Chris Wilson pleads guilty, banned from running adult websites
 

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BARTOW - A Web site operator pleaded no contest today to five misdemeanor obscenity charges in a plea deal that would ban him from offering a sexually oriented adult Internet site for five years.

Chris Wilson, who became well known for offering both porn and gruesome war photos on his site, will be sentenced April 21. If Circuit Judge J. Dale Durrance goes along with with the deal, Wilson will be sentenced to the time already served in Polk County jail and five years' probation.

The state is dropping its one felony obscenity charge and all but five of the 300 misdemeanor obscenity charges against him. Wilson's lawyer, Lawrence Walters of Orlando, said he was pleased with the resolution, which leaves his client without facing the prospect of more jail time or a felony conviction.

``I'm glad it's over. I want to move on,'' said Wilson, a 28- year-old former police officer.

Walters said his client has a couple of ``media oriented opportunities'' but wouldn't elaborate on his future plans.

Polk County has had a long crusade against obscenity and has shut down dozens of strip clubs, adult bookstores, lingerie modeling studios and similar businesses.

Wilson was first jailed in October on 301 obscenity-related counts. He posted bond a few days later, but was jailed again after he continued to operate his Web site, which has a vulgar word in its Web address. An appeals court ordered his release late last month.

Wilson allegedly provided free porn to soldiers in exchange for photos that included shots of mangled bodies. But it was the sexually oriented materials on his Web site that got him into trouble, Polk sheriff's officials have said.

Walters, who has since moved to Orange County, was operating his Web site from a Lakeland apartment at the time of his arrest.

Wilson became a key figure in a controversy that reached the Pentagon after U.S. military officials became aware of his site and its grisly content and Islamic officials complained to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. The Army was unable to identify soldiers who might have submitted shots of bodies and body parts, Army spokesman Paul Boyce said in October. After a preliminary inquiry, the Army warned troops in the war zone about misuse of digital photographs and e-mail, which might constitute conduct unbecoming of a soldier.

Re: Chris Wilson pleads guilty, banned from running adult websites
 

I have mixed feelings about this...

I am not a big fan of cencorship....

But I am not a big fan of people abusing the non cencorship and putting all of us in a situation that could change how cencorship is viewed.

I am glad this case is over and settled.

Re: Chris Wilson pleads guilty, banned from running adult websites
 

From personal experience I can tell you this kid was an ass-clown who was looking for trouble.

Re: Chris Wilson pleads guilty, banned from running adult websites
 

Guess he wont be looking for anymore donations to.... FREE CHRIS!!!

Re: Chris Wilson pleads guilty, banned from running adult websites
 

strange and only yesterday he was making remarks like "if you think i was OWNED, then you know nothing about internet marketing" - which was a little wierd given all the people he had begging for money for him.






i am totally surprised that he is getting his ass handed to him.





NOT!!


Joe, be realistic. its not about censorship. its about community standards. the good people of polk county made a decision about what they will and will not allow in their community. the people they elect to office chose to enforce their will. democracy and the will of the majority in action. everything is working as it should.

there is a lesson to be learned here that people tend to ignore. DON'T BE THE NEXT FUCKING IDIOT IN POLK COUNTY TO TAUNT THE LAW AND GET ARRESTED FOR RUNNING AN ADULT BUSINESS AS SO MANY OTHERS ALREADY HAVE.

Re: Chris Wilson pleads guilty, banned from running adult websites
 

Wasn't he illegally using your content several years ago? Something stirs my memory about some legal problems you were having with him, IIRC.

Re: Chris Wilson pleads guilty, banned from running adult websites
 

Mike..... Damn, you talk about your FoxNews tactics. And you with a Law degree too.

Nolo Contendre is not pleading guilty. :rolleyes:

Re: Chris Wilson pleads guilty, banned from running adult websites
 

If he was here, I'd take away some points.

Re: Chris Wilson pleads guilty, banned from running adult websites
 

You are clouding the issue with relevant facts again.

Re: Chris Wilson pleads guilty, banned from running adult websites
 

:blink: gruesome dead people pics is sooooo much better than porn. :rolleyes:

Re: Chris Wilson pleads guilty, banned from running adult websites
 

The collective IQ of Oprano continues to wane.

Re: Chris Wilson pleads guilty, banned from running adult websites
 

I met the guy a couple of time and actually got a chance to hang with him. He seemed like a nice guy butI could tell he was Cocky, imho I think he hsould have known better than to let soldiers put those pics on his site especially not in a time of war!

Re: Chris Wilson pleads guilty, banned from running adult websites
 

Sorry but this kid wimped out...and should never go to Vegas or NY...he can't play cards and has no will to fight.

Re: Chris Wilson pleads guilty, banned from running adult websites
 

HAHAHA That is not his problem. The problem is he picks fights he cannot win.

As my dad used to say, Battleship mouth, rowboat ass.