A creepy bogus moviemaker is trolling Manhattan, telling women he's casting for Hollywood - but he's really out to cop a cheap feel, victims told The Post.

Several women said they were inappropriately touched by the New Jersey man after he lured them to clothing stores to try on outfits purportedly for film roles

http://www.nypost.com/seven/08112008/news/regionalnews/...s_pervert_123913.htm

Wow, calling those women dumb is a little harsh, don't you think C? Naive, yes, and maybe a little too excited about getting a part in a movie to realize what this creep was after, but you really have no cause to call them dumb.

This is commonly known as, "Victimizing the victims."

I agree. Everyone has done something they later regret. Everyone. No need to call them dumb. Simply naive on that one day. My heart goes out to them.

yes, especially young women who unfortunately learn things the hard way before they get "smart", let's be nice shall we?

IMO when this comes up, yes be sensitive to the "victims" BUT - not nice. As a young women in this business you have to really be careful and not make "dumb" choices (like going to a clothing store with a strange man to try on outfits!) Common sense should've definitely applied here, and if calling these women "dumb" inhibits someone else from having the same poor judgement, then by all means!

can one be sensitive and notnice? Don't they kind of go together? Anyway of course one should use good judgement especially in this day and age. But if someone is a victim, particularly a young one, speak the truth in love. That would be showing sensitivity tempered with wisdom, not meanness.

I would define someone as dumb if they do dumb things frequently... kinda like "stupid is as stupid does".

We have all done dumb things, but does that make us dumb, not unless we do them with great frequency.

All the women that fell for the scam dumb, nut necessarily... we would need more information to make this determination. Some probably are, some probably are... but that is just my guess.

Wow! Who are you to judge these women? Let's pull some of your not so fine moments out of the closet and have a little fun.

This can be a scummy, crummy, predatory industry. It is rife with creeps looking to take advantage of your money and your sexuality... men AND women. You are NOT helping by ridiculing these women.

Well put.

Wow, no one on this thread is talking about the actual issue. We're all just attacking the wording.

Yes, maybe dumb is a harsh way to put these words but my lord, I was 18 and naive even and would never have gone into some dressing room with a random "producer". They may not be dumb but they definitely aren't trusting themselves to know when something doesn't feel right.

Why aren't parents teaching their young girls to respect their instincts? And have enough self-respect and assertiveness to say no to something even if he was actually some big time producer??

Not to get too cerebral but it seems like in the day and age of Paris Hilton, girls have been convinced to not trust themselves and become sexual objects to get what they want. It makes me sad.