Kink.com Owner Peter Ackworth Arrested
 

From http://www.mikesouth.com


Gawker broke the story

Kink CEO Peter Acworth, 42, was arrested at 8:24 p.m. on February 1st and charged with one count of cocaine possession and one count of delaying arrest, according to Albie Esparaza, a San Francisco Police Department Public-Information Officer. Police were initially sent to Kink.com's massive, $14.5 million studio/dungeon in the old San Francisco Armory at 1800 Mission St. after a concerned citizen reported seeing a video on the internet of men firing guns inside the premises, Exsparaza said. Joshua Carlberg, 40, was also arrested and charged with delaying arrest.

"Basically it stemmed from social media," Esparaza said. "Someone posted a video online and this person reported it to the police, and they located an indoor shooting range, sort of a makeshift." Esparaza said police did not find enough evidence for fire-arms-related charges, though the investigation is still open. It's unclear what video spurred the investigation, or what fetish it might have spoken to. One Kink performer I talked to said that for all the weird stuff Kink puts out, he'd never heard of videos involving live firearms. Acworth is typically fastidious about keeping his torture porn this side of the law, the performer said.

Social media and the thrill of "look at me" strikes again.

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I've enjoyed Kink.com's quality work for many years. Hopefully Peter will be able to put this behind him quickly. One count of "delay of arrest" sounds like bullshit. Coke is different. I spilt my time between The Bronx and Bogota. I would never think of doing blow in the US. However, Peter is welcome in my Bogota apartment anytime.

The words 'makeshift' and 'shooting range' probably should not be in the same sentence. Hope it works out for everyone...

Sounds like petty stuff....

Nothing major here.

good guy, got my first few scenes there. high standards of compliance and security there

I will forward this to him in his cell - "Randy from Columbia says you can stay at his apartment in Bogota as long as you like....".

The nice police lady said thank you for the message and she will pass it on.

wow...good luck

i don't touch the blow but i do smoke hella pot

if there wasnt coke in there then id be worried :2 cents:

mainstream movies from the dungeon

Delay of Arrest - I had to Google it; best I can come up with is resisting, but probably not being forthcoming with information, so not physically resisting.

why they dont better focus on terorists?

I thought it was a polite American way of saying 'resisting'.

apocalypse is here, now pay in whores!

Apparently, since you're here for less than a month and have over 1k posts.

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Me no likey kink..com.
Seems like consensual rape to me.
Someone, somewhere, has an actual dungeon and is doing this shit to actual women who are there against their will.
Shudder to think.

But hey, I'm a lover, not a sick......well, "sick" is subjective hehe.

Anyway, kink.com does what it does well, and on a highly professional level, so hopefully all involved will be ok. Just because I don't like something doesn't mean they don't have a right to do it. But I digress...


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Given that the building was originally an armory, indoor shooting range doesn't seem all that odd.

Have to remember they use to fire guns in the Armory in the basement range. I mean it is an Armory.
I love what Peter has done with the place, I love old buildings and can't wait to see it when it's completed. Hope this doesn't slow down Peter in any way!

I do not find BDSM appealing. At all. However, I know enough people in the community to know that it is all about doing consensual acts with mutual trust and respect. In fact, as I understand it, you have your most fun when that extreme trust and respect is there... because you're able to let go more than you otherwise would.

Anyway, this news shocks me as I would never imagine anyone in the adult industry doing coke.

I hope he's not ostracized over this!

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I didn't even think about that part. Should get a free pass as they should have never shown up to an armory in the first place to look for guns.

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Pornographers against pornography

My thoughts exactly

I'm surprised that I didn't see local headlines when this happened - nothing in the two large regional newspapers online - especially given a potent sensationalism cocktail mixed with bdsm, sex, guns, and drugs.

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Oh, and yes, the Kink armory has some old shooting ranges:

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I imagine that Peter has pretty good lawyers. Well, hopefully he gets this behind himself quickly...have luck.

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ADG

I'm guessing Peter can afford the best attorneys in the world. They'll argue the video was fake and they had no reason to enter and that will be that.

Ground breaking news... a guy in the porn industry shot guns and did coke. Misdemeanor charges are a news story now.

Hell, our former highschool (trade/vocational) had a gun range in the basement - they trained cadets in the place back in the day. And our local armoury has one also.

Peter will weather this, no problem. Won't change our longtime affiliation with Kink.com.

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Drugs are bad, mmmkay?

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Pound It!

LAPD set him up:2 cents:

a. i'm sure there WAS an old shooting range in the armory
b. delay of arrest? bogus charge that a public defender can erase with ease
c. coke, hard to say it was his, good chance it was a model's or employee's. happens in EVERY business too, coke is everywhere. unless they can prove it was his, it's nothing and won't stick.


basically he has to pay $100,000 to his lawyer to make this go away

sorry it happened to him, Kink is a SOLID company with a great reputation that I have a lot of respect for.

how is yes fails?

That building is HUGE. Why would the cops even look for that if the reason for the call didn't even pan out? Was he super jacked up?

EDIT: if they did one of those cuff and search him for their own protection on his property... Well he better get off on the charges as the basis for even going in was super weak.

Delay of arrest=didn't answer the door soon enough and another stupid law cops shouldn't be able to look up in their database of millions.

Best of luck to him, been to the Armoury a few times, always a great time:thumbsup

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Those are tears people, tears.

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Bump. Ahem.

That's pretty funny.

I just had to do a training screen cast for someone and I found I was using terms like "NATS is going to suck that in" and felt the need to apologize for being so perverted around the 7 minute mark.

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Peter can always tell the Judge that the reason he couldn't answer the door more promptly was that he was tied up... :winkwink:

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ADG

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There is a much bigger issue that Kink could soon be facing as a result of the mainstream publicity it is receiving as result of this new James Franco film.

From www.counterpunch.org-

Kink.com is in violation of the United Nations Convention Against Torture. The International Council for Rehabilitation for Torture Victims states:

?Some of the most common methods of physical torture include beating, electric shocks, stretching, submersion, suffocation, burns, rape and sexual assault.? These are the very acts showcased on the Kink.com website. They are not mere simulations: the women are clearly bound and in contorted positions, and many are grimacing. This is not a fun, fantasy place run by a charming band of outsiders, but a group of savvy businessmen who missed their calling at Abu Ghraib.

The usual defense of Kink.com is that the women signed a contract and hence agreed to the acts. But as attorney Wendy Murphy of the New England School of Law argues, ?torture doctrine is not hampered by concerns about consent because, as a matter of law and policy, one cannot consent to torture.?

Those things are not torture to everyone. Maybe for you. Maybe for me. But not to everyone. Personally know people who get off on being the source of degradation, loving all the things listed above.


Somewhere along the way came these rallying cries that 31 Flavors is wrong, and vanilla is best for everyone. Vanilla should NOT be the only flavor.

Fuck that.

If you don't agree with things that consensual adults do together then fuck you too. Don't like it, don't watch it :2 cents:

That is exactly what I was thinking.

Is it illegal to have an indoor shooting range now?

No links to that strange "leaked" video, BTW?

Well, karma is a bitch, what comes around goes around, that's for sure. Kink shoots some of the best bondage on the net, but as far as their affiliate program is concerned, they act like pricks and hassle affiliates. Fuck Kink. Plenty of affiliates know exactly what I'm talking about.

what does that have to do with kink.com? things like that happened before they existed and will happen when they're gone. kink.com didn't create bdsm or the lifestyle...

I hope to work with kink some day :)

Actual 911 call:

"Hi I saw a video of someone online shooting guns in an armory."
"Well, isn't that what they're built for?"
"Yes, but this one shoots porn there."
"With guns?"
"No with cameras."
"Are they shooting people?"
"Not with the guns."
"And they're in a place made to store and test weaponry?"
"Yes."
"I see."