THUMBS UP! OBSCENITY CASE SETTLES! VAN NUYS (3.20.02) - Adam Glasser, aka Seymore Butts, announced today that he and his attorney, Roger Diamond, have reached a settlement with the city attorneys office regarding the obscenity charges filed against Glassers' companies in March of 2001. Glassers' offices were raided in December of 2000 after an anonymous complaint was received by the city attorneys office about a fisting scene in the movie "Tampa TushyFest Part 1".
The terms of the agreement follows One of Glassers' companies, BBE Inc., would plead guilty to a public nuisance charge and pay a $1000 fine to a victim's restitution fund. The company will not be put on probation. Glasser will agree to offer an edited "fisting free" version to every customer in California. All materials confiscated from Glassers' companies will be returned. All other charges on Adam Glasser, Lila Glasser, BBE Inc., and Seymore Inc. will be dismissed. After signing the paper work and handing over a check to the city attorney Glasser had this to say "I am relieved its over and extremely satisfied with the outcome. I told Roger from the onset that I wanted him to be as aggressive as possible in defending this case. I told him I believed there was nothing obscene about this movie and was willing to take the matter to trial if necessary. I am glad to see that the new city attorney, Rocky Delgadiallo, who inherited this case from his predecessor, took the time to review the matter and make the proper decision. I also applaud him for deciding to review their do's and don'ts list in regards to sex acts depicted in adult materials. Since the list they were working off was written in 1981, I think its about time! As for the settlement itself, we have always offered an unedited version of this movie to customers in more conservative states. So for us, everything remains status quo except now we know we are legally allowed to sell the unedited version here in California. All in all, I think its a great day for the adult industry, the free speech movement and especially all the millions of consumers who enjoy their rights to watch the adult entertainment of their choice!" http://www.unchain.com/current/tampatushy.html
