A FORMER porn baron has handed donations worth THOUSANDS to Barack Obama in a controversial bid to boost his US presidential campaign.
The News of the World can reveal Obama (right) and his Democrat team accepted the cash from 60-year-old Terry Bean — despite knowing he was once trustee of a hard-core gay video empire.
A source said: “In recent years Bean has tried to distance himself from porn but his past will never go away.
“He was at the helm of a company who have made millions out of sleazy videos.
“And Bean has pledged thousands of this dirty money to Obama and other Democratic causes. He recently sold the company but that’s where much of what’s in his bank account came from. And Obama has willingly accepted it.”
Until just four years ago Bean, who is also a real estate broker from Oregon, was trustee of US firm Conwest who owned Falcon Studios.
They have produced more than 400 explicit gay sex videos with titles like Sleaze and Greased.
Bean pledged £1,400 to Obama personally in 2007 and a fundraising group he heads has so far raised £26,740 for his presidential campaign. Our source added: “Bean has helped Obama’s campaign enormously.
“He regularly hosts dinners where he charges big money to raise money for the party.
“He loves the fact it enables him to schmooze alongside politicians like Obama.
“The only reason he sold the porn company was so he could spend more time sucking up to these people without them getting wary of what he did for a living.”
Obama’s spokesman confirmed Bean’s donations but stressed he had also given money to the Republicans.
However, the Republican payouts were small, amounting to less than £1,000.
http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/news/article43812.ece
Interesting stuff, both political parties got donations here, i wonder if this will effect porn sales for the studio or not?
Its also good to see that a 'porn' donation isnt being sent back for a change, maybe things are changing for the better with 'adult' interests and politics?
Regards,
Lee
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