gift bags in the other, and I shall call him "Jasus Cashtro".

Then I will make t-shirts, keychains, jewelry, holiday ornaments, whatever, and sell them on CafePress and eBay and wherever else I can think of to sell my exquisite swag.

Poor Betsy-Wetsy will find herself in quite the quandary. If she sends me a cease & desist order, she admits that her son is both a stoner and a grifter. She also acknowledges that she's been cozying up to and befriending a bunch of psychotards who actually believe that her own son is Jesus.

Bitch is dumber than the handful of lint I just pulled out of my dryer trap.

azurebird
Posted: September 17, 2008 - 2:19am
Joined: 29 Mar 2008

GoAwayLittlePlants mentioned:

""Bitch is dumber than the handful of lint I just pulled out of my dryer trap.""

I wouldn't say that in general. Lint happens to be nice and soft and can smell nice. Of course, if you don't sneeze first. I guess that part could fit her when it comes to the natural reaction from our noses. It's an annoying bodily habbit that we all just *hate*.

I personally think she's more intellectual
to the likeness of a Tumble"weed". First the annoying "weed" rolls down the street from the wind and if people's cars get in the way, it scratches the paint. Of course the Tumbleweed doesn't care. It goes where it wants! And if you try to grab it or divert it's destination, it'll scratch you and can puncture you're skin if you're not careful. This also fits into the intellectual arena because it's just a dead "weed" that was dislodged from it's home in the ground. As it rolls down the way, it spreads it's best by shedding it's seeds destroying other plant life. It doesn't care where it goes. As long as it gets something out of it in it's favor. So now the future "weeds" can suck all the nutrients from the other plants who are trying to get by with the money they have...oops excuse me, the *nutrients*.

Ok, this was much longer than what I intended to say, but you get the idea. And if it didn't make sense, it's because it's 2:20 in the morning here. LOL At least you know where I'm getting at. ;)

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standalone
Posted: September 17, 2008 - 6:04am
Joined: 23 May 2006

GoAwayLittlePlants, your experiment idea is brilliant!
I'd buy a keychain.

GialloGuy
Posted: September 17, 2008 - 6:31am
Joined: 03 Apr 2008

I'd buy a Christmas tree angel of it.

On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...
A laptop and some good weed.

HippieGeekette
Posted: September 17, 2008 - 6:43am
Joined: 16 Sep 2008

We (the dreadhead artists) have been told is standard procedure to do this, but I was able to search for and found stuff on CafePress for all of season 6's top 12, and at least the top 7 of season 5. And I've made stuff for all of this season's top 10 so I know no one other than Jason had his stuff removed.

middleofnowhere
Posted: September 17, 2008 - 9:36am
Joined: 05 Jun 2008

Yes, Hippie,
It's standard procedure for those who want their careers to tank and die. It comes about by small thinking.
Think about this, if you are just getting started in the entertainment business wouldn't you want to see your name and face plastered all over the place.
Of course it is always the "artists" choice, but I think Jason is getting some pretty bad advice and all he is doing is antagonizing and hurting his fans.
He is being managed by some stupid and/or greedy people and it is just going to hurt him in the long run.

magooschmooz
Posted: September 17, 2008 - 3:42pm
Joined: 05 May 2008

If you want to contact the TV Stations in Dallas about this here are their websites.

Ch 4 KDFW TV FOX www.kdfw.com
Ch 5 KXAS TV NBC www.kxas.com
Ch 8 WFAA TV ABC www.wfaa.com
Ch 11 KTVT TV CBS www.ktvt.com

If you want to be a real prick and add in the Univision and Telemundo Affiliates. That would just be gravy.

The consumer action reporters in Dallas can be real bulldogs and nag the hell out of you.

I just about choked on my Dr Pepper on my desk about the dryer lint!!!

I just get the impression his mom is a ballbuster and we lock her in a room with Jeff Archuleta on celebrity death match.

GOAWAYLITTLEPLANTS!!!
Do we need to have a INTERVENTION TO stop the future Reverend Jason Jones and his Dread Church cult from going to Guyana and drinking the cyanide laced KoolAid or the Jason Koresh and his Branch Dreadvidians getting raided by the ATF?

Just a little idea.

Babyj
Posted: September 17, 2008 - 1:55pm
Joined: 19 Apr 2007

lol. This family needs to die in a fire. I bet the value of the Plane Tickets and the Laptop that they mooched off the fans is already more than theyd ever get from some silly bracelets.

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