# I don't understand what Jenn Sterger is up to (regarding Farve) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 24, 2010, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-what-jenn-sterger-is-up-to-regarding-farve/558177 "2010-10-24T10:25:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-what-jenn-sterger-is-up-to-regarding-farve/558177/1 "2010-10-24T10:25:27Z")
> **[Manager says Favre contacted Sterger last year](https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=5720775)** > > A spokesman for the woman who allegedly received lewd photos and inappropriate text messages from Brett Favre two years ago says the quarterback tried to contact the former New York Jets game hostess in 2009. Hmm…she’s been saying for weeks that she “may” talk to the NFL. Why is this taking weeks to sort out? Is she working out some sort of paid silence deal with Farve? Is she working all of the book/Inside Edition/Playboy angles while her 15minutes is ticking by? The whole thing reeks of attention whoring. My guess, she doesn’t want to talk to the NFL because she, at some point, banged Farve and is calculating how that reveal will impact her marketability. What’s going on here? ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-what-jenn-sterger-is-up-to-regarding-farve/558177/2 "2010-10-24T13:34:39Z")
Looks like it is a game of chicken. Favre is just trying to drag it out long enough to finish the regular season and then retire for good. Sterger is being a whore and trying to get as much money as she can out of this. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-what-jenn-sterger-is-up-to-regarding-farve/558177/3 "2010-10-24T16:48:48Z")
Why does it have to be anything sinister? She’s kept her mouth shut this entire time and stayed out of the spotlight. She’s good at her job - seems to me that she’s trying to protect her image rather than exploit it. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-what-jenn-sterger-is-up-to-regarding-farve/558177/4 "2010-10-24T19:21:01Z")
FOX says Favre admitted to the NFL sending the voice mails but not the photos. ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-what-jenn-sterger-is-up-to-regarding-farve/558177/5 "2010-10-24T19:34:25Z")
> [@Cubsfan](#): > > Hmm…she’s been saying for weeks that she “may” talk to the NFL. Why is this taking weeks to sort out? Is she working out some sort of paid silence deal with Farve? Is she working all of the book/Inside Edition/Playboy angles while her 15minutes is ticking by? > > The whole thing reeks of attention whoring. My guess, she doesn’t want to talk to the NFL because she, at some point, banged Farve and is calculating how that reveal will impact her marketability. > [@dalej42](#): > > Looks like it is a game of chicken. Favre is just trying to drag it out long enough to finish the regular season and then retire for good. Sterger is being a whore and trying to get as much money as she can out of this. What the fuck did she do to deserve this kind of disgusting crap? She wanted the whole thing quiet from the beginning, as far as I or either of you know. The only reason you didn’t know about this long ago is that she refused to participate in the story. The two of you know something to suggest otherwise, other than that she’s an attractive woman an old athlete sent cock pictures to? ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-what-jenn-sterger-is-up-to-regarding-farve/558177/6 "2010-10-24T19:40:28Z")
She already has a lot of publicity , she did Playboy in the past. She has been in the media for a few years now. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-what-jenn-sterger-is-up-to-regarding-farve/558177/7 "2010-10-24T19:42:30Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > FOX says Favre admitted to the NFL sending the voice mails but not the photos. I’d deny those sad photos too. ---
**Author:** ![Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fried_Dough_Ho)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-what-jenn-sterger-is-up-to-regarding-farve/558177/8 "2010-10-24T19:45:04Z")
> [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](#): > > What the fuck did she do to deserve this kind of disgusting crap? > > She wanted the whole thing quiet from the beginning, as far as I or either of you know. The only reason you didn’t know about this long ago is that she refused to participate in the story. The two of you know something to suggest otherwise, other than that she’s an attractive woman an old athlete sent cock pictures to? Than how did the voicemails become public? She shared them with somebody – for a reason. ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-what-jenn-sterger-is-up-to-regarding-farve/558177/9 "2010-10-24T19:52:21Z")
How about you find out for yourself rather than just blithely asking the question as if there’s no answer to it? ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-what-jenn-sterger-is-up-to-regarding-farve/558177/10 "2010-10-24T19:54:55Z")
> [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](#): > > How about you find out for yourself rather than just blithely asking the question as if there’s no answer to it? You have a crush on her or something? How hard would it be for someone else to access your cell voicemail? Super hard unless you let them. ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-what-jenn-sterger-is-up-to-regarding-farve/558177/11 "2010-10-24T19:57:49Z")
Holy shit I am _literally_ reeling from the impact of that salvo. So, got an answer to my question, or… ? ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-what-jenn-sterger-is-up-to-regarding-farve/558177/12 "2010-10-24T19:58:50Z")
How dare that she-demon be acting like this. If she weren’t so whorish, she never would have tempted Favre into sending those voicemails and pictures. Damn slatterns ruining our football heros. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-what-jenn-sterger-is-up-to-regarding-farve/558177/13 "2010-10-24T20:00:03Z")
Like everybody else in this thread, I don’t know the details, what she’s thinking, or why things have gone the way they have. I do know, however, that there are options besides “she’s a whore” to explain everything, and the OP and several of the replies only serve to reflect poorly on the posters participating, not on Jenn Sterger. Unfortunately, knowing what I know of the posting history of both **Cubsfan** and **dalej42** , I don’t expect them to feel ashamed of their attitude, or even understand why they should. ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-what-jenn-sterger-is-up-to-regarding-farve/558177/14 "2010-10-24T20:06:40Z")
> [@pepperlandgirl](#): > > Like everybody else in this thread, I don’t know the details, what she’s thinking, or why things have gone the way they have. I didn’t want to do the others’ research for them, but it’s not that complicated. [Here.](http://deadspin.com/5603701/brett-favre-once-sent-me-cock-shots-not-a-love-story) Salient bits: [QUOTE=AJ Daulerio] Last winter, close to the Super Bowl, Ms. Sterger and I were discussing a possible collaboration on the proposed “Deadspin Swimsuit Project,” which turned into a conversation about the whole “athlete dong photo” phenomenon. She claimed that she’s been on the receiving end of several of those types of cell phone interactions by drunk men, some of whom were professional athletes. We later had a phone conversation about who some of the more well-known dong-shot senders were. One person, she claimed, who was very into cell phone-donging her was none other than Brett Favre. [/QUOTE] > [@](#): > > But soon after Jenn told me this story, she balked about releasing the photos or voicemails she still had on her computer. They were still on her computer because they were fun to laugh at amongst friends, but she never planned to sell them or use them to bolster her profile. We invited her in into the Gawker Media lair many times to have a nice discussion about what we could do with the photos and how they could be presented and how she wouldn’t look bad in the process if she just had fun with it. Alas, that didn’t happen. When this Favre conversation first took place, Jenn started on Vs.’ “The Daily Line” show so this wasn’t the added publicity she wanted or need at the time. Plus, she really didn’t want her name attached to this whatsoever. And I was told by her to keep my big mouth shut. Here’s her email to me on February 15, 2010: > > > [@](#): > > > > AND NOT A WORD OF THAT SHIT TO ANYONE. > > I like ya AJ… and if there is a way to expose this dude for the creepy douche he is WITHOUT me being attached to it in any way that is fine. I just want to make it clear I never met him, saw him, etc… because I don’t roll that way. That way meaning old.. or married. Some big boobed hoes have morals and souls believe it or not.. > [@](#): > > I agreed, but still persisted because I’m a dick and it’s an incredibly funny story, but one that didn’t really hold any real weight unless she either gave us the A.) photos B.) voicemails C.) attached her name to it. She was reluctant to do so up until yesterday because I pressed her on it: > > > [@](#): > > > > Okay, here’s the deal: > > > > I’m very close to running your Favre allegations today. I’ve spoken to the Jets about this. So let me know how you want to proceed, please. I’d prefer you were on the record about this stuff, but I understand if you don’t want to be. However, I do have our email conversations we had and, frankly, that’s enough to get this started. > > > > Not trying to dick you over, but, there was no way I was going to sit on it forever, either. > > > > So lemme know. And there you have it. AJ Daulerio heard the story and badgered her about it, and was going to go public with it against her wishes, so she did what she could to get clear of it while still providing the means to establish that she didn’t make it up. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-what-jenn-sterger-is-up-to-regarding-farve/558177/15 "2010-10-24T20:06:55Z")
> [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](#): > > Than how did the voicemails become public? She shared them with somebody – for a reason. The ones that have been made public were to a Jets business cellphone. It is not unreasonable to think that someone would be able to access that, especially if she backed them up somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-what-jenn-sterger-is-up-to-regarding-farve/558177/16 "2010-10-25T14:08:45Z")
Boy, this party really died. But you guys were so curious! ---
**Author:** ![unwashed\_brain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a9adbd/32.png) [@unwashed\_brain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unwashed_brain)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-what-jenn-sterger-is-up-to-regarding-farve/558177/17 "2010-10-25T17:00:55Z")
> [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](#): > > And there you have it. AJ Daulerio heard the story and badgered her about it, and was going to go public with it against her wishes, so she did what she could to get clear of it while still providing the means to establish that she didn’t make it up. Or…AJ’s “story” you’re eagerly gobbling up is the agreed-upon method of clearing Miss Sterger’s name. :dubious::dubious::dubious:😕 ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-what-jenn-sterger-is-up-to-regarding-farve/558177/18 "2010-10-25T17:08:42Z")
> [@unwashed\_brain](#): > > Or…AJ’s “story” you’re eagerly gobbling up is the agreed-upon method of clearing Miss Sterger’s name. Clearing her name from what? That story doesn’t clear her name from being attached to it, rather the opposite. And if being attached to it was her goal for publicity reasons, she could have done that 2 years ago. She could have done that this morning as well - but she hasn’t gone public, she hasn’t even taken a single interview on it! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-what-jenn-sterger-is-up-to-regarding-farve/558177/19 "2010-10-25T17:11:29Z")
Her behavior is not at all consistent with that of somebody who’s trying to milk money or a book deal out of their 15 minutes. I _assumed_ she was a publicity whore at first but I’ve seen nothing to support that view. ---
**Author:** ![unwashed\_brain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a9adbd/32.png) [@unwashed\_brain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unwashed_brain)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-what-jenn-sterger-is-up-to-regarding-farve/558177/20 "2010-10-25T17:14:46Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Clearing her name from what? The very reasonable assumption that she’s an attention whore out for money and publicity. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-what-jenn-sterger-is-up-to-regarding-farve/558177.md?page=2)