Sex and Lots and Lots of Videotape

[babylonsister]

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/04/all_muck_is_local.php

All Muck is Local: Sex and Lots and Lots of Videotape
By Lila Shapiro - April 13, 2008, 12:07PM



For days, Bruce Barclay's political career hung in the balance. The Republican commissioner of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, had been accused of rape -- by a man, no less -- and the police were bearing down. Barclay's lawyer issued a strong denial ("This accusation of rape is ludicrous It will be defended forever and is wrong."). But it was clear things were looking pretty dicey. Until... vindication! Well, sort of.

On March 31st, police, investigating the allegation of rape by the 20-year old Marshall McCurdy, obtained a warrant to search Barclay's home. They didn't find evidence of rape. But they did find videotapes of hundreds of sexual encounters with men that Barclay had filmed on high-tech surveillance cameras. The cameras were hidden inside AM/FM radios, motion detectors and intercom speaker systems, among other places. There was also one at his business office.

None of the subjects were aware they were being filmed and no permission had been obtained, Barclay admitted. According to a second warrant issued on April 9th, Barclay also admitted to hiring prostitutes on a weekly basis from the now-defunct website harrisburgfratboys.com.

On April 10th, the rape charges were dropped. One of the videos found during the search showed Barclay and McCurdy engaging in apparently consensual sex. As his lawyer put it:

"It is clear in my client's private life he has made an error of judgment. What is striking is this very same lack of judgment exonerates him from a rape allegation that wasn't going anywhere."

Sadly, his vindication was his undoing. Barclay was forced to resign.

And legally, Barclay's not quite out of the woods yet-- he's still facing possible charges for privacy violations and promoting prostitution. McCurdy, however, has been charged with making false reports to law enforcement authorities and unsworn falsifications to authorities. He's up for a possible 3-year prison stint and $7,500 in fines.

[acmavm]

1. There's more repulsively ugly in that one picture than should be

legal. And it's just not the physical aspect of the ugliness. It's amazing how these two guys can wrap their total being in repugnant, repulsive, and ugliness.

[malaise]

2. I wonder if he has any tapes with

Jeff of Gannon fame?

Damn Rethugs are hypocrites, but it's all OK because they pray and pray and prey!! :puke:

[warrior1]

3. He looks a lot like

Drew Carey

[KharmaTrain]

4. And He Was Recording This For???

If this was his reason, that's quite a bunch of foresight he had. Or was he keeping this as future blackmail material if one of his "boyfriends" got a little too powerful or he needed a "favor". Sex and power are never far apart for some...especially if their dirty secret is shared by someone else.

Ah...the "family values" party...now with all the emphasis on party and none on family or values.

[elizfeelinggreat]

5. Greedy Old Perverts

Both of them, most of them.