Max Hardcore

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Max Hardcore
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Max Hardcore wearing his trademark cowboy hat
Birthdate: August 10, 1956 (1956-08-10) (age 53)
Birth location: Racine, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
Birth name: Paul F. Little
Eye color: Blue
Hair color: Gray
Stage name(s): Vince Hardcore, Randy Andy, Video Paul, Michael Smith, Max Steiner
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Max Hardcore (born Paul F. Little on August 10, 1956 in Racine, Wisconsin, U.S.A.) is a former male pornographic actor, producer and director. He is currently in prison appealing against a 46 month prison sentence for multiple obscenity offenses.[1]

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[edit] Nature of content

Max Hardcore's films generally consist of sexual acts with women who act like underage girls or their upset mothers.[2] Although the actresses in Little's movies appear to dress and act in a way as to suggest that they are a young, possibly under the age of consent, all of the actresses used were over the legal age of 18. In his film Max Extreme 4, an actress, Regan Star stated during one verbal exchange that she was 12 years-old, also in his film Max Extreme Schoolgirls 6, an actress, Mya Mason, stated during one verbal exchange that she was 12 years-old.[3]

[edit] Prosecutions

Based on Max Extreme 4, the city of Los Angeles in 1998 charged him with child pornography and distribution of obscenity. The fact that the actress was over the age of 18 was not disputed; they brought charges based solely on the fact that the actress was portraying a character who was underage. Just before the case was brought to trial in 2002, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the statute prohibiting adults from portraying children in films and books was unconstitutional (See Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition). Based on this ruling, the child pornography charges against Little were dismissed. The misdemeanor charge of distribution of obscenity was retained, but the jury failed to reach a verdict. An additional obscenity charge was subsequently levied against him by L.A., again resulting in a hung jury. Little commented after the trial that, "It was a frivolous waste of public resources."[4]

On October 5, 2005, while Little was in Barcelona, Spain to attend an international FICEB Erotic Expo, the offices of Max World Entertainment were raided by the FBI. Five video titles and the office's computer servers were seized, ostensibly for research toward a federal obscenity indictment or a charge related to the 2257 record-keeping law.

In the execution of the search warrant, one officer accidentally discharged their weapon into the floor of an upstairs office, as the housekeeper was being detained below. No one was injured.

In response to this action, Hardcore released the following statement:

"Once again, the government is wasting tax dollars and otherwise invaluable law enforcement resources to try to force a minority view of morality on all of America. Five of my movies have been targeted by the Federal Prude Patrol. There is no indication of any crime to be alleged except obscenity. If indicted, I will fight to protect my liberty, as well as the liberty of consenting adults to watch other adults engage in lawful, consensual, pleasurable sexual action. Shame on the Bush Department of Justice. I am proud of the movies I make and proud of those who buy and sell those movies."[5]

In 2007 Paul F. Little and his company Max World Entertainment, Inc. were indicted by the United States Department of Justice Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section on 10 counts of federal obscenity charges relating to 5 movies[6][7] showing fisting, urination and vomiting.[8] Little was subsequently found guilty on all charges,[8] and sentenced to 46 months in prison.[9] Though the convictions have been appealed to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta, Georgia,[10] Little began serving his sentence on January 29, 2009.[10][11]

The jury ordered the internet domain MaxHardcore.com to be forfeited but declined to forfeit Little's house.[8]

Paul F. Little is still prisoner number 44902-112 and due to be released May 29, 2012.[12]

Paul F. Little is now being held at The Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) - La Tuna in Anthony, Texas, a low security correctional facility for men.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Future uncertain for Max Hardcore's 3 Forfeited Sites" [1]
  2. ^ Martin Amis (2001-03-17). "A rough trade". guardian.co.uk. http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4153718,00.html. Retrieved 2009-04-10. 
  3. ^ "Video Review Max Extreme 4" (in English). RogReviews.com. pp. 1. http://www.rogreviews.com/reviews/read_review.asp?sku=512. Retrieved 2009-02-13. 
  4. ^ Kernes, Mark; Rutter, Jared (2004-05-18). "Max Hardcore – Free At Last!". AVN. AVN Media Network. http://business.avn.com/articles/16157.html. Retrieved 2007-11-15. 
  5. ^ "Max Hardcore Raided by FBI". AVN. 2005-10-06. http://business.avn.com/articles/23459.html. Retrieved 2007-09-01. 
  6. ^ "Feds Nail Hardcore Producer - May 31, 2007". http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0531071max1.html. 
  7. ^ "Producer Paul Little Indicted on Obscenity Charges". DOJ. http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2007/May/07_crm_393.html. Retrieved 2008-12-06. 
  8. ^ a b c Mark Kernes (2008-06-06). "Jury Finds Max Hardcore Guilty On All Counts in Obscenity Trial". AVN. http://business.avn.com/articles/30615.html. Retrieved 2008-06-07. 
  9. ^ 2008-10-03, 2008-10-03; Hamilton Nolan (2008-10-03). "Sleazy Pornographer Is Unfortunately A First Amendment Martyr". Gawker. Gawker. http://gawker.com/5058836/sleazy-pornographer-is-unfortunately-a-first-amendment-martyr. Retrieved 2008-10-03. 
  10. ^ a b Hunter, Tod (2009-01-24). "Max Hardcore Ready to Surrender; 'I'm Not Down, I'm Up'" (in English). XBizNewswire.com. pp. 1. http://www.xbiznewswire.com/view.php?id=104083. Retrieved 2009-01-25. 
  11. ^ Kernes, Mark (2009-01-29). "Max Hardcore Surrenders To U.S. Marshals" (in English). AVN.com. pp. 1. http://business.avn.com/articles/34339.html. Retrieved 2009-02-01. 
  12. ^ "Federal Bureau of Prisons". http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=IDSearch&needingMoreList=false&IDType=IRN&IDNumber=44902-112. 

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