![]() ![]() ![]() Penthouse's constant legal battles throughout the 1980s and 1990s cost it millions of dollars in annual litigation fees, but the magazine had another, more threatening problem: videocassette distributors, who now boasted that some ten percent of their sales were in the category of erotica. Although a Federal District Court eventually forced the Commission to retract its letter, it denied the plaintiffs financial relief in a strange footnote, Edwin Meese was later reported to have said that he did not consider either Playboy or Penthouse to be obscene. Penthouse retaliated, along with Playboy and the American Booksellers Association, by filing a suit against the Commission, charging it with violating the First Amendment. By the end of the campaign, some 20,000 retail and convenience stores had been dissuaded from carrying the adult titles. Bowing to the pressure, Southland Corporation, parent company of 7-11 convenience stores, announced that it would no longer sell either Penthouse or Playboy in its 4,500 outlets. Sending its warning on Justice Department stationary, the Commission advised several large booksellers and retail chains that they would be named. One of the more damaging campaigns came in 1986 when Attorney General Edwin Meese and an 11-member Commission on Pornography sought to intimidate retailers by publishing a blacklist of pornography distributors. Throughout the Reagan era, Penthouse was ravaged by attacks from Christian right-wing conservative groups such as the National Federation for Decency. Guccione's enterprise was anything but smooth sailing during the 1980s. Working from the nine-story mansion he shared with Keeton on Manhattan's Upper East Side, Guccione became known for his gold chains and lavish lifestyle. ![]() Although Penthouse (a subsidiary of General Media Publishing) continued to grow and diversify over the next three decades, the company remained privately owned by Guccione and his companion, Kathy Keeton, whose operation was something of a Mom-and-Pop arrangement, staffed by several members of Guccione's family. In 1969, the magazine was moved to the United States, where it expanded into a publishing dynasty that included Forum (1975), Penthouse Letters (1981), and several non-erotic ventures, such as Omni, a consumer science magazine (1978), Compute (1979), and Longevity (1989). In 1965, Guccione launched the London-based Penthouse, with slightly racier pictorials as well as investigative stories. Following the 1953 debut of Hugh Hefner's erotic magazine, Bob Guccione rightly sensed that men might prefer to see a bit "more flesh" than was being offered by Playboy. I see myself more invested in real estate, managing models and helping them in this industry as well as expanding my own business in fashion.Penthouse, "the international magazine for men," became a household name along with its number one competitor, Playboy, during the 1960s and 1970s era of "free love" and sexual revolution. Where do you see yourself in five years? I’d like to have visited the new seven wonders of the world. What are your pet peeves? I dislike arrogance, bad manners, and drama. When you are about to be photographed in the nude, how do you mentally prepare? I am comfortable in my own skin, and I don’t need to prepare mentally for a nude shot. I have never done camming, exotic dancing, or acting. Have you done any type of modeling, camming, exotic dancing, or acting? Yes, I’ve been modeling since the age of 15. I love what I’m doing because I love the fashion industry I like the glitz and glamour, the travel. If you could have any job in the world, what would it be and why? Exactly the job I have now. What is your favorite thing about your hometown? The food - I love New Mexico’s style of Mexican food with very hot, fresh red and green chilis. Height: 5’8″ Measurements: 36DD-22-36 Home Town: Alamogordo, NM Fun Fact: Likes Animated Films
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