There were 9 defendants, me and 8 Mafiosos, members of the Colombo family. ... There was evidence that they had an inside informant, he ended up murdered, they found his car with 2 bloody fingers...
The director Jerry Damiano sat on trial, sat on the witness chair and pointed and said, `yeah, that`s the guy who had sex in my movie` and he was let go. Same with Linda Lovelace, `That`s the guy I had sex with in the movie DEEP THROAT`, I was the defenda...
Linda Lovelace and Gerry Damiano were witnesses for the government, ... They were granted immunity. I was not. They took the stand, pointed at me and said `Yes, that`s the guy.`Â
Because then, legal minds outside of the adult-film industry were outraged, and the so-called `legitimate` people that came to his defense [Warren Beatty, Jack Nicholson, Dick Cavett, etc.] were enough to stop them.
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This was the infancy of the industry... There were a lot of rough people around.
