EXTREME ASSOCIATES OBSCENITY CHARGES DISMISSED
SHIT! Rob from Extreme Associates was at the Opie and Anthony booth at the Adult Expo and we didn't get to him in time!!! I need to get him on the phone.
From AVN Online:
In a development that surprised even himself, obscenity charges against producer Rob Black of Extreme Associates have been thrown out of court by a federal judge in Pittsburgh.
“I’m still speechless,” Black told AVN.com. “All ten counts against us
were dismissed.” He said that Judge Lancaster had also ruled that
obscenity laws are unconstitutional.
“I now have made fucking history,” said the jubilant Black.
“It makes everything perfect,” he added. “The business has
been going great and all of a sudden my lawyer calls up and said I
won.”
Black’s lawyer, Lou Sirkin, was not immediately available for comment.
Black said he’d been told that federal prosecutor Mary Beth
Buchanan told a wire service reporter that she was disappointed and
that she felt the government had a slam dunk case and that any jury
would have convicted.
“This is the greatest news I’ve ever had,” Black said.
(...and just in case you don't know about Rob's Case)
From AVN:
Federal agents, postal inspectors and three Los Angeles police officers descended upon the offices of Extreme Associates
at 9AM yesterday, seizing records, videocassettes, model releases and
identification concerning four titles from the Extreme Associates
catalog and one from the Armageddon line that was recently sold to New
Jersey-based Diversity Media.
Approximately 25
FBI agents and postal inspectors from Pittsburgh, PA arrived with a
10-page warrant, according to sources familiar with the situation.
"United States Postal Inspectors, in conjunction with the Los Angeles Police Department, received a federal search warrent, sealed, which was served on these premises today," United States Postal Inspector Mike Walters told AVN.com.
Since the warrent was sealed, Walters was not able to provide AVN.com with any further information.
The
agents were still searching the North Hollywood office of Extreme
Associates at 5:30PM, and were restricing access to the building.
No arrests have been made, though the law enforcement officials seized three copies each of Extreme Teen 24, Cocktails 2, Ass Clowns 3 and Forced Entry. It is not known whether they seized the fifth title named in the warrant, 1001 Ways to Eat My Jizz, part of the Armageddon line.
The
warrant stated that the bust was due to a complaint in Pittsburgh,
though it is not known whether the material was shipped over state
lines. Of particular note is the title, Forced Entry, which reached notoriety in recent years due to media coverage of its rape theme.
Extreme Associates is represented by Beverly Hills attorney Alan Isaacman, who could not be reached at press time.
