Perhaps they discovered, as Irving Klaw and others had discovered in earlier decades, that fetish pictorials could tap a niche market without being sexually explicit. Letters to the magazine, however, were universally appreciative (and Penthouse did, as we have seen, publish critical letters at this point) and asked for more.Īt the time, mainstream magazines were nervous about showing a woman’s anus or labia in interior pictorials or their nipples on the cover, so this must have been a bold experiment for the publishers to show this kind of underground sexuality. This pictorial, in the days when this sort of fetish was very underground and not displayed as a matter of course by female pop stars, caused some controversy in the press. Dressed up in leather and vinyl the girls were depicted by photographer Stan Malinowski indulging in light bondage and whipping each other. Penthouse had had a (comparatively) few girl/girl pictorials before but this month they published their first fetish photographs. The real barrier breaking pictorial for February, however, was one called My Funny Valentine. In February 1976, Penthouse ran its first fetish-themed pictorial. a nude pictorial with a 22-year-old, very young looking model wearing a tank top with “12” on it. Fear of alienating advertisers and censors kept editors nervous, but fear of losing market share made them experiment. In the mid 1970s, the major magazines were in a one-step-forward, one-step-back dance between the softcore, soft-focus, lots of pubic hair, arty aesthetic and the harder, sharp-focus, exposed labia aesthetic of later decades. However Justice Paul Brereton said he felt many of the allegations leveled by Ms Ashton against Ms Hitchcock were "gratuitous in the sense that they have practically nothing to do with the plaintiff's case" against Pratt.The Venus Observations blog focuses on the history of American newstand porn magazines, particularly the competition between Playboy, Penthouse and Hustler and their various spin-offs and competitors. Ms Hitchcock, who is not a party to the proceedings, instructed lawyers to this morning claim that "scandalous" allegations have been made about her and if publicly ventilated would be "detrimental" to her daughter with the mogul, Paula. German photographer Max Eicke took portraits of women who work as professional dominatrixes in German BDSM communities and realized how inspiring it could be talking to someone with whom you thought you would never speak to unless you opened your mind to the new experience. Ms Ashton has begun giving evidence, denying claims by Pratt estate's counsel Robert Richter QC, that she was broke and addicted to cocaine when she first contacted her former lover about money in 2005.Įarlier, Pratt's longtime mistress, Shari-lea Hitchcock, failed in an attempt to have Ms Ashton's case against the late billionaire held in closed court, despite arguing the case was detrimental to her and the couple's daughter. It has also been counter-claimed that Ms Ashton promised in a later, 2005, agreement not to contact Pratt or any of his family, and to settle any current or future claims for $50,000. However he renegged on the deal, and a previous court hearing has heard that the Pratt family will argue Ms Ashton agreed to "settle all her claims" for $100,000 and the transfer of a car into her name. She says Pratt agreed to pay her an annual retainer of $500,000, buy her a Mercedes Benz worth not less than $100,000, cover her $36,000 annual rent bill and set up trust funds for her children worth $2.5 million each. Ms Ashton, who is in the Supreme Court for the first day of the case, claims Pratt "made certain promises" to her, asking her to stop being an escort and become his mistress in 2003. Mr Douglas told the court the billionaire didn't trust Bowman, and Pratt told Ms Ashton: "You can best serve me by servicing him."īowman allegedly became abusive toward Ms Ashton during their relationship, but she maintained the relationship because Pratt asked her to, Mr Douglas said.Ī model and escort, Ms Ashton is seeking a slice of Pratt's estate, suing Pratt's widow Jeanne who is the executrix and major beneficiary of his fortune. Pratt had told Ms Ashton that Mr Bowman was a former member of the New Zealand special forces who "knew things about him" that he didn't want to get out, the court heard. That is among a string of claims made by former Penthouse Pet Madison Ashton, who is suing the Pratt estate for a slice of his fortune.Īs a hearing began in the Supreme Court today, Ms Ashton's barrister revealed the fresh allegations as part of his client's claim to money promised to her by the late billionaire.įrancis Douglas QC told the court Pratt instructed Ms Ashton that she must continue sleeping with his bodyguard Sean Bowman - who she had met during her liasion with the Visy funder - to "keep him happy". CARDBOARD King Richard Pratt allegedly ordered a mistress to continue sleeping with his former bodyguard amid fears of a possible blackmail plot by the ex-employee who "knew things" the billionaire didn't want to get out, a court has heard.
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