The gentleman who made the initial post is William "Billy" Shea, the President of the Local 2121 Union.



Also, Dale Wolbrink (female, not male) is the Manager of Public Relations at Foxwoods and would neither confirm nor deny the report. She stated that the company has a policy of "not commenting on employees past or present."

You don't get accused of this and stay silent to think up a statement if you are innocent. He's staying silent because he's embarrassed or trying to fashion some sob story that will pull at his friends hearts. The dude is a almost surely a thief and some of the comments in here are frightening.

Totally agreed, such a recurring theme, and so tilting. naïve really. people just don't seem to understand / recognise human nature. it boils down to opportunity. many people are decent at their core, but a lot of petty (and indeed serious) crime simply comes down to the opportunity presenting itself - and that applies to 'good' folk too.

for example, these charity collectors / tin shakers (i.e. the ones who actually collect physical money given by people on an impulse basis)... now i'm sure the vast majority of those who enter into that world do so with good intentions (and plenty of them have some personal connection / experience relating to the charity they are helping out). however suddenly when they find themselves with access to cold cash that is largely unaccountable, they end up pilfering small amounts.

Opportunity. that's often all it takes to push an upstanding person to doing something that is completely out of character to those who 'know' them.

not suggesting for a second that this applies to everyone, just a much bigger percentage than most seem to think.

Joan Rivers proven right again. She's like the Nostradamus of the poker world.

(above appropriate because he is/was friends with Joy Miller)

Jay has gone silent on Twitter since January 5, and has not responded to these incredibly serious allegations -- either himself or through one of his many friends. When you are accused of something like this, you can always give a firm denial quickly if not guilty. I cannot imagine a scenario where Jay hasn't been made aware of this accusation, or to where he is unable to access the internet in some way to respond. None of his friends have presented any reason why he can't respond (such as claims that he's in the Australian outback and can't be reached). The lack of response is the most telling, because if you're falsely accused of stealing, you simply come out and say, "No, I didn't do it. I am innocent. I did not steal from anyone. These allegations are false." It does not require any kind of delay. It does not require a carefully-crafted PR excuse. With every minute that passes, Jay's career gets hurt, so he would be a fool not to respond with a denial if this were false.

I think this is going to end up one of those "Yes, I was accused of this and arrested, but I really wasn't guilty, it was all a misunderstanding, and I only pled guilty to avoid a criminal conviction on my record, blah blah blah"

Basically a pile of BS, and his career in the poker media is over.