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Originally Posted by Captain Kawaii
You're smarter than that. I hope. Now that Fabes is out will the thieving stop?
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Some of the tube thieves that were behind Mansef when Fabian came aboard as the new owner/face, are still with Manwin today, and may even be behind Fabian's sudden departure. Talk about no honor among thieves.
Remember, Mansef (the Manwin precursor) had to surrender millions in an FBI money laundering investigation, so there is no reason to expect anything better than Mansef-style business as usual (under a different name of course), if the rumors are true about who the new/old "owners" are.
For his part, Fabian at least claimed to be battling piracy with Vobile fingerprinting technology, etc (although he was paying for ads on Pirate Bay, etc., at the same time).
At least with Fabian, Manwin had a public face, albeit a reclusive one (at first by choice, later by house arrest).
With Fabian's departure, Manwin appears to have retreated right back into the shadows from whence it was birthed. Neither AVN or X-Biz (both who appear to be reporting the same account provided earlier by Mike South) seemed to have any comment from the new King of Porn, er...Managing Partner (or whatever) of Manwin/sef.
Mansef holdover Feras Antoon appears to be the one behind the coup...Feras was the one that proclaimed himself supreme commander during Fabian's incarceration in Belgium and Germany. Unsurprising then that Mike South would call him out as the leader of a disloyal faction at Manwin months ago (Nathan maybe should have fired Feras after he got out of the joint, when he still had the chance - maybe he should have trusted or at least paid more attention to Mike South's rumor last August, lol).
I don't know Nathan, but in some way, I kind of feel for the guy, because I'm sure when he was sitting up on that stage in Las Vegas looking down upon the rest of the industry, and telling everyone about his dreams for Manwin, I doubt that he ever imagined that it would come to such an abrupt end so soon, and that the thing he will be most remembered for is getting arrested for tax evasion (and battling with Mike and Robbie).
Fabian should have plenty of money to reinvent himself. Also, his brother Oliver has made quite a name for himself in mainstream, so it shouldn't be hard for Fabian to say so long to porn (after being deposed as King of Porn), and go make his mark in mainstream, unless he really is a pornographer at heart (or he just doesn't know how to do anything else).
Anyway, hopefully the experience will make Fabian a better person. If so, then I wish him well.
BTW, what a hoot seeing some of those on the Manwin payroll trip over one another to genuflect before their new purse holder, without so much as a small nod or thank you to Fabian (at least Shap had the courtesy to say something nice before namedropping Santana).
Have a good weekend everyone!
ADG