Facing mounting legal costs and a lengthy trial set to begin in May, Clinton McCowen, aka Ray Guhn, and his legal team have issued a call for the adult industry’s assistance in fighting what one of his attorneys called an “anti-adult Internet effort.”
Attorneys for Clinton McCowen, aka Ray Guhn, have filed a petition for a writ of prohibition at the 1st U.S. District Court of Appeals in Tallahassee, asking the appeals court to direct the trial court to cease exercising jurisdiction over the obscenity offenses alleged in the case pending against McCowen.
A circuit court judge ruled Tuesday that when the Ray Guhn obscenity case heads to trial, the jury must consider community standards of Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa and Walton counties in Florida.
A judge denied a change of venue motion for the trial of adult webmaster Ray Guhn, who is charged with money laundering, obscenity, racketeering and prostitution in what attorneys called a precedent-setting case.
Adult webmaster Ray Guhn, who is charged with money laundering, obscenity, racketeering and prostitution, pleaded not guilty Monday in what attorneys called a precedent-setting case.
Prosecutors have charged adult webmaster Ray Guhn with money laundering, adding to existing obscenity, racketeering and prostitution charges filed last year.
