Pornography

Everyone seems to have an opinion on Adriana Dominguez, the Brooklyn Law School student who made a video for Playboy TV. We’d like to get a more systematic handle on people’s views:

Adriana Dominguez 2 Brooklyn Law School Playboy Above the Law blog.JPGSpeaking of the New York tabloids, they’re having a field day — as well they should — with the story of Adriana Dominguez, the Brooklyn Law School student cum Playboy TV stripper (blogged about here and here).
Here’s the latest article, from the New York Daily News, about this legally blonde, Ivy League-educated exhibitionist. An excerpt:

Adriana Dominguez, who’s in her final year at Brooklyn Law School, blabbed about her sexy exploits all around campus, said former flame Sean Kalish.

“She told everyone in school, ‘This is what I did, watch this,’” said Kalish, 25, a fellow third-year student at the school.

Please, Sean, don’t be so modest. Weren’t you part of the video too? As noted here, Mr. Kalish grabs Ms. Dominguez’s ass in the video — and spanks it.

“It was definitely not my wisest moment,” he said at his Manhattan apartment building. “I already have a job lined up. I’m hoping my employer doesn’t find out. I’m quite embarrassed by all this. I wish it didn’t happen.”

Does anyone know where Kalish has a job offer from? Unless he’s working at, say, the public defender’s office in Salina, Kansas, we suspect they will find out about his budding television career.
She wasn’t camera-shy: Ex says Brooklyn law student blabbed all over campus about Playboy video [New York Daily News]

Morning Docket: 04.11.07

* Creepy smut producers gone wild. [MSNBC]
* Pacman Jones suspended for the 2008 season, Chris Henry out for eight games. [SI]
* It’s Birkhead! [CNN]
* Duke lacrosse charges likely to be dropped. [CNN]

Adriana Dominguez 2 Brooklyn Law School Playboy Above the Law blog.JPGHere’s the promised follow-up to our earlier post about Adriana Dominguez, the Brooklyn Law School 3L who has embarked upon a career as a Playboy TV stripper.
Remember the similarly named Adrienne — the Boston College Law School student who did a racy spread for Barstool Sports? Adrienne ain’t got nothing on Adriana. Adriana Dominguez doesn’t just do soft-core, Sports Illustrated swimsuit-style spreads; she takes it all off. And she works it for the camera.
More discussion, including some comments from her classmates at BLS, after the jump.

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Adriana Dominguez 2 Brooklyn Law School Playboy Above the Law blog.JPGYes, we know all about Adriana Dominguez, the third-year student at Brooklyn Law School with a penchant for taking her clothes off. Dominguez is the subject of a Playboy TV striptease video that’s spreading from inbox to inbox like the clap wildfire. More details here, from the New York Daily News (of course).
We’ll post a more comprehensive write-up later today, which will include some comments we’ve received from her classmates. If you have firsthand knowledge of Ms. Dominguez, we welcome your input. You can reach us by email (subject line: “Adriana Dominguez”).
For people who can’t wait for their fix, here’s a (sanitized) screencap from the video. As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words. Enjoy!
Update: After some reader complaints, we’ve placed the photograph of Adriana Dominguez after the jump. If you’re reading ATL in a reasonably private place, and want to see what all the buzz is about, click on the “Continue reading” link below.

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Non-Sequiturs: 04.05.07

* When I was in college, plagiarism was something special we saved for papers. But kids have told me that in an age of blogs and other electronic content, original thought is so very quaint. [Ivygate Blog]
* Blonde Justice loves them crazy folks. [Blonde Justice]
* I think I was totally brainwashed into liking The Daily Show; at the height of its popularity, I thought, man that is a funny show, even though I had seen maybe five minutes across a few episodes. [PrawfsBlawg]
* No jello or mud was involved… [Local6.com]
* …or he would have been on the scene. I know he’s probably had something up the butt before, but I keep forgetting if this guy has ever been in prison. [WJHG.com]

Non-Sequiturs: 03.08.07

* Would you drink this if you knew it was named after someone who choked on his own drug and alcohol-induced vomit? Yeah, probably, if you were out of Grey Goose. [TMZ]
* I bet it’s Jim and Pam. My best prank? The classic Frozen Underwear I set up in my brother’s room before he came home from college with his new girlfriend. [The Times-Tribune (Scranton)]
* For once, we’re talking about the witch with a “W.” [Newsday]
* WTF? First, I didn’t realize there was some life to that old Vagina Monologues yet, and second, I have learned more about vaginas this year alone (not by choice) than I did through “Our Bodies, Ourselves,” those Women’s Center round tables in college and my compact. [The Journal News (Westchester) via How Appealing]
* At this rate, if we fire even those teachers who don’t have sex with their students, public schools are going to be left with just those “Nice White Ladies.” [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]

Ronald Kline Judge Ronald Kline Above the Law.jpgState court judges are still icky. From the Legal Reader:

A former Orange County Superior Court judge collapsed in court Tuesday upon learning he was being sentenced to 27 months in prison for possessing child pornography on his home computer.

Ronald Kline fell into his attorney’s arms as Judge Consuelo B. Marshall was announcing his sentence shortly after noon. Court proceedings were temporarily halted and paramedics summoned.

Kline, 66, was revived and the hearing resumed a short time later.

We agree with John’s take:

He’s not only a perv, he’s a wimp. I wonder how many people he sentenced to 27 months — or more — while he was on the bench? Did they faint?

In other words: Your Honor, get a pair. And don’t play with them under your robe — that’s unwise, too.
OC Judge Collapses as He’s Sentenced to 27 Months for Child Porn [Legal Reader]

Non-Sequiturs: 01.30.07

* The Guber Downward-Facing Dog Trial coming soon. [De Novo; MSN]
* If you don’t know who’s the “real lawyer” at the table, it’s you. [PrawfsBlawg]
* Kosher-ness may be inapplicable to porn, but I would not want to venture a guess as to Mr. Cohen’s idea behind his trademark. [Likelihood of Confusion]
* Another reason hedge funds are shady? You don’t say. [Professor Bainbridge]

Borat Above the Law Legal Blog Law Gossip Borat.JPGA Borat lawsuit has been filed. But the plaintiff isn’t a Turkish “internet celebrity” with a dubious claim that he’s the “real” Borat.
Plaintiffs are two frat boys who appeared in the movie. From TMZ (via Overlawyered):

Two anonymous plaintiffs are suing 20th Century Fox and One America Productions, claiming members of their college fraternity were interviewed to become part of the smash “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan” film.

The plaintiffs — listed as John Doe 1 and John Doe 2 — were allegedly assured the film would not be shown in the U.S. and their identities would not be revealed.

They were both selected to appear in the movie and, according to the suit, taken “to a drinking establishment ‘to loosen up’ and provided alcoholic beverages.” They claim they signed the movie releases after “heavy drinking.”

Some frat boys were given beers by some movie producers. We have yet to see the problem.

The movie features a scene in a motor home where Cohen gets drunk with three frat boys and the group watches the Pamela Anderson/Tommy Lee sex tape while inebriated.

Oh, and they were shown a sex video. Guys, we’re still not seeing the cause of action.

The plaintiffs claim they suffered “humiliation, mental anguish, and emotional and physical distress, loss of reputation, goodwill and standing in the community…” because the movie was indeed released in the U.S.

So Borat showed frat boys getting plastered and watched porn. And this caused them “humiliation” and “mental anguish”?
Perhaps the plaintiffs need to familiarize themselves with how fraternity members are viewed in the popular imagination. See, e.g., Animal House.
Borat Lawsuit — High Five!!! [TMZ.com]
Breaking: Obnoxious Chi Psi frat boys sue Borat [Overlawyered]
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