Chris Wilson, the owner of the gore for porn site I reported about early has
been arrested. His charges are not from the gore for porn scandal he was running
but rather from his distributing obscene material.

From the

Associated Press:

Webmaster for site with Iraqi corpse
pics accused of obscenity

By TRAVIS REED Associated Press Writer

A man who runs a pornographic Web site that includes pictures of Iraqi
war dead has been arrested on sexual obscenity charges.

Chris Wilson, a 27-year-old former policeman from Lakeland, was taken
into custody Friday night on one felony and 300 misdemeanor indecency counts
unrelated to the grisly pictures from Iraq. The charges come a week after
his site made national news and launched a Pentagon investigation into how
war zone photos of charred and dismembered bodies described as victims of
U.S. attacks could have surfaced.

Polk County sheriff’s officials said he was charged because the Web site
also features sexually explicit pictures and videos that users send of women
who are supposedly their wives and girlfriends – including those who appear
to be active-duty soldiers.

Sheriff’s officials insist the charges are unrelated to the Iraq
pictures, but Wilson’s lawyer, Lawrence Walters, disagreed.

“Of all the hundreds of thousands of webmasters in the country, and even
in central Florida, why would Chris Wilson be arrested a week after he hits
national spotlight news on the Iraqi war photos?” said Walters, a First
Amendment specialist. “I think any reasonable person would be suspicious of
that.

Wilson remained in jail Saturday afternoon after the judge in his initial
appearance denied his request to lower the $151,000 bail.

He previously told reporters he started giving soldiers free access after
some reported problems paying the $10 membership fee. To make sure he wasn’t
scammed, Wilson said, he asked each to send a photograph proving they were
serving. He allowed those pictures posted on the site just like the others,
calling it “a real look at what’s going on over there.”

The Web site remained live Saturday because its servers are in Amsterdam,
and Walters said Wilson won’t be forced to take it down.

“That would be a First Amendment violation and a violation of his civil
rights – and frankly the rights of everyone across the world who’s looking
at those pictures,” he said.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said Saturday the images were among the
most vile he’d ever seen but declined to be more specific.

“No normal person could even imagine what’s depicted in those videos and
in those photographs,” he said.

Walters said the site may be considered obscene in Polk County, but not
globally.

“I have no idea what they’re talking about, unless they’re referring to
the Iraqi war photos, which is in my opinion is political news,” he said.
“The rest of it is merely sexually oriented entertainment, which has become
virtually mainstream in current society. There’s nothing different or more
extreme about this particular Web site.”

The felony wholesale promotion of obscene materials charge carries up to
five years in prison, while each misdemeanor count carries up to one in
jail.

Military officials have said no criminal investigation would be pursued
based on current evidence, but disciplinary action could be taken against
soldiers proven to have used government computers to transmit pictures of
Iraqis.

The Pentagon declined comment Saturday.

This is a definite twist I did not predict on this case. I figured the
Pentagon would of tried to get him for some wrong doing for publishing real
images of war. Instead he has now been busted for pornography by local
authorities. This could be an arm twist from the Pentagon in order to get the
site shut down.