Ray Guhn Pleads Guilty

[pornlaw]

The only state where porn production is protected is California. Everywhere else it can and in some states, will be considered prostitution no matter whether there's a camera there or not.

Florida actually has a statute that allows a prostitute to sue her pimp in civil court for profits and it actually indicates that the production of porn is covered by that statute. Bang Bros or anyone else isnt safe from that statute.

Actually Mike just to be clear, Freeman is a California Supreme Court case, not a Ninth Circuit case. Cert was denied by the US Supreme Court. It only applies to California not all of the Ninth Circuit.

[MikeSouth]

Thanks for that correction i thought the California court agreed with the ruling and the 9th circuit struck it down. My bad the CA court of appeals ruled against freeman but the supreme court of CA struck it down and that actually makes a big difference because it was a state law that was struck down in the state. The federal courts had nothing to do with it, except that the supreme court refused to hear the case, Justice OConner saw it as a valid ruling by the CA supreme court.

Still the point remains that by and large this wasn't so much about shooting porn as it was about the ancillary activities.

My argument as to why Ray took the plea still holds