Gene sez: "Karen Raymond of LGI sent the following to Luke Ford and had the courtesy to cc me. Thank you, considering that the story was first featured here to begin with."
Rayond writes: "I had a chance today to read some of what you [Ford] have written about this situation, and some of the things the Kerkoves have said on your site and others. [Others? The complete story was documented here.]
"If you look and compare the signatures from the back of the check and the model release, you can see that they all seem to have been signed by the same person.
"Since the Kerkoves signed the model release and cashed the check I am not sure how they can maintain they weren't paid [Gene sez: the Kerkoves didn't say they weren't paid] or were treated illegally in any way. The model release allows LGI to publish the pictures and video we took in any way we wish. The Kerkoves were specifically told this material would be published to the Internet, in addition to film. We also registered the bridgettkerkove.com domain legally. As far as we know Bridgett Kerkove, the name, isn't Trademarked, and therefore what we did is very legal and above board. We did not steal it. In fact "Skeeter" Kerkove told us he did not plan to use the domain because Seymore Butts told him he would earn $120,000 a year for Bridgett/Patricia being on that site. As of this writing, neither "Skeeter", nor anybody else has registered any of the other domain name variations.
"I categorically deny that anyone connected with the production of Late Networks Vol. 1& 2 was involved in the allegations of "rape", "drugs" or "pandering". LGI takes pride in being an honest company in the Adult Industry, and we've been at it for more than 25 years. If we had pulled any of the things we are accused of, we would not be here now. I'm sure the Government would have shut us down. We have worked with many other Top Adult Performers and Production Companies and have never had these kinds of allegations leveled at us.
"In addition to all this, it is company policy to ONLY pay by check or credit card for bookkeeping purposes. No one has ever been paid cash by LGI for any movie. The Kerkoves charged LGI more for their services, just because it was a check NOT cash.
"We are considering, on advice of counsel, bringing criminal charges against the Kerkoves for fraud and wire fraud in connection to the signing of the model release and the endorsement on the check. We hope the matter can be resolved without taking these steps, however we do have a business and reputation to protect.
"I also think it is sad that you portray Kendra as being intimidated by Bo. Bo is a professional, and has too much to lose by jeopardizing our company by that kind of activity. Kendra is a contract girl for LGI and we are ecstatic to have her on board. We have paid her over $8,000 and she still hasn't filmed her first scene with us."
