In the “another story,” I was being investigated by the State (not the Fed) for promotion of prostitution — and not trafficking girls from other countries. They’d been reading my blog and emails for 10 years. They knew exactly who and what I was. With the first amendment as my defense, I might have won that case. They knew that — which is why they offered concurrent time if I pled to a felony. And I took the plea because I didn’t want to spend 50k defending myself on a case I wasn’t going to do any additional time for anyway.

The Feds (on the other hand) investigated me as a pedophile (I believe) because one of my clients for whom I was running ads was a pimp with underage girls. I didn’t know some of his “staff’ was underage. He was just one of a battalion of advertisers who ran their ads through my agency. He eventually went to prison for 23 years.

I don’t think I ever ran an ad for — nor met a girl who was doing anything against her will. Yes, I ran a lot of ads for Koreans. If you think women willingly (and eagerly) coming to the USA to capitalize on American men’s desire to have sex with them is a crime, then you can join the government.

I knew most of the girls who ran ads with me well enough to know they weren’t victims. It’s difficult to feel sorry for a woman who makes between 5–10k a week, keeps it all, and can move about freely. If that’s what traffickers do to their victims, sign me up. These girls banked and partied hard. And they gave their customers what they paid for.

For the Village Voice and New York Magazine, I’d run anybody’s ads who paid. On my site, I vetted everybody. If I thought you were a sketchy operator, I wouldn’t take your money. It’s why the site worked so well for the guys and girls. They knew there were no rip-offs.

The Fed ultimately convicted me for the crime I committed: tax fraud.

I got stuck at MCC for not paying my taxes. I went to Rikers because a State numbskull didn’t understand the meaning of the word “concurrent.” You’re reading a lot into this.