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Gay TV Czar Loses Court Case and Has to Eat Shit!

Posted by Michael Musto at 3:00 PM, February 27, 2008

QTV was a struggling L.A.-based gay channel that fizzled in '06 while owing tons of people (myself included) a lot of gay dollars. So it was gratifying yesterday when I got word that Frank Olsen, the "fat fuck" and President/CEO who apparently helped run QTV into the ground, lost a court judgement saying he needs to shell out $2.2 million bucks including penalties for all those stiffed salaries. Of all the bittersweet hallellujahs being mass-e-mailed back and forth as a result of the decision, this one's the juiciest:

"My name is Steven Grunberg. I am the poor schmuck that created Q Television for Olsen back in 2004. I put it all together, programmed it, scheduled it...I got knifed in the back in 2005 and was thrown out of my network. Olsen owes me thousands of dollars. Although I am not part of your victory, I want to make sure you fuck Olsen in every possible way. He belongs in jail. He is a thief, liar, swindler, embezzler, and has destroyed many lives including my own. . .I live in Cathedral City about 5 miles away from Olsen and I am surrounded here by his cronies and bastards that have done me wrong. Olsen almost killed me and has damaged my health beyond recovery. I was his favorite whipping boy because he could never take credit for creating Q Television. Bitter? Hell yes! If there is anything I can do, please let me know. Congratulations! --Steven"

Yes, Steven, there IS one thing you can do: Get me my $2500!

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comments

The fat fuck will undoubtedly hide his money.

Posted by: poohbear at February 27, 2008 4:26 PM

Yay! Stop ripping off the gays, fat fucks!!!

Posted by: fancy at February 27, 2008 4:26 PM

This scam artist should be in jail with all the other low life thieves that were involved with the Q-scam.
The long and sordid history of this guy should have been exposed a long time ago in the gay media before he ripped so many people off.
It would be nice to see some real investigative reporting concerning all the players past and present including the so called new company CPPC.
Many unanswered questions to the biggest rip off ever done in the gay community by one of our own.

Posted by: floristguy at February 27, 2008 5:29 PM

QTV screwed over so many people and gave gay TV a terrible name. It's a dark chapter in pop culture history and it's about time someone had to pay for it.

Posted by: lutibelle at February 27, 2008 10:37 PM

Really, QTN did not give ANYONE I know a bad impression of gay TV. EVERYONE I know in television (if they know the name) refers to Q as either "the one that was ACTUALLY gay" or "the one with the awesome original content" (thank you Jack and crew!).
Bad things happened to all of us and I am owed more near 10 times what you are looking for from Frank, but there is no reason to trash talk the network. Everyone who was there worked their ass off and did an awesome job. Anyone who has the business acumen and the funds to run a net would be lucky to have most everyone who was working at Q. They would make a fortune in this market.

Posted by: fuzzie at February 28, 2008 12:58 AM

I LOVE SEXGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

Posted by: AHMED at February 28, 2008 8:42 AM

Not one shred of proof has ever been brought forward to show that Frank Olsen ever did anything wrong. He's the genius who created QTN. It was the gays who failed to support it who are entirely to blame. You people should stop whining and move on!

Posted by: Skunks at March 1, 2008 1:54 AM

Olsen never did ANYTHING WRONG? Not one shread of proof? I'm still laughing at that comment.

What do you call the accountant walking in with reams of paperwork proving the FAT ONE controlled the flow of the money?

I call the accountant and the paperwork PROOF.

What do you call a $2.2 Million Dollar lawsuit being WON by the former employees against FAT FRANK?

I call it a court decision AND proof.

What do you call thousands of shareholders being bilked out of their investment while he partied on their money?

I call it proof.

What do you call Fat Frank's at-the-hip connection to Valcom and their "$2 billion dollar library" he touted or the disappearing uplink facility in New Orleans? What about the closed doors of the network at the studio facility he claimed to have bought (it was lease to own) that was then taken over by Valcom?? Or the cash that went into the pockets of his Filipino Boy Toy mafia?

I call it proof of his scamming.

What about the MILLIONS OF DOLLARS of UNPAID BILLS that were generated under his administration - but crates of $30,000 plasma screens ended up in the homes of the Board of Directors and top level employees. Let's not forget those expensive cactus gardens in his Palm Springs home that Q bought or the rented elephant he had at that party. I call it total proof of mismanagement of funds.

If a court case, witnesses, accountants, the State Labor Board and FAT FRANK generated paperwork -- and finally a court judgment against him isn't the final "proof" of their being "proof" of him being a slimeball - I don't know WHAT IS.

I bet the fat one ends up filing for Chapter 7 to avoid paying anyone. That WILL ALSO BE PROOF of his total lack of character and integrity.

Just imagine what would have happened to QTN if he hadn't been in charge and it was run like a real business should be run. I bet it would still be on the air.

No proof? You must have pizza for brains.

Posted by: Fiscally screwed by the Fat One at March 1, 2008 2:26 PM

That idiot poster called skunks is one of the many scam artists who pumped QTN to stock holders on Ihub message boards.
She doesn’t have a shred of credibility and her involvement with Olson and the Q-scam stinks.
Hopefully the gay print media will get off their asses and do a real investigation on Olson and his long list of scam artists and stock pumpers that were involved.
I personally have met many of the stock holders and they are some of the finest people I have ever had the privilege to know. We were an interesting diverse group from all different backgrounds that included straight, gay, republicans, democrats and even a few born agains who weren’t just investing to make a buck, many of us were supporting a dream of a gay owned network.
For anyone to suggest it wasn’t supported by the gay community and it's supporters is a liar.
There is no question that QTN had the potential to be a success story but was manipulated by crooks and it was the stockholders, employees, vendors, and our community that paid the price.

Posted by: floristguy at March 2, 2008 9:46 PM

Hey skunks! How about you go fuck yourself! You're credibility is ZERO among anyone with half a brain cell that got taken for their money in this scam. You claim to have made money on QBID (QTN). Well, I'm sure you did with all those free shares you were getting to pump this (how's over 30,000 posts on IHUB alone for a pump? You certainly did your job well).

There will be a special place in hell for you. Right next to Fat Fuck Cousin Frankie and his scamming buddies. You might want to get out of Boston and move to the south. You will need to prepare for the heat.

Posted by: reddog65 at March 3, 2008 11:11 AM

Hey Skunks! how did you enjoy that pizza stock ride down from .34 to .003

you've always been a dumb old cunt... and that's why you sit alone in Boston.

fuck yourself... :-)

Posted by: junkmasterg at March 6, 2008 9:12 PM

The reverse merger NEVER HAPPENED!!! CALL WASH. SOS!!!!

Your account was used to launder money. Millions.

Ha ha!!!

Posted by: Smarty at April 4, 2008 1:30 PM

OH THE MEMORIES.

I RECALL ALL THOSE MESSAGE BOARD PATRONS WHO CONTINUED TO PUMP AND PUMP WHEN ALL THE FACTS WERE FLAT OUT IN FRONT OF THEM. COUNTLESS POSTS I MADE ESTABLISHING HOW 2+2 = 1 ON THAT NETWORK BUT HEY, AS FRANKIE THE FRAUD OLSEN TOLD EVERYONE, "AS LONG AS I'M ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPANY, THERE WILL BE NO REVERSE SPLIT"

THEN THE RETIREMENT OF SHARES (LOL) OR THE BUYBACKS AFTER ISSUING BILLIONS OF SHARES. FYI: Q WENT TO 350-BILLION SHARES ISSUED. HEY, CAN I BORROW $10 FROM YA TO PAY YA BACK THE $10 I OWE YA?

ALL THE PEOPLE WHO FLAGGED ME FOR TELLING THE TRUTH THEY DID NOT WANT TO HEAR, WELL LOOKIE AT YOU NOW!

I WAS A STRONG BELIEVER OF THE WHOLE Q-TV MODEL AND IT WOULD HAVE WORKED. IT STARTED WORKING AND THEN FELL APART. WHEN IT FELL APART, I LEAD THE WAY TO HAMMER AWAY NO DIFFERENTLY THAN WHEN I SUPPORTED Q.

SO FOR ALL OF YOU WHO FLAGGED U4 AND TOLD ME HOW STUPID I WAS AND HOW I BOUGHT THE STOCK, ETC.ETC.ETC.

WELL LOOKIE AT YOU NOW!

Posted by: U4TSAF2 at April 7, 2008 12:57 AM

I made a lot of money off of QBID, daytrading it into the ground. At first I lost, then figured out how to get my money back, by daytrading it. I wish it WAS a money maker, but they just didn't want to make a profit. I wish everybody WAS rich that invested in it.

Posted by: benderofgender at April 16, 2008 8:15 PM

GLINN, the Gay/Lesbian News Network did write several articles on QTV during its earlier phases as Gay Television Network and Triangle Television Network. We said then it was nothing but a stock scam. I got trashed on the message boards by the pumpers. The rest of the gay media basically paid no attention. I am very happy to see that Frank has a nice judgement against him and I hope more are forthcoming. He has money stashed somewhere.

Posted by: Dan Schramm at June 12, 2008 5:20 AM

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