Thomas “Gypsy” Quinn – Laffing Devils Motorcycle Club
Pardon me, but your character is showing…
Companies that support reality programming are a bell weather of the culture. Reality TV programming is an expansive industry label, and runs the gamut from Michael “Mike” Rowe (Dirty Jobs), Adam Savage (MythBusters), Jake Harris (Deadliest Catch) to Thomas Quinn (The Devil’s Ride). The one consistent characteristic of these type of TV shows is the dramatization of “real” events and occupations.
And in The Devils Ride dramatization, there includes an element of criminality and deviance which is posed as “entertainment” and is a constant factor in their so-called everyday motorcycle club life.
Speaking of lifestyles and the failure to realize the impact on other people… Thomas “Gypsy” Quinn (age 43 ), ex-president of the Laffing Devils Motorcycle Club (now disbanded) and star of Discovery’s – The Devil’s Ride, was arrested August 28th on suspicion of committing a lewd act with a minor. Specifically he was arrested on suspicion of having oral sex with his minor stepdaughter. Mr. Quinn was arrested at 10am outside Grossmont Hospital in La Mesa, CA. and bailed out the next day. I don’t have independent confirmation, but it’s been reported in motorcycle forums that the stepdaughter is a child of his ex-wife and that she was 10 years old at the alleged time of this event.
As all the facts come to light and if the arrest results in a conviction – I point this out because Mr. Quinn and his ex-wife have been in a contentious battle for custody of children (different children than the alleged victim), and this could be an attempt to pit one parent against the other through the kids “crying wolf” prompted by the ex-wife. Crazier things have happened and as of Sept 5th Mr. Quinn still has not been charged. He was supposed to be arraigned on that day, however San Diego’s District Attorney is still mulling over charging him. So, it’s prudent to maintain the innocent until proven guilty theme.
But, speaking of guilt — when a publically traded company Discovery Communications (DISCA) maintains tacit support (by its silence) of a reality TV actor accused of child molestation – its sending a powerful message. I’m not cutting Discovery Channel any slack on this. It’s my viewpoint that David Zaslav, CEO Discovery Communications or David Pritikin, Discovery Channel Executive Producer of The Devils Ride missed the opportunity to build a meaningful and authentic connection with its viewers. The company should have released a formal response about the arrest/allegations, but as is often the situation the economic incentive, and publicity has them instead remaining silent. SILENCE from the very same company who just released an award winning documentary, “Sin By Silence” to raise awareness of domestic abuse! In this post-Sandusky era of saying nothing to avoid bad publicity… that is shameful.
The lines between culture and commerce mean companies, their Reality TV programs and the actors often blur the lines between reality and representation, where the ability to determine what is real and what is not is increasingly brought under question. There have been a lot of critics about whether the Laffing Devils Motorcycle Club is real.
Child sexual exploitation be it fabricated or real is serious. I don’t know how this will ultimately play out for Mr. Quinn, but clearly it’s a sad family tragedy.
References: Sin By Silence movie trailer; Fox 5 San Diego; Channel 10 News; Channel 6 news;
Photo courtesy of Discovery and Quiet Little Place Productions.
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wow 😦 and thanks for the info mac. i agree, not cool of discovery and others in this (weirdly termed) reality biz at all…
Things are so connected now that laying low isn’t all that simple. Once things pan out the Discovery Channel will be able to make their statement and do what is best for them. I suppose it would have made sense for them to state that they will await decisions by authorities before casting judgement on one of their employees. That is what football coaches do with players.
If they find out that the ex was doing this to get a leg up on a custody battle I saw lock her up for good. As you stated, fabricated or real is SERIOUS.
wow you have the wrong information….. the ex wife is all his biological children!! his current wife is the one who bailed him out of jail and is the mother of the child he molested! get your facts straight. His ex wife has absolutely nothing to do with this. HE MOLESTED HIS CURRENT WIFE’S DAUGHTER!! and shes stupid for believing him over her own blood!!
SERIOUSLY GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT BEFORE YOU DOWN TALK HIS EX WHO HAS ABSOLUTELY NO INVOLVEMENT IN THIS CASE!
@ Face the facts: I’ve approved your comment, but am suspicious… I cited credible press links in this post. The press isn’t always correct and may have got it wrong, but if there was a retraction in the press to correct who was molested or an update to the story then please do share a link.
I work hard to be accurate and correct in all the posts, but I don’t know if you’re blowing smoke up my skirt or what. You have the email address if you want to contact me to discuss.
BTW your email address ( sexa_biznitch6907@yahoo.com ) just bounced which further justifies my first comment.
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I So pray this is not true….I have always felt Gypsy was an honest clubber and have never felt he was a perv….cuz we are going thru this now with my son n law…never would of thought he was a perv but he is…please let this be a lie for Gypsy…otherwise I hope Billy the Kid beats your ass!!!!!
The sky is falling do you believe that ?
I have been thru a bad divorce myself, and my ex made some outrageous claims herself, in order to everything she wanted, and it’s sad, not only does it affect the children, but I was was left with the stigma of these claims..