Betsy Castro is Threatening Teenagers

Posted by thefunnystone on September 16th, 2008 at 6:56 AM
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Jason Castro's mom, Betsy, has now stepped up to an even more shameful platform that hurts kids. The Castro family was already mooching free flights off of the fans and tricking them into sending pictures of Jason so the family could profit by designing merchandise. Now Betsy is sending out a cease and desist to anyone who sells anything with Jason's likeness on it. If some big manufacturer was producing Castro crap, sure, it might be understandable. But Betsy is attacking little kids who are making things like charm bracelets for themselves and friends, most of which don't even have Jason's name on them. Also, a teenager designed a shirt for the Castrotards to wear to show their fan support (left), and Betsy is requiring her to stop making them for friends as well. You don't see the other Idols attacking teenagers for making low-grade fan items. This is just shameful, but it seems Jason's family are low-life, classless, greedy people, so it's not a shock. Betsy's message:

You guys need to support Jason by buying his official merchandise. It is illegal to make any type of profit on Jason’s likeness and image. Hope you can understand and respect that it is his hard work and dedication that needs your support. It’s like asking Jason to go work so he can pay for your tuition or rent? That just doesn’t make sense to me. Out of respect for Jason and his music, I am personally askin y’all to cease and desist any further sale of merchandise with his name, image or likeness. Thanks… Betsy Castro

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Mysterioso
Posted: September 16, 2008 - 7:14am
Joined: 18 Apr 2007

What a disgusting mooching family. I hope the national tabloids pick up on this and expose their filthy greed. It's unbelievable what they have already done, now they are trying to prey on the little teen fans.

This is a horrible new trend they have started, and it needs to stop.
Like right now!

purpledarklighter
Posted: September 16, 2008 - 8:14am
Joined: 19 May 2008

This is getting more and more disgusting by the day, I hope Betsy scares away all his tards and when his cd it's gonna be an epic fail, pocket tool style.

middleofnowhere
Posted: September 16, 2008 - 8:29am
Joined: 05 Jun 2008

It's shameful, just shameful. How does this woman sleep at night?!?

TT73
Posted: September 16, 2008 - 8:41am
Joined: 06 May 2008

Wow. This family really is something else. You're one of the very few sites Idol-related that post this kind of stuff. If I didn't check here, I would have no idea what these people have been doing.

Lint_Licker
Posted: September 16, 2008 - 9:07am
Joined: 08 Mar 2008

To quote Luke 12:15 "Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth."

Or in present speak, "Stop being a greedy bitch, you disgusting mooch!"

Snotty
Posted: September 16, 2008 - 9:09am
Joined: 01 Mar 2007

That's awful. I hope the teenager doesn't give her design over to the Castros. They have no right to it.

Sykobabul
Posted: September 16, 2008 - 9:33am
Joined: 20 Mar 2008

Positively astonishing how a little bit of money makes people go CRAZY!!!

Tinnerz
Posted: September 16, 2008 - 10:36am
Joined: 15 Mar 2007

The girl has every right to keep using her logo, she fucking designed it. Betsy and co. need to shut the fuck up and get over it. Besides, it's a cute design, better than any of the official merch.

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standalone
Posted: September 16, 2008 - 11:24am
Joined: 23 May 2006

Is Jason really so naive that he's not aware his own mom is destroying his career?
Castrotards are jumping ship.

Rachel_M
Posted: September 16, 2008 - 11:37am
Joined: 26 Aug 2008

I hope the teenager who designed the logo doesn't get guilted into giving up her logo to the Castros.

As for Mama Castro, she is a beast and a hypocrite. She asked fans to "pray" for the man who owned the jasoncastromusic domain name, while posting his full name and address. She was manipulating the fans into harassing the man, all under the guise of Christianity which is sickening. She has taken gifts from fans, including an expensive spa gift certificate, and even allowed her 13-year-old daughter to accept expensive gifts. She orchestrated an "impromptu" meeting with fans at a restaurant in Texas, just to sell merchandise to them. Her other son asked fans to sign over rights to any pictures they took at tour stops, for FREE, so that they could sell the merchandise right back to them.

Taking advantage of the fans started way back in March when fans were being asked to donate airline miles to the Castro family, followed by Betsy Castro's suggestion that the fans raise money to send Jason's girlfriend on a mission trip.

Whoever said the mother is destroying Jason's career is absolutely right.