He probably died of embarrassment.

Someone mentioned her old modeling photos in a thread so I looked them up. (Risqué, not as inappropriate as some of her current attire, but not really great for a 14-15 yr old was my impression.) Anyway, she’s always been thin.

...a concerned part of me is worrying whether Courtney has an eating disorder :/ because in some of the stills she looks really frail and old.

Seriously. How would sheiks even know who she was unless her parents were auctioning her off?

He adds, “Courtney was being courted by tons of men, closer to her age, wealthier than me, more, famous. From sports figures to politicians to sheiks in the Middle East.”

I feel like your display name is quite appropriate for this comment... Or the whole article really.

I feel like this is a “why not both” scenario.

God Damon.

This. He probably cares more about her well-being than her mother does but then again that would not be hard to top.

“Courtney was being courted by tons of men, closer to her age, wealthier than me, more, famous. From sports figures to politicians to sheiks in the Middle East.”

“Courtney’s parents were being courted by tons of men, closer to her age, wealthier than me, more, famous. From sports figures to politicians to sheiks in the Middle East.”

That is not the face of a happy dog. That is the face of a dog who has seen some shit. And why is it wearing pearls.

Once the phrase “sheiks in the Middle East” enters the conversation, there is no other conclusion I can draw, regardless of circumstance.

How can you possibly have a relationship to a woman who basically sold you off to a 50 year old man when you were 16 years old? 50 is old enough to be her father, if not her grandfather, and like...no. Plus he is wealthy and “famous” so...yeah. It’s not like she was 18 and out on her own making her own (terrible)…

All I hear is “There were totally other creepy old dudes trying to kidnap this girl, but I was totally non-creepy and asked her mother first.”

Sheiks are always looking for brides in high schools in Ocean Shores WA.

I’ve always thought that’s exactly what happened. The model shoots they encouraged and paid for when she was a young kid weren't exactly geared towards modeling clothes.

I do love Natalie for saying exactly what I was thinking during that statement.

We all knew that her parents were, to put it simply, evil for cooperating in this abuse of a minor. But the “courtship” soliloquy makes it sound like they were ACTIVELY trying to sell a child bride off to the highest bidder so I’m not sure how they aren’t in jail.

I am literally speechless.