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Max Hardcore (born Paul F. Little on August 10, 1956 in Racine, Wisconsin, U.S.A.) is a controversial male porn star and producer whose films usually feature him engaging in a variety of sexual acts with young women who dress and act like prepubescent girls.

Prosecutions

Although the actresses in Little's movies sometimes appear to be under the age of consent and even as young adolescents, it has never been proven that any of them actually were. In his film Max Extreme 4, an actress stated during one verbal exchange that she was 12 years-old, according to Adult Video News magazine.

Based on this movie, 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."

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. Fortunately 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."

In 2007 Paul F. Little, and his company Max World Entertainment, Inc. was indicted by the United States Department of Justice Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section on 10 counts of federal obscenity charges relating to 5 separate movies in Tampa, Florida and was subsequently found guilty on all charges in June 2008 after a 2 week trial. He has been sentenced to 46 months in prison. As of December 4th, 2008, the convictions have been appealed to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta, GA. Little remains free while awaiting an order from the U.S. Bureau of Prisons to surrender to custody. Also as a result of the conviction, on October 3 2008 the official Max Hardcore domain was forfeited. Little has since created another current official website www.MaxHardcoreTV.com.

References

  1. Kernes, Mark (2004-05-18). "Max Hardcore – Free At Last!". AVN. AVN Media Network. Retrieved 2007-11-15. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  2. "Max Hardcore Raided by FBI". AVN. 2005-10-06. Retrieved 2007-09-01.
  3. "Feds Nail Hardcore Producer - May 31, 2007".
  4. "Producer Paul Little Indicted on Obscenity Charges". DOJ. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
  5. Mark Kernes (2008-06-06). "Jury Finds Max Hardcore Guilty On All Counts in Obscenity Trial". AVN. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
  6. 2008-10-03, 2008-10-03 (2008-10-03). "Sleazy Pornographer Is Unfortunately A First Amendment Martyr". Gawker. Gawker. Retrieved 2008-10-03. {{cite web}}: |last= has numeric name (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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