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ARIZONA DAILY STAR
Saturday, May 23, 2009

A Desert Community business success story is not heading for a happy ending, according to Court room sources. Richter Enterprises, a once thriving adult entertainment agency and content provider based in Phoenix is on the verge of a court ordered liquidation after post trial settlement discussions to satisfy the 10 mllion dollar punitive damage judgment foundered. Earlier this year, a 6 person Puma county jury determined Richter Enterpries and its founder Vicki Richter had libeled Felicia Katt a member of a computer discussion forum for fan's of Ms Richter. Damages had been set in advance at 10 million dollars purusuant to a stipulation reached between the parties. Richter agreed to damages to protect the members of her forums from having to testify. She had publicly expressed her innocence and confidence she would be exonerated at trial. but computer logs and files clearly showed that she had made false statements about Katt that were damaging to her reputation.

"This was never about the money" said Katt, after the verdict was announced. She represented herself at the trial, after firing her counsel of record, Duey Chietem and Howe. "They were not representing me or my position well at all. They just wanted to try to the case in the media and use hard ball tactics to get a huge verdict, when all I really wanted was my name and reputation restored" Calls to the law firm for comment were not returned. The law firm's press releases had drawn stern rebuke from Judge Smails, who had initially brokered a deal to remedy the wrong while still allowing Richter to to keep control over her business. Premature disclosure of this deal, coupled with a violation of a gag order lead to a breakdown in negotiations and set the stage for the trial.

The all women jury only deliberated for 1 hour before reaching the unanimous verdict. A juror, who spoke off the record, indicated the evidence of libel was overwhelming but that they would have only awarded minimal damages. "The Katt woman's reputation was clearly damaged by the posts, but her reputation was already so poor, it was more like a door ding on an already totalled car."

After the verdict, Judge Smails declined to immediately enter judgment and instead ordered the parties into an extraordinary post verdict mediation. But despite marathon sessions, no agreement could be reached, compelling the upcoming liquidation hearing.

Courthouse insiders were surprised by this turn of events. "Even though she was legally entitled to the substantial judgement according to the stipulation, Katt was willing to waive it in exchange for a simple public apology, but Richter just wouldn't do that." Richter, a past winner of the AVN transsexual performer award, had parlayed a Yahoo group into multimillion dollar adult entertainment conglomerate and was widely considered to be the wealthiest transsexual porn star. Her recent refusal to do any new video project had caused some to label her the laziest one. Both labels would no longer apply if the Court rules as expected Monday, putting the assets of Richter Enterprises on the auction block and requiring Richter to return to

work. "She is the company and the company is her. Unless she is actively working within it, the company has no real value" said Bill Smith, the court appointed trustee who will preside over the auction and supervise the transfer of assets. "if she would just apologize, then I'd be out of a job, happily, and not her, but unless she does, the Court's hands are tied."

Bidding was expected to be spirited but preliminary indications were that VeeVee holdings, a closely held Baltimore corporation had the inside track. Company representative declined comment, but their past track record with adult forums showed a pattern where peaceful online discussions were replaced by controversy filled rants. "Think Springer, not The View" read the posting of one concerned group member. Other posts were more cautiously optimistic, but with only a few hours left before the deadline, the odds of a happy ending for their community and for its founder are growing longer.

Viva

This is another out of sequence post, but its not untimely, since its about my friend Viva. She is the heart and soul and conscience of our scene here in LA. She hosted the club at Peanuts for years and has kept the show going at the Palms, even though its not as good of a venue.

Viva is beautiful and talented and I love her to death. I admire her spirit, immensely. I can relate that she is not where she wants to be right now, but is making the best of it, with style and a smile.

FK


PS, I know the pic has been photoshopped too much, but it was done to be projected onto a big screen at the club.

Cher and Cher alike

This last Thursday, I went to Cobra, expecting to see my friend Nina. I have known her since the good old days at Peanuts. She used to be there nearly every week, but only recently has found her way to Cobra. We hung out the week before and had a good time, posing for pictures with Bob of Bob's T-girls.

So, I got to the club and looked for her, but she was nowhere to be found. The show started and Cher took the stage, and I wasn't until I went up to tip her that I realized where Nina had been. Backstage. She got a kick out of surprising me.

We took this picture after the show.

Thankfully, no one called me Sonny, and I wasn't worried anyone would associate me with Chastity :)

FK

Olivia Love

There has been a lot of back and forth on the boards the last week involving my friend Olivia. I'm not going to go into the drama, or dynamics or politics of the situation, but just talk a little more about the personal side of it.

I have known Olivia for many years but only well for the last year or so. She is as beautiful and fun as her on screen persona would suggest, but has a very sweet and sensitive quality that is very human and endearing. She may be one of the biggest names in TS porn, but she does not act like a stereotypical star. She is nice and not full of herself at all. I always enjoy seeing her and think she is genuinely happy to see me too. She may be deaf, but she is amazingly expressive and communicative, so much so that after a while you forget she is deaf and recognize how limited you are using just words compared to the range of ways she gets her thoughts across. Her deafness has not limited her success or her happiness at all. People trying to define or exclude her as deaf hurt or limit her way more.

This pic is from this last Thursday. We ran into each other at Cobra and I drove her to Buddy Wood's house where we hung out until after 4 am, then I dropped Olivia off at her house before scooting to where I was staying just as the sun was starting to come up. Soundlessly


FK