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Originally Posted by Robbie
I've always heard that. But the entire time I have been around the adult industry starting back with strip clubs and escorts in the 1980's right on through until today...I have never met one guy who was mob related in this business. I've known the owners of most companies...none of them were in the mob. Hell, very few of them I can think of who are even Italian.
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I worked for years for Harry Mohney, owner of the Deja Vu chain, and at one point he was as mobbed up as it gets. I also worked over a decade for a woman that was a close friend/business partner of Reuben Sturman, and his reputation speaks for itself.
It was said that movies like Deep Throat and Behind the Green Door made WAY more money than reported in their theatrical runs because the mob owned adult theaters that ran them severely under-reported the income. I don't think it was nearly as prevalent once the online industry took over porn, but in the early days of adult bookstores/strip clubs/porn theaters the mob absolutely had a huge hand in them...