The $32 Million Sneaker Reselling Allegations Against James Whitner

The Complex Sneakers Podcast

Complex

Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2023

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

The biggest sneaker scandal of the year is the bombshell allegation that James Whitner, owner of sneaker stories like A Ma Maniere and Social Status, has for years resold millions of dollars of product, breaching his Nike contract and getting involved in what prosecutors say is an illegal money laundering scheme. In this episode, the cohosts respond to the allegations and what they might mean for Nike and Whitner. Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne, and Matt Welty also react to the long-awaited debut of Jerry Lorenzo’s Fear of God Athletics line with Adidas and rehash a controversial Complex list from 2014—yes, we put the “Red October” Nike Air Yeezy 2 that low. Elsewhere: Samba memes and re-soling your sneakers.

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0:00.0	What's up everybody?
0:03.0	Joe Lu Puma, you're watching, you were listening,
0:05.8	the Complex Sneaker show.
0:07.8	I'm not with my guys in the studio.
0:09.4	I'm remote.
0:10.0	I have a producer in LA, producer Dave Matthews to my right.
0:14.0	Our producer Dave Matthews is with you.
0:15.0	You're hanging out with him early on the West Coast morning?
0:18.0	He got his earpods in with the cords.
0:20.0	He tried to get me to wear his earpods.
0:22.0	I said absolutely not. And then he offered to get me to wear his earpods. I said absolutely not and then he offered to have me wear the airline earpods. I said absolutely not but they got me right.
0:28.9	Did he pour, did he pour a little bit of Mountain Dew and an espresso glass for you?
0:33.5	He has the Mountain Dew right in front of him.
0:36.7	Code Red.
0:37.7	Code Red.
0:38.7	Code Red.
0:40.1	This is, it's 717.
0:41.8	Oh my God. in the morning.
0:44.0	You can't put a number on marketing, right?
0:46.8	You just gave him out and do free ads.
0:49.9	There we go.
0:50.9	Big sponsor for 2024.
	...

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