I want to straighten out a few things about Allison Stokke and this tangled web of newfound celebrity.
- I maintain that the key to what makes Miss Stokke an intriguing figure is that she's damn good at her sport. In my experience, most sports fans prefer Maria Sharapova to Anna Kournikova. Yes, both are attractive, but Sharapova is actually good, and that's why she matters. Likewise, I wish Miss Stokke the best in her sporting endeavours. I would love to care about pole vaulting.
- A lot of people seem to be up in arms about With Leather "making" her a celebrity. If it hadn't been this site, it would have been someone else, and it would have happened sooner rather than later. In fact, Barstool Sports claims that they'd already "written an entire book" about her by the time I got to the story. I'm sorry I never got the chance to read it; I'm sure it was excellent.
- How would I feel if it were my daughter that got this unwanted attention? Well, I don't know. I'd like to think I'd feel fortunate that my daughter was a record-breaking athlete and honors student with no physical or mental deformities. It's 2007, people: time to realize that attractive women athletes will always be recognized and — yes, sometimes — obsessed over. Is it right or wrong? I don't know. But it's reality.
To the Stokkes: if you'd like this post removed, please just contact me. You don't have to be mean or anything. We all have jobs that can get ugly, but that doesn't make us bad people.
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Matt, that was a very well reasoned and thought out statement regarding the Stokkes.
That being said, I want her to cross state lines for "immoral porpoises."
What the deuce? Ufford – I don't even get a shoutout for posting the comment that barstool wrote a book about Stokke? Come on, man! Bush league!
UES — I'd already seen it.
Well said, Matt. I would also like to straighten out a few things about Allison Stokke:
I say "yes" to any Stokke res, lo-, hi-, whatever.
A thousand times, yes.
Excellent post, sir, if you don't mind me saying. I don't disagree with a single word, except I'd really rather not care about pole vaulting.
Oh, and your commenting software is so much better than mine.
Best,
Will
Why is the song 'Janie's Got a Gun' suddenly popping into my head?
Puritans and prudes keep dirty things in dark places.
And I promise not to ask how to load an avatar: I do know how that feels.
Best,
Will
Let me tell you something – you're suspect!
Allegedly, your situation, for you, would be concurrently improved if I had $200 in my back pocket right now!
Ok, you're still cool in my book then, especially with all the warring, and the killing, and the writing, and the saving this super sweet country so punks like me can live in it and talk shit anonymously on blogs.
That said though, I've got my eye on you.
Also, appropos of MMP's comment, I have one thing that I'd like Alison Stokke to straighten out.
"I don't want to be victimized because of my looks, so I'd better by a mid-riff tank top with booty shorts that expose my camel toe, that'll show 'em"
ps Mr. Stokke: Camel Toe = vaginal outline
First, the Washington Post. Now it's FOX News?
Dude, if I hear anything about WithLeather/Ufford being mentioned on "the View" tomorrow - I'm going to prepare for the Apocalypse.
Did you actually speak on TV, Matt? I saw your mouth moving but was so awed by your visage, that I couldn't actually hear anything.
(Seriously, though, nicely done.)
I must apologize for the delay on this post. The photos originally came to me and I had to leave my mark on them before they could go up. That's a watermark you perverts.
That link ("we all have jobs that can get ugly") is truly remarkable. Love it, love it, love it. Mr. Stokke, if you are reading this……I want to do horrible things to your daughter. If you want to find me, go to Bristol, CT. My real name is Colin Cowherd, but my friends call me "Schrutebag".
Will, awww cute Otters avatar, clearly they are taking over….
and MMP I was with you on all of your insights until the break it off part. As hot as she is, I still want my dick by the end of the session (thus no sex with Pam Anderson since I don't want my dick to fall off).
No, guys, really. I really want to
be respectful of this girlbuy her a moderately-priced mealfuck the everliving shit out of her.This new commenting window is great. Not as great as olive-skinned ass, but, you know, right up there.
I was actually beginning to feel bad for her…until I saw the new pics.
Then I started feeling something else.
And you're right if the Stokke's want the post taken down you should take it down…I've already commited the photos to memory.
Dear Editor,
As a passionate fan of pole-vaulting (what the hell is pole-vaulting?), I am writing to urge you to include more coverage of my favorite pole-vaulting team in your paper.
The pole-vaulting is an important sport and I would love to read more about the team, players, coaches, teen hotties, sweat soaked track shorts, giant poles, hypocrites, and entire league this season.
Thanks.
Sincerely,
Grapefruit Juice
Hoo boy. The Stokke has hit the fan for real now.
Yes, while I agree with the statements presented above, I also agree that to any agency looking to take me down for (Go)ogling this fine lady should just take one look at my avatar. I'm not to be messed with! (Bold type added for effect)
Excellent dig on Mr. Stokke w/ that link.
@Blackcapricorn: Yeah, maybe I should have thought that comment through. Oh well, I would settle for tweaking her nipples through a chain-link fence.
I'm willing to negotiate and make all sides happy. That's what makes me such a wonderful person.
Personally i'd rather read more bout the former monster pig. shrugs shoulders I like
pigswholesome stories about heavily armed eleven year olds on hunting expeditions for mythical beasts.Nick Denton is watching you comment.
about
I'll just point out that in the linked dirty jobs story… this headline appears on the rail
"Dad jumps man photographing girl"
I'm not sayin'… I'm just sayin'.
It's a bit unclear to me when or where someone loses the moral high ground. But I'm pretty sure it's roughly around the time you start feeding your family with money earned defending child molesters. The Stokke family might want to chill out and be glad their beautiful daughter isn't, say… an 11 year old boy?
she and her family need to chill the fuck out and so does everybody else. Yeah yeah she's hot, but its not like she's the hottest thing ever. That being said, i would love for her to vault my pole. She just better stick the landing.
I am disrespectful to high school girls!
Can you not see that I am serious?
Where was Alison Stokke when I was 13?
Oh, fuck. Is it 2 Ls now? Really? Shit…
I agree with mutombo- I was feeling a little sorry for the family, until finding out Al Stokke is 100% for perverts, just as long as those perverts only hurt little boys. F-ing jackass.
Where was Alison Stokke when I was 13?
In diapers
whoa whoa whoa. defending a sexual predator in court hardly makes you "100% for perverts." Everybody gets a defense, that's how we roll.
@ Jack: I did believe that children were our future, if only we could teach them well and let them lead the way and, I guess, show them all the beauty they possess insiiii-iiiiiiiide….
Those look like high Cs or Ds
whoa whoa whoa. defending a sexual predator in court hardly makes you "100% for perverts." Everybody gets a defense, that's how we roll.
I agree, just brand them when they're in jail. They will be taken care of.
Ah, so her father is one of those kinds of lawyers. Well, I suppose the lawsuit against With Leather, all WL commenters and every major ISP will be along any day now. You cannot put a price on emotional trauma (without at least 5 zeroes at the end of it.)
Stok-ke Stok-ke! You got your num-ber down (wah-wah)
Stok-ke Stok-ke! Stroke! Stroke!
This gets better by the day.
do we need to start a WithLeather, LLC now, too?
This chic has a tight body but her face needs some work, she looks like a teenage boy.
This is probably the better of Mr. Stokke's cases to link :
[www.ocweekly.com]
Slow clap. Single tear. Well said, CC.
@Trent Green: If I may:
No one disputes that an on-duty Irvine police officer got an erection and ejaculated on a motorist during an early-morning traffic stop in Laguna Beach. The female driver reported it, DNA testing confirmed it and officer David Alex Park finally admitted it.
When the case went to trial, however, defense attorney Al Stokke argued that Park wasn’t responsible for making sticky all over the woman’s sweater. He insisted that she made the married patrolman make the mess—after all, she was on her way home from work as a dancer at Captain Cream Cabaret.
“She got what she wanted,” said Stokke. “She’s an overtly sexual person.”
And here comes the twist:
A jury of one woman and 11 men—many white and in their 50s or 60s—agreed with Stokke.
Un-motherfucking-believable…
Uhm, is she wearing spats in these pics (see 1 & 2)?
Because that would take her to a whole new level of awesome. Seriously.
and that article keeps getting more insane from there.
In fact, the only thing that would be better than spats would be some Edwardian eyewear: pince-nez, or perhaps a monocle connected by a satin ribbon to her special vaulting tank.
He actually used the words "she got what she wanted." After all, if she wasn't looking for it, she wouldn't go outside, right Al?
Although, to be fair, let the first man here who hasn't accidentally ejaculated all over a total stranger in the course of performing his occupational duties cast the first stone.
Wow… if you've ever seen Pablo Francisco's "Bits and Pieces" (shot in Irvine, CA), Captain Cream's is the strip club he talked about going to and making the duck noises.
"SHOW YOUR FACE, DUCK!"
I didn't really think this story could get any better, and than that second article hit. Holy shit.
Jack: I agree- everyone gets a defense-a resonable defense is saying- she DID NOT molest/rape a child. It's highly suspect when you say, 'it's every kids fantasy.' His style of defense is what I have a problem with.
AND WOAH! Al Stokke was the lawyer who defended that cop?! That story was insane when I read it months ago- now it's even crazier now that he's in the news for this. If any WL gets in trouble for taking this Alison Stokke obession too far- I've got a great lawyer for perverts I can recommend *couch*mr.stokkehimself*cough*
Let the record show that Zac just couched.
Ok, look, as a member of Withleather LLC I have to say that Al Stokke does have an obligation to provide a vigorous defense of his client, no matter how perverted or predatory they may be, thats the way the system works, there is no neutral investigator, there are two sides who push their version of the facts and a (hopefully) neutral judge and jury. You can be the prosecutor is pushing the facts just as hard on the other side and sometimes they go beyond that (see Duke Lacrosse). Does that make it a bit ironic and perhaps incongruous that he is so upset that people are looking at his daughter (not the stalking part, just the looking), yes. But just because he defends people accused of some rancid stuff does not mean he cannot worried about his daughter.
But damn, she is (now that she is 18) HOT, hurts my eyes to see it.
Man,
Karma is a bitch.
Sincerely,
Al Stokke
(*Not* Al Stokke, please don't sue me)
I can't stop laughing about "making sticky all over the woman's sweater". I'm going to start using that word in bars. "Hey baby want to make me make sticky all over you?" Also I said it before and I'll say it again, she can vault my pole anytime.
Stokke saw he was scoring points with the jury.
"Do you place a pole between your legs and go up and down?" he asked.
The OC Weekly article
Question: Would Mr Stokke defend Matt Ufford if he was sued by a family who wanted him to take down some risque photos off the internet?
Answer: Seems very likely.
very ironical …
So… let me get this straight… I can make stickly all over her clothing because she goes up an down a pole? Sweet, I'm booking a flight!
I move that this thread be hereby called "Allison Stokke Virtual Bukkake."
Seconds?
This reminds me of the slugger I used to carry around for Mary Lou Retton. I used to dream about her landing on me after launching from the horse vault. Allison Stokkake is even better, with the phallic pole and all….Back in a few minutes
Matt - Those links to her father's absurd legal defenses are beyond perfect. Long fall from the high horse, Al.
So is it good that this fight appears to be moving to "Al Stokke v. the Internet" because it takes the heat off his daughter? Or is it bad because with a full grown lawyer who defends sexual predators as an opponent rather than a 18 year old girl the gloves can come off, even though Allison will still get caught in the crossfire?
Also I bet Al is wishing he could take those pole comments back right about now, as is Allison.
I know the photographer gave you permission to repost her pictures, but why? Once again, she doesn't want the attention and fame, especially from people that post comments that talk about having sex with her.Also, I don't think the point you made about her father's "counterintuitive" PR makes any sense. Her family talked to the Washington Post to help shed light on a major downside of the Internet. That's the media's job: to be a watchdog for society so we can all be better informed. The message that needs to taken home is that high-traffic blogs such as this have considerable power. With power comes responsibility to use the internet properly.I don't think you should wait until her family requests that you take down the photos. C'mon you already know they want you to. Allison Stokke doesn't want to be a celebrity in the public forum. She isn't booking photo shoots for Maxium and it's not like she an elected official and you were talking about legislation she voted for. Her desire to avoid fame is especially true since her accidential fame is based almost entirely on sexuality. Unfortunately, the cat is out of the bag. Hopefully we all can learn something from this and that is real reason why her family talked to the Washington Post. Sadly, this lesson for the public is coming at a great price to her. People like myself who are criticizing this blog are just asking you to be reasonable with the selection of your topics. Please take down the pictures.
as a thankless legal clerk, nice post. as still holding onto the title of "student" in the loosest sense of the work, i'd tap that coed.
I like how he says she is an oversexed person. What a douche. Sorry but sometimes you have to call your soon to be father-in-law what he really is.
Is it me or are girls harder and harder to tell how old girls are these days? I saw a 7 year old with c cups the other day. Best i've ever felt:). KIDDING!!!!!!!!
Go Phillies!
this will all be water under the bridge after she is engaged to M. Leinart.
Think Mr. Stokke is an asshole? Wait till you meet Guitar Girl's dad. He's got a gun and a brutal meth addiction!
Al Stokke's tenuous footing on the moral highground, while deliciously ironic, is beside the point. Alison Stokke is receiving unwanted, but entirely legal, media attention. By granting an interview with the Washington Post, in which she made clear her desire to be ignored for all but her athletic ability, she has made her position on the matter clear to the media as a whole in a single stroke (no reaching pun intended). Realizing she does not have legal recourse, she has resorted to calling for a moral judgment on the use of her image/story in the court of public opinion, where decisions will vary. Fortunately for her, and everyone interested in her for her looks, there is no shortage of attractive young female athletes out there who would welcome the media attention and exposure she has received. So, finding the new flavor of the moment to replace her should not be hard for journalists/bloggers who wish to respect her call for privacy. Hopefully Alison will not end up regretting what she has so publically wished for, however, and miss the attention her physical attrubutes have garnered.
Also, while I appreciate the "karma is a bitch" aspect of the story, I wonder if Al Stokke is as vociferously outspoken and concerned about this issue as he is, specifically because of his professional exposure to sexual deviants. He knows first hand the worst of who is out there, leering at his daughter — he has defended them in the past! While not an excuse for his life decisions (and their subsequent financial benefits), it does explain why he would be so concerned about the way his daughter is sexualized in the media.
BTW, any chance of getting a spell check on this thing?
Is her father a GI? She looks very exotic
If Al Stokke had kept his mouth shut, we all would have forgotten about pole vaulting's hottest high-schooler in a couple days…and moved onto field hockey or the glee club or basketball. Well, maybe not basketball.
That being said, I will never forget "making sticky all over a woman's sweater." Genius. And Bill Clinton is jealous.
@timroth: "Once again, she doesn't want the attention and fame"
How the hell do you know what she does or doesn't want?
If she doesn't want to look hot, explain the bare midriff.
And don't tell me it gives her more agility for vaulting, I haven't seen any male pole vaulters wearing that.
Thanks for the pics, Matt. I just got a better look. DAMN she's got a grip. :O
I'm really trying to make sense of all this, and this is the best I can come up with:
On occassion forest fires will be set to clear out areas in a controlled manner so that a dangerous wildfire will not cause further damage. I can only imagine that this is what Ms. Stokke's was hoping for by accepting interviews by two of the largest news outlets in America. Maybe she hoped that if her story went to a mainstream news source, she would get some type of (magical) protection. Maybe she thought it would burn itself out quicker. Maybe by putting the bright spotlight of FoxNews and the Washington Post it would make the story passe. Sure, instantly hundreds of thousands to millions of people may get interested in her for a day, but then they'd move onto the next flavor of the week.
C'mon, on October 28, 2001 K-Pax, a heavily promoted Kevin Spacey movie opened at the box office. It made its money and went merrily on its way. Meanwhile, in that same week, a little movie known as Donnie Darko came out and sold a mean 100,000 dollars worth of tickets, yet it remains one of the biggest cult classics to this day.
That all being said, for as long as this campaign to give an 18 year old back her life… by being on every TV and in every news rack in America (ha ha! Rack!), I will stand by this site and Matt. We're here to laugh and yes, occasionally oggle a beautiful and incredibly talented woman. As much as I'm sure we all wouldn't mind Scarlett Jo. knocking on our doors at 1 in the morning with a bottle of whipped cream and a ice cream scooper (Thank you, Stripes), none of us are out there stalking the future Mrs. Matt. And if we're not out stalking Scarlett, I don't think Alison has much to worry about. Because I have watched Scarlett Johansson. I have gawked at Scarlett Johansson. And let me tell you something, Alison. You are no Scarlett Johansson. (waits for unmitigated applause) Oh, and you're probably way too young to get Dan Quayle jokes.
Oh, and GO OTTAWA SENTAORS!
swing: Its a fine point, but here is the question. Is anyone wrong for not respecting her wish to not pay attention to her. I'm not talking about the creepy stalker aspect, but just the regular withleather reader. Does she have any more right to demand we ignore the photographic evidence that was available on the internet prior to (and vital to) her becoming a big deal? Should the photographer not have made the original photo(s) available in any context? What about the photos of her that originate from parties and the like that her friends and classmates put on the internet? Did they do her wrong? And what about her (or her father's) complicity in making her a big deal by kicking the story back up in the post? The moral judgment here is far more complex than a either a simple "stop looking at me" or "free speech" comment can address.
P .S. there is a spell checker, though it may just be with firefox.
TOO MUCH LAWYER SPEAK. BOOBIES BOOBIES BOOBIES VAG VAG VAG
FUCK YOU HAIL, YOU AND YOUR SENTAORS CAN ROT IN CANADIA.
I disagree, this is very simple.
She's hot. She dresses hot. She's put herself in the limelight. She is not portrayed in these pictures any differently than she presents herself in public. In fact, these pictures were taken in public. So what is the problem?
I'd venture to guess she'd feel differently if it was some cute guy ogling her.
Berka, I think we may be on the same page about this. Essentially, this young woman is asking (in a clumsy and ironic manner) for privacy. People are not legally compelled to respect her request. They must consult their own sensibilities to decide if they are morally compelled to do so. Everyone stating their position in the comments is just arguing for the rest of society to concur with their personal decision. The rest of the commentors are just trying to lighten things up with a joke, Nancy.
Crap, I meant "Francis".
Of course, the other irony is that by continuing to post pictures of Stokke we may cause her, and other attractive athletes (and their family), to cover up more, both in terms of the clothes they wear and the degree to which they embrace their attractiveness in public. If Allison even considered posing in Maxim in a couple of years she probably won't now if for no other reason than she has stated she doesn't want to publicity. It would be very hard for her to change her mind without seeming like a sellout and hypocrite, even though it would be her prerogative.
So the double secret irony is that withleather and other such blogs who benefit from this story and stories like it may be drying up their future source material, at least at the margin. Like Ouroboros (uber nerd reference just for you 289).
So has anyone got video of Matt's TV debut?
btw – Father Al's sick lawyerly ways are displayed even more (on O'Reilly of all places!)
[www.foxnews.com]
Bloof: who says we aren't cute guys? I mean not me, I'm hideous, but still, its possible one of Matt's readers isn't a troll beast*
*No, its not possible
I've always picture Matt about 6'1", 175 lbs, tan skin, dark hair, with a fucking t-bird mullet. And he always wears black.
@ [www.foxnews.com]
"This outraged mother and grandmother of boys would like to suggest to Al Stokke that he let a few women tie him down to a pool table, spread his legs wide, take pictures of his nudeness, let them stick 'objects' in whatever orifice they so choose and then let him say it's not rape!" — an email from Anne Johnson, 10/17/2005
[www.ocregister.com]
ZINGO!
yes, allison is certainly easy on the eyes. and she could exploit that fact to her advantage, if she chose to. seems like she's choosing not to, though. I think she talked to the post and to fox for the same reason people hold press conferences — to broadcast one's views to a lot of people at once, instead of having to answer the same damned questions over and over again.
so I have to ask, why post yet another glam shot of her — a huge one — knowing that your site will now get 5X or 10X the normal traffic, thanks to the wapo story? seems a bit like piling on or taunting, to use a sports metaphor.
and why the links to her father's cases? who gives a flying $#@$ that her father defends some less than saintly people? suddenly this seems less like a harmless t&a infused sports story and more like some kind of vendetta.
your job is to be funny, right? and usually you are. but this is just petty. come on, man. give it and allison a rest.
I never said I couldn't handle big words or educated discussion, quite the opposite. (Though I do have an utter disdain for people who use arcane words to "prove" their intelligence. Like I just did there, but that's okay because I already hate myself.)
It's just that after spending three years working for the government in Philadelphia and joining a Lodge that was approximately 90% lawyers, I'd rather not have to listen to law speak on a website devoted to hot chicks, people humiliating themselves, and occasionally sports.
LOL, there is our token pissed off person. Now THAT's funny.
Wow dave01, that link is pretty bad. Those first two links gave me a pretty low opinion of Al Stokke, but the one you gave is even worse. Plus, I think he's contradicting himself with his defense that "everyone gets a fair trial." Is it fair that the girl got raped and then has to have her character attacked in court? I'd have to go with no, but that's just me.
289:
I don't use arcane words to prove my intelligence, I use them to pick up chicks. Results are, shall we say, mixed.
Also while I agree that law speak is tedious when compared with hot chicks and athlete idiocy (and I have even more reason to want to avoid it than you do because I work at a place that is 100% lawyers or paralegals all damn day) this unique story is filled with some interesting legal and ethical questions and its hard to grapple with them without using the appropriate terms and tools.
here's another one of Mr. Stokke's cases that will really really piss you off:
[bostonprogressive.blogspot.com]
It is one thing to pursue a vigorous defense for your client, but it is beyond the pale for lawyers to make claims, in court, as the defense's Al Stokke did, when he claimed that, since the girl had been drugged unconscious by the trio of rapists, her physical injuries, including penetration by lit cigarette, soda can and a pool cue, were not that severe, with his claim that "There's [no pain] that is felt," he said, "because she was unconscious."
Karma is indeed a bitch you douchebag!
Oh I know, I was only joking. This time I'm actually enjoying it and can fully follow most of the discussion.
I think your post is well thought out and largely correct. I'm not sure why you need to publish more photos though. She's made it perfectly clear that she's not comfortable having them posted. Why not respect her wishes? Running them again just makes you seem like kind of a bully.
There's a million hot chicks who want us to ogle them. Post more pictures of them. Or find pics of the dad and post them, and we can all make sleazy asshole lawyer jokes. Preferaby one with his arm around the ejaculating cop.
@jcm: IfI wanted to see a douchebag I'd look in the mirror. I don't need to have another face to attach to the hate I carry for somany people I have never met
Ufford: Glad to see you did not go quietly into that good night. Good on you, sir!
Bloof, were you by any chance on the jury that acquitted the ejaculator? Your argument is basically the same one that Al Stokke made.
thought i'd help and try to push this shit past 100 comments. bunch of jackoffs on here today. any news is good news but it certainly brings alot shithead attention
By now, whether anyone likes it or not, she's a public figure. A public figure who is an athlete — specifically, a pole vaulter. And in these photos, she is pole vaulting. These are some of the most sports-related photos that have ever been on this site.
In the history of sports, has any other high school athlete headed to a D-I school to play sports on scholarship begged media outlets for his or her privacy?
"In the history of sports, has any other high school athlete headed to a D-I school to play sports on scholarship begged media outlets for his or her privacy?"
Who cares? She did. Why not do the decent thing and respect her wishes? You've made your point. In the post article, you claimed to be a comedy writer. Where's the comedy in pushing around a tennaged girl?
I guess I shouldn't be stunned that the bizarre intarweb threads of the cop who jizzed on a stripper at a traffic stop and the jailbait pole vaulter story should somehow intersect on WL. Well done, Matt.
"I don't use arcane words to prove my intelligence, I use them to pick up chicks" -Berka 3:16
[BAR SCENE] Berka anters room, wearing black vinyl pants and a red muscleshirt and red cowboy boots. He approaches Gretyl, the 200 lb bar slut.
BERKA: "Salutations. Have we engaged in antacedent intercourse?"
GRETYL: "Huh?"
BERKA: "What's a debutante akin to yourself accomplishing in a location with similar attributes as we presently observe?"
GRETYL: "Huh?"
BERKA: "Perhaps you are hard of hearing. DO YOU APPEAR HERE RECURRENTLY?"
GRETYL: "Huh?"
BERKA [sighing]: "Awwww, FORNICATE!"
GRETYL: "Huh? Listen fella, do you want to fuck or not?"
BERKA: "Affirmative!"
GRETYL: "Go Fuck a Scholar."
Wow, you've got to hand it to Allison Stokke and her douchebag, totally hypocritical father. Thanks to them, (and the Washington Post, and Matt's own passion for writing about sexy teenage girls), With Leather has grown a lot, in just a few days. Kudos, Matt, and to the nearly 100 people posted here today, even if most of them are now arguing over legal minutiae, in a very unsexy way.
If nothing else, this story has made me glad I moved out of Orange County.
Oh… I just got "be respectful" all over myt keyboard.
I can't wait for the sex tape.
Bloof:You forgot my Malibu (from American Gladiators-esque hair and bitching shades, but alas, the strumpet was having none of it.
Allison Stokke will keep With Leather Up! All Night
As a point of clarity, Alison did not ask that people stop covering her entirely, only that the media respect her personal privacy and focus on her athletic prowess, instead of her sex appeal. With this post, Matt appears to me to have respected her wishes and done exactly that.
You know, in the banner pic, she looks a bit like a girl I used to have a thing for, in Florida. Ah, fun memories.
I do agree with Matt, these are photos have more sports content in them, than I've seen in a while. Also, I want to pose another thought. If in fact she is as good as advertised as her sport of choice, wouldn't it be beneficial to her to receive media attention? If her records are fact, then I would think that major universities would be clamouring for her skills to be a part of their track and field teams.
Also, +1 to Hail for the Dan Quayle joke. Still one of the best lines to use on anyone, to this day.
this site sucks
Yer tellin' me.
If her records are fact, then I would think that major universities would be clamouring for her skills to be a part of their track and field teams.
She has already signed a letter of intent to vault for Cal.
J.L. White has a interesting point: talking about legal issues on this sports/male sexual desire/entertainment blog is very out of place. I will plainly admit that I'm out of place as well (I've never heard of this blog until today), but I'm a political blogger who reads the Washington Post everyday so our worlds have collided. Look, the Washington Post is a watchdog of democracy and our way of life. This story appeared in the WaPo because what has happened to Allison Stokke simply isn't right and this story sheds light on what is wrong with our media (like how it failed to notify the public before the invasion of Iraq that Saddam Hussein's regime had absolutely nothing to do with the 9/11 attacks). Our society is so obsessed with celebrity journalism and sexuality (the two go together obviously) that it even drew a 18 year old high school pole-vaulter into the mix along with celebrities who crave this kind of exposure like Paris Hilton. The problem with your original post is that Allison doesn't want a massive amount of attention based mostly on sexuality (and the original post was).The Washington Post and people like myself who are being critical of this situation are just practicing democracy: we are bringing reasoned arguments to the table to convince you that continuing to display her pictures just isn't right. Note to regular readers: I promise this is my last post on this blog (I would be annoyed if you talked about sports on my political blog): Even though I feel sorry for her situation, it's not like her story is more important than Iraq, Afghanistan, the genocide in Darfur, the economy, and the problems with America's healthcare system.Plus, it would be hypocritical of me to help fuel this story!Finally, if you want to talk the legality and caselaw regarding this situation, feel free to post a comment at my political blog (I posted a few articles on this story there) Plus, you can also read a reason-based discussion of other issues. Google search this phrase: Think Anew and Act Anew blog
There are pictures of me on the internets that say "Does this man look like an Analrapist?" Am I mad? No. And I'm not even getting my choice of the litter because of it, like Allison is.
Jahvid Best just got a whole lot happier to be a Golden bear.
She's hot, I think she just better get used to getting attention from a bunch of dudes, especially now that she's legal. Maybe those guys that were staring at her were staring at her because she was hot, I'm just glad she didn't catch me making the bushes sticky.
Meh. Allison Stokke has pole vaulted the shark.
Oh, I suppose you'd already seen the articles about her father before too. What do you get paid to surf the web or something… oh right. Where do I sign up for that?
There are pictures of me on the internets that say "Does this man look like an Analrapist?" Am I mad? No.
That's because you know it's true.
The biggest mistake made in this situation was the Stokkes going to a bigger media source to try and get this to stop. All the Washington Post did to help her privacy was make it easy to find withleather with the link in their article. Sure it attracted some timroth's to the site, but it also attracted plenty of the "stalkers" her dad was worried about too. In the end it just made a situation that would've died down after a little while alot worse. I had missed the first post and had no idea who she was until it became "front page news" yesterday. I bet it was her dad that suggested they do it. He's probably a media whore as well as a douchebag.
actually, in the end it also made withleather alot more well known. congrats on all the new traffic matt.
i have absolutely no idea who this girl is or what this is about (nor do i care), but the very first i heard of any of it was this morning on good morning america (or some other show like that). so, yeah, good move parents! "we don't want our daughter in the spotlight, so we'll ask the national media to do a story about how we don't want our daughter to be in the spotlight…"
Isn't it unfortunate, though, that Allison is probably suffering two-fold on this matter? Once at the hands of lusty sports bloggers and once at the hands of her asshole father. I feel her pain.
Kudos on the vicous burn with those last two links.
But be careful, you never know when random bro night photos could surface.
Tommy Boy
I only said that 289, because the media, in all shapes and sizes likes to distort information for convenience.
As far as going to Cal, awesome. I hope she runs amok through the Pac-10.
Herr Timroth, if she didn't want massive publicity, both she and her lawyer father should have chosen to ignore it. By going public they are only fueling posts like this, by putting her name into the court of public opinion.
Just something to think about.
Yeeeeaaaahh! No more scriptures from Fuckface 16:18!!! Grab a 6-pack! Bring on the camel toe! Don the wet t-shirts! Show me the poooooon!
"The Washington Post and people like myself who are being critical of this situation are just practicing democracy: we are bringing reasoned arguments to the table to convince you that continuing to display her pictures just isn't right."
How is being critical of a situation and jamming your opinion into a civil dispute practicing democracy? Democracy is, by it's nature, affiliated with government. This is an isolated incident between private parties that have decided to go public, not involving the government.
Your opinion is just as valid as anyone else's, but just because you write in a political blog does not make your stated opinions democracy in action, no matter how long you reason on it. It's just a fucking opinion. And for you to blow in here and say "what happened to Allison Stokke simply isn't right" with the presumption that your words carry more weight because you write in a high falootin' political blog is the very picture of arrogance. If you want the pictures taken down, Google the phrase "Go Fuck Yourself With a Giant Summer Sausage Blog."
"Go Fuck Yourself With a Giant Summer Sausage Blog."
Did you see that last post, that sausage was huge! I don't think I would be able to fit it all.
…Wait, that isn't a real blog… Then what did I just send my pictures to? Oh damn it…
That being said I hope we find a new and different internet phenom soon (and we will if somebody doesn't stir the pot again by going on 60 minutes). Everyone should have their 15 minutes of fame, but more than 15 may become unbearable.
Um, we have a winner!!!
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YES YES YES!!!
[grabbing pole, vaulting across office]
Note to self, those are copyrighted images… DAMMIT!!!
I had to stop looking… I feel dirrrty.
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130 comments? Is this DUAN or With Leather? Am I lost?
Oh. I see. That nice young man back at the gas station told me to turn left at the Vick place. You know, the one with all the dogs? That's not right, you say?
So I have to go back the way I came and then make a right just past the Gentlemen's Club? Ah-ha. Thanks for your help.
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I just Tommy John surgeried all over my pants. Wait, I think I may have replied on the wrong post.
On second look, I think I'm in the right place.
UrbanGrounds may have started the buzz on May 4th:
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That is a very dedicated person that put together that flickr page…
But seriously, I agree that the choice to get this story to a large media outlet is suspect at best. The difference between a relatively minor 'internet sensation' and what is happening now is pretty big. (apparently there's a youtube clip of her vaulting that runs for all of ten seconds. Since that post story broke, it's jumped over 20k views, when it had been at less than 10,000 for the combined seven weeks it was posted prior to that.)
I can't help but think the lawyer father who has taken high profile – if morally dubious – cases and recieved media coverage himself would know that this might damn well help his business, as someone might link to his stories of defending shitty people…
that said, it would take me about 20 minutes to type in all the 'yes's for the pictures on that page (for both Miss Stokke and most of the other girls featured, who I hope are also of legal age…)
Matt, things like this can get quickly out of hand, and you don't want to end up regretting your part in things. I visit a legal forum where people started talking about cheerful girls with big tits (CGWBTs) and then posting names of CGWBTs at law schools, and it got to a point where if you googled these girls, these messages came up first. Then the girls hired a co. called reputation defender which fucked up and got a story place in the Washington Post as well. It just blew up from there and these poor girls are going to find it difficult to find jobs in the very conservative legal profession for no real fault of their own. The lawyer who ran the forum also got fired from his firm. I just wanted to share that experience to explain how anonymous posting can really get out of control and hurt people, and I hope you keep some perspective. Do you really want to be on Bloof's side?
My daughter is going to be a fat whore. Please continue to post photos of attractive daughters.
It has offically gone global.
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This is fucking madness. All I know is that ESPN is going to start showing some Pac-10 Track and Field in the next few years. That' just my guess. Enjoy the Stokke.
RE: that Flickr portfolio, is it just me or does Stokke's BF look like a total douche?
haha, Mr. Stokke just got ethered.
That’s a whole lot of comments to catch up on, anyone make any notes because i’d rather not have to read through them all.
@AngelEyes: In summary, guys like beautiful girls. Especially beautiful girls who succeed in sports. Some guys do not like beautiful girls. Or beautiful girls who succeed in sports. Therefore, they request pictures to be taken down. Those guys like handsome guys who succeed in sports.
I'd like to introduce Mr. Stokke to Punchy. [youtube.com]
I bet they would be good friends. A duppity doo
What the hell? 145 comments?
Did Matt hold a commenter draft overnight?
Is everyone fighting over Ms. Stokke as the first pick like she's Greg Oden or something?
Dad needs to chill. Ogling and sexual comments from men about your hot daughter are two of the costs of marrying a hot wife and then impregnating her. As for Little Ms. Stokke: I'd make her my future second wife anytime. Anytime.
Can't help but notice the presence of alcohol in a few of those flickr pics.
Epic win, as the kids say.
Those links are absolutely brilliant. Well done.
Matt, Holy shit man, this site just exploded
and great post
Did someone ask for pictures of Al?
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Few things. I think family guy had the best quote for something like this, "There's nothing America likes more than hot, white, jailbait ass." Or something like that. It is a reality that you will have to accept, no matter how long you fight it or wish it would go away IT WON'T. When you go out, walk in public, drive your car, whatever, if you're hot, people are looking, accept it.
I sympathize with the family, but instead of fighting the world on this maybe try to roll with it. There are MILLIONS and MILLIONS of girls out there that look like this, the number that play sports is lower but still a good amount. And the chance for exposure like this is extremely rare, and probably unwelcome. However, because it is so rare your opportunity to seize it gets smaller every day. Life doesn't throw this kind of thing at people every day, the fact that it did should make you want to capture it. Lots of people say they want a "normal" life, but then wish and dream they could be in the glitz of hollywood or professional sports or something along those lines.
But go ahead fight it, go off to college, maybe be a good pole vaulter maybe not, chances are she'll get a degree, settle into a normal crappy every day life like most people, working jobs they don't like and wishing and hoping for something better. Then she'll be kicking herself that she passed on an opportunity like this. Cash in while you can.
She should just do a couple of photoshoots and get it over with. How many people really care about Jen Sterger now that she did Maxim & Playboy? She even has a monthly article for SI.com and nobody really pays attention to that either. Give the men what they want, get paid good money to do it, and avoid getting hounded by the media at every track practice till the end of your life. Win-Win situation!
With respect to Allison Stokke, I will cum in a tissue instead of the monitor
Wondrous. This is the first topic that's caused me to drop my pecker long enough to post.
So Ms. Stokke will have a life of beauty, fame, and pole vaulting Cal Bear goodness plus her father will get all the dipshit publicity he supposedly doesn't want? Priceless.
RE: that Flickr portfolio, is it just me or does Stokke's BF look like a total douche?"
No, you are correct in your judgment, the guy looks like a douche, complete with shit eating grin. But hey, if I was banging the hottest thing to happen to pole vaulting since… well… since it became a sport, I'd probably have the same look on my face too…
And it's Cali for pete's sake, get a fucking tan you douche…. It looks like she uses the shine off his pale ass as a tanning mirror, god that guy is white.
I believe I am going to go with the 15oz coffee mug (see link at bottom right).
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Looks like they're big pole vaulting fans in Italy…
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The best collection of pics so far…
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crap, here it is without the html
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Why is everybody, like, surprise
Christ, a cute young piece like her with an omnipresent phallic symbol … practically begs for “disrespectful” comments from horny males. Speaking of which … aren’t there any pics of her tight young fanny?
In my opinion: Just a marketing hype to support her career!
Maybe the parents are involved. It wouldn’t be the first tactic like this. All the tennis daddies and so on. You know: Parents pushing their children in the age of three years on a court….
And hey: She’s nice. But take a look to girls in athletic teams. There are always some veryyyyyy nice ladies.
Just check out “Sina Schielke” from Germany. Hot too, 26 years old and she made a shooting for german “Playboy”.
I don’t understand the attention A.S. is getting right now..
I'd RAM it!!!!!
ALLISON STOKKE'S FATHER IS NOTORIOUS MISOGYNIST DEFENSE LAWYER
Published by Joel June 5th, 2007 in Sports, Sex. Share This
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Crazy irony ahead: Allison Stokke, the hot 18-year-old pole vaulter who became a reluctant internet spank icon, has a father who is a defense lawyer, Al Stokke. Al, who was so disturbed by the sexualization of his daughter on the internet that he was trolling message boards looking for potential stalkers, happened to be the same guy who defended the cop that jerked off on the stripper he’d pulled over as well as the sheriff’s son who participated in a gang rape of a young woman. Both of these cases are full of infamous misogynist quotes from Al Stokke, like “She got what she wanted” and “There’s [no pain] that is felt because she was unconscious.” As Feministing aptly put it, it’s okay when it’s someone else’s daughter, but not when it’s Al’s.
We can’t hold Allison wholly responsible for the douchebag career of her father, but I think this gives you more than enough moral ammo to assuage your guilt for cranking one off to Allison’s picture. If she didn’t want to turn men on, she shouldn’t have been so sexy in public. The defense takes a short sandwich and nap, your honor.
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let her be..
let her be..
Beautiful young lady. Next up – multiple multi-million dollar sponsorship contracts. Not bad for jumping over a bar. I feel soooo sorry for her – boo-hoo.
Unfortunately, her dad's a total scumbag. Oh the total hypocrisy of it all. Reminds me of one of my all time favorite riddles:
Q. What do you call 1,000 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean?
A. A good start!
i'm sure considering her sport, that when she is of age she'll quite a expert at handling poles!!!
Have you guys seen the post at CelebritySweating.com? She totally deserves all this tension, if you did your research, her dad head of the law firm that represented those 3 kids who videotaped the gang rape that they were performing on a passed out OC girl… Yeah, I’m sure Allison has never turned down her daddy’s money, and if she’s ignorant of his past, then she deserves it even more…
Check out the post:
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Have you guys seen the post at CelebritySweating.com? She totally deserves all this tension, if you did your research, her dad head of the law firm that represented those 3 kids who videotaped the gang rape that they were performing on a passed out OC girl… Yeah, I’m sure Allison has never turned down her daddy’s money, and if she’s ignorant of his past, then she deserves it even more…
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Typical of yet another writer who can't see the forest because of the trees!
Anna Kournikova was number one in the world for over a year (YES, in doubles) and reached number eight in singles, yet you don't consider that good? Incredulous, she was great, but in this winner take-all sports world where a baseball team has one player that s cost 103 MILLION dollars, unless you are the champion (current, last year doesn't count), you are not good.
JEALOUS!
oh my god – that girl is beyond gorgeous – she's going to Berkeley – I'm moving to fucking San Francisco
Check out this video montage of Allison!! and vote it to the homepage and comment away!
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There's an angry, effeminate, little Asian fellow at University of Rochester going around in his spare time (he has a lot) trying to find unauthorized pictures of Alison Stokke and reporting them to her father's firm. I know this kid, he's a fucking loser. His name is Justin Chan (check him out on facebook) and he would probably like to receive emails, text messages or calls from anyone who doesn't respect young Alison for her athletic ability. His contact info is as follows:
justin.chan@rochester.com
teqvexed@gmail.com
AIM: krzyaznboi303
303-847-3628
When you think Pole, think Justin Chan!
Excellent clarification. Truth is, if it hadn't been you, someone else would have brought her notoriety, in a lewd, crude way. The Internet has made everyone and anyone public property. From what I've seen, though, all you did was put her pics up.
I'll be honest: a couple of her [downloaded and printed] pics are on my fridge and computer at work as she's my new inspiration for getting back in shape. Years ago I ran 5 & 10k's, then got lazy and gained weight. Looking at Allison motivates me. I'm not obsessed with or attracted to her, BUT you have to admit she is in cah-razy tight, enviable shape. Go Allison, and I hope to see you in the not-too-distant Olympics!
what’s she up to these days
That first picture is badass.