As if Internet Entertainment Group mastermind Seth Warshavsky doesn't have enough trouble, the man called "Porn's Bill" has been in hot water recently over some allegedly rubber checks.
SeattleWeekly.com reports that Unico Properties of Seattle claims IEG's November 1999 rent check bounced, and that Warshavsky declined response to a demand to make the check good. In December, Unico won a default judgment of $6,177 in court, SeattleWeekly.com says.
When Warshavsky allegedly declined a second response request, Unico got a bench warrant signed by a judge last month, ordering the sheriff to bring him in to face contempt charges - but IEG settled and the warrant never went out.
Warshavsky was also hit with a $6,600 judgment over unpaid-for camera and recording equipment at his studio where live sex acts are Web cast, as well as a $5,540 judgment over unpaid rent there. The latter claim has since been settled, says IEG.
When contacted by AVN On The Net, Warshavsky asked for time to read reports about these matters before commenting further, but he was unavailable for comment when AVN On The Net called back a short time later.
The past year hasn't exactly been kind to Warshavsky. A planned initial public offering for IEG was thwarted by a swarm of claims over other unpaid debts and worker and customer disputes, including allegations of unclean facilities at his Club Love facility and customers accusing IEG of overcharging.
Warshavsky has maintained the root of the financial troubles has been the company's changing its credit card vendors and other technical troubles.
Not that Warshavsky is exactly a virgin when it comes to court action. IEG has been in court against celebrities such as Pamela Anderson Lee and Kelsey Grammer over their home sex videos, not to mention the Vatican - Club Love's Web site had been linked to a papal Web site. But he's also faced a dozen lawsuits garnering half the publicity of the celebrity video cases, with various creditors, suppliers and former workers complaining over debts, bounced checks and working conditions.
Warshavsky's taste for high-profile celebrity action took its latest turn earlier this month, when he advertised in the Los Angeles Daily News, offering Darva Conger, the ill-fated Who Wants To Marry A Multimillionaire? bride, $1 million to pose live for IEG. Conger has not yet commented on the offer, so far as is known.
