Porn-star saga has a happy outcome for dog
Sigmund Freud said, "Nothing that is human disgusts me."
But then the great psychoanalyst never sat in the city's environmental court, where the majority of cases tried by prosecutors involve animals and the cruelty inflicted upon them.
Nor did Freud ever meet Tyson.
But if he did, perhaps he would amend his words: "Nothing that is animal disgusts me, but yikes! Those human beings . . ."
Tyson is a dog, so-named because, as a pup, he liked to chew his litter mates' ears. But then Tyson grew up, and he became a porn star.
The 3-year-old Great Dane was formerly owned by Loren J. Adams, 40, a convicted felon who -- let's go ahead and get this out of the way -- says he likes to watch animals have sex with humans because it's taboo.
"It's kind of like a train wreck," explains Adams, who was in court Monday as part of his ongoing legal troubles regarding this matter. "Nobody wants to see the blood, guts and gore. But everybody slows down to watch it."
That logic explains how Adams justifies owning videos depicting animals and people having sex.
Formerly of Texas, Adams first gained notoriety in our community in 2001. That's when a number of politicians and community leaders received an e-mail from an animal rights group exposing his lifestyle choices.
The e-mail said Adams lived in Marion County and had a Web site that advertised the sale of porn and videos in which people had sex with dogs, horses, snakes, etc.
It said that Adams was advertising the use of his own dog for sex.
Indianapolis Police Department detectives were assigned to the case, and two undercover police officers, pretending to be interested in making a movie with Adams, met him at a bar.
He invited them to his Southwestside mobile home. That's where they met Tyson.
The police also acquired four videos. After they played them, they decided they had sufficient evidence to arrest Adams for obscenity. They did so in a raid on his home on Feb. 20, 2002.
Adams has a different version of these events. The raid was a ruse, he says, to gain access to his brother, a convicted sex felon.
Adams says he is the victim of a witch hunt. Nobody can make a large male animal do anything, he said. True cruelty to animals involves clipping their tails or euthanizing them.
City Prosecutor Teri Kendrick finds such claims ludicrous.
So did the legal system. Adams was convicted in May of two counts of distributing and exhibiting obscenity. He served a month and a half in jail. He is now out, and the warning e-mails from the same animal rights group are once again circulating.
Adams still has legal trouble. Kendrick is prosecuting him in civil court for animal mistreatment.
So is there anything edifying about this story?
Yes, says Kendrick. Tyson was removed from Adams' house the day of the raid. He has been adopted.
"You can't conceive of how horrible it is, what was done to this dog, until you see it," says Kendrick. "This dog was just a loving, trusting pet. A couple of times, he tries to get away, but Adams grabs him and makes him hold still."
More good news for the dog.
"He has been neutered," Kendrick says.
:nono:
...how's that for going from one extreme to another???
Sigmund Freud said, "Nothing that is human disgusts me."
But then the great psychoanalyst never sat in the city's environmental court, where the majority of cases tried by prosecutors involve animals and the cruelty inflicted upon them.
Nor did Freud ever meet Tyson.
But if he did, perhaps he would amend his words: "Nothing that is animal disgusts me, but yikes! Those human beings . . ."
Tyson is a dog, so-named because, as a pup, he liked to chew his litter mates' ears. But then Tyson grew up, and he became a porn star.
The 3-year-old Great Dane was formerly owned by Loren J. Adams, 40, a convicted felon who -- let's go ahead and get this out of the way -- says he likes to watch animals have sex with humans because it's taboo.
"It's kind of like a train wreck," explains Adams, who was in court Monday as part of his ongoing legal troubles regarding this matter. "Nobody wants to see the blood, guts and gore. But everybody slows down to watch it."
That logic explains how Adams justifies owning videos depicting animals and people having sex.
Formerly of Texas, Adams first gained notoriety in our community in 2001. That's when a number of politicians and community leaders received an e-mail from an animal rights group exposing his lifestyle choices.
The e-mail said Adams lived in Marion County and had a Web site that advertised the sale of porn and videos in which people had sex with dogs, horses, snakes, etc.
It said that Adams was advertising the use of his own dog for sex.
Indianapolis Police Department detectives were assigned to the case, and two undercover police officers, pretending to be interested in making a movie with Adams, met him at a bar.
He invited them to his Southwestside mobile home. That's where they met Tyson.
The police also acquired four videos. After they played them, they decided they had sufficient evidence to arrest Adams for obscenity. They did so in a raid on his home on Feb. 20, 2002.
Adams has a different version of these events. The raid was a ruse, he says, to gain access to his brother, a convicted sex felon.
Adams says he is the victim of a witch hunt. Nobody can make a large male animal do anything, he said. True cruelty to animals involves clipping their tails or euthanizing them.
City Prosecutor Teri Kendrick finds such claims ludicrous.
So did the legal system. Adams was convicted in May of two counts of distributing and exhibiting obscenity. He served a month and a half in jail. He is now out, and the warning e-mails from the same animal rights group are once again circulating.
Adams still has legal trouble. Kendrick is prosecuting him in civil court for animal mistreatment.
So is there anything edifying about this story?
Yes, says Kendrick. Tyson was removed from Adams' house the day of the raid. He has been adopted.
"You can't conceive of how horrible it is, what was done to this dog, until you see it," says Kendrick. "This dog was just a loving, trusting pet. A couple of times, he tries to get away, but Adams grabs him and makes him hold still."
More good news for the dog.
"He has been neutered," Kendrick says.
:nono: ...how's that for going from one extreme to another???
