Larry Flynt has opened a new Hustler store, sending temperatures up the scales of city officials. Cincinnati City Manager John Shirey says Flynt and his brother, Jimmy, are only carrying out a vendetta against the city. Jimmy Flynt, for his part, says the brothers "enjoy" messing with the city. "It wouldn't be as much fun anywhere else," he tells the Associated Press. The March 31 opening drew plenty of media attention but few customers; Flynt said customers were likely waiting for the media to leave. The first Hustler store here was closed with several other businesses to make room for a museum. The second store's lease was lost when the building's owner complained about an improper sublet, the AP says.
O'DONG, Cambodia - Prime Minister Hun Sen, who's attacked sexually explicit films in the past, now says he'll mull revoking Cambodian television licenses if stations keep showing sexually provocative programming. "If we all stop broadcasting for two years, maybe young Cambodian girls will stop wearing short skirts and start wearing more traditional clothes,'' Hun Sen told a Culture Day celebration here. "All TV stations, please do not let any sexy girls who are wearing short skirts perform on the platform of a concert,'' he said, an allusion to live concert telecasts. Thai-run TV5 says it would review programming if Hun Sen is offended. And Radio and TV Bayon director Norak Sothya, also a Thai, told Reuters he'd comply with Hun Sen's wishes. "I think that Hun Sen's instructions are very good because the beauty of Cambodian women is not dependent on sexiness, but on Cambodian traditional clothes,'' he said. "Sometimes more clothes look prettier than sexy clothes, so we will respect the order of the prime minister.''
INDIANAPOLIS - A former police officer and a topless dancer have been indicted in a probe involving several officers accused of accepting sexual favors and alcohol while on duty. John C. Dugan, Jr., a former excise police officer, faces charges of ghost employment and official misconduct, while the dancer, Melissa Stonebraker, faces perjury charges; she's accused of lying under oath when she denied sexual contact with Dugan.
The Indiana Excise Police enforce state alcohol laws. But Excise Police Superintendent Penny Davis tells APBNews they expect this case to go to trial with an acquittal for Dugan. Dugan is alleged to have engaged sexual activity on duty Feb. 12, with a club owner offering him a hotel room for sex with Stonebraker. The case began last year, when a former excise police officer was arrested for trying to buy cocaine for a girlfriend. He goes on trial later this year on the drug charges.
Former excise police superintendent Eugene Honeycutt - Dugan's supervisor at the time of his alleged misconduct - is expected to plead guilty to ghost employment. Dugan and Stonemaker, however, have yet to surrender on warrants for their arrests.
--- Compiled by Humphrey Pennyworth
