Distribution

The Sovereign News Company, which is owned and operated by Rueben Sturman and headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, allegedly distributes the majority of "Doc Johnson" and other sexual device 2059 Sovereign News has eighty-five

and paraphernalia products.

to ninety major "news agencies" or distributorships nationwide.2060 Each distributorship has a different company

Often,

name and handles a designated region of the country.2061 they are operated by a local person who has been formally trained at the Sovereign News facility in Cleveland.2062

2063

These distributors provide approximately 12,000 of the 14,000 to 15,000 pornographic outlets within the United States with "Doc Johnson" and other products. In those few areas of the country that the Sovereign News network does not cover, the products are sold to sub-distributors who then sell to retailers 2064

in their area.

2059

Most of the distributors use trucks or trains

For further information on the Rueben Sturman operation See, The discussion of organized crime in Chapter 4 of this Part.

2063 Id.; Some sources estimate the number of "adults only" pornographic outlets to be sixteen thousand. Los Angeles Hearing, Vol. II, Dennis Sobin, p. 259.

2064 Interview with Sergeant Donald Smith, Los Angeles Police Department (Mar. 9, 1986).

to transport the materials.2065

Moreover,

In essence, the supplier and the distributor are one in the same for this product line at pornographic outlets. Reuben Sturman owns numerous pornographic outlets across the country. 2066 In some instances, then, he supplies, distributes and sells his own products.

Most of the "adults only" pornographic outlets in the United States carry sexual devices and paraphernalia as part of their general stock and account for approximately fifty percent of total sales of these products. 2067 Sexual devices and paraphernalia are sold along with sexually explicit magazines, paperback books, periodicals, videos and films.

The remainder of these products are distributed through mail order operations.2068 Advertisements for such goods are found in sexually explicit paperback books, magazines and tabloids nationwide.2069 Sometimes, these products are advertised through

direct mail.

2065 Interview with Ted McIlvenna, President, Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality (Mar. 8, 1986).

2066 Interview with Detective Robert Peters, Los Angeles Police Department (Mar. 9, 1986).

2067 Interview with Ted McIlvenna, President, Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality (Mar. 8, 1986).

2068 Cook, The "X"-Rated Economy, Forbes 81(Sept. 18, 1978); Interview with Ted McIlvanna, President, Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality (Mar. 8, 1986).

2069 See, The Imagery Found Among Magazines, Books, Films in "Adults Only" Pornographic Outlets in Chapter 9 of this Part.

2070

Recent

The volume of sexually explicit paperback books which have been published is tremendous. The 1970 President's Commission on Obscenity and Pornography estimated that approximately five thousand new "adult" titles were published each year. studies of this segment of the industry suggest that while it is doubtful that five thousand sexually explicit paperbacks are still published each year, the actual number published is still large.2071

Two major publishers of sexually explicit paperbacks are Star Distributions, Inc., and Greenleaf Classics.2072 Star Distributors, Inc., is located in New York City and is alleged to be controlled by Robert Dibernardo.2073 Greenleaf Classics is

2070 Sampson, Commercial Traffic in Sexually Oriented Materials in the United States (1969-1970), in 3 Technical Report of the Commission on Obscenity and Pornography 98(1971).

2071 Eisenberg, Toward a Bibliography of Erotic Pulps, 15 J. of Popular Culture 175, 176(1982); See, The Imagery Found Among Magazines, Books, Films in "Adults Only" Pornographic Outlets, infra.

2072 Interview with Daniel Eisenberg, Modern Languages and Linguistics Department, Florida State University (Apr. 10, 1986).

2073 See, The discussion on organized crime influence in the pornography industry for more information on Robert Dibernardo and Star Distributors, Inc.

located in San Diego, California.2074

William Hamling, Greenleaf's director in 1971, was convicted of obscenity violations for publishing the Illustrated Report of the President's Commission on Obscenity and Pornography. 2075

The content of sexually explicit paperback books is similar to the content of any other sexually explicit medium.2076 Incest, sadomasochism, bondage and discipline, bestiality and sexual acts involving children are all common themes in these books.2077 Current paperbacks available include titles such as Suckalot Wife, Grandma's Horney Visit, Daddy's Sweet Slut, Hot, Wet Nun, Transvestite in Chains, Vietnamese Pleasure Girls, Rape High School, Rhonda's Trained Dobermans, Pony for Daughter and Tying up Rebecca.

2078

Paperback books often are developed as part of a series.2079 Such series include Siren Slavegirls, Tales of Terror, Pedophilia in the American Family, Incest Tales, and Forbidden Fantasies. 2080

The cover of these paperbacks is often illustrative of their

2074

Eisenberg, Toward a Bibliography of Erotic Pulps, 15

J. of Popular Culture 175, 179 (1982).

2075 Id. at 180.

2076

See, The Imagery Found Among Magazines, Books, Films, in "Adults Only" Pornographic Outlets in Chapter 9 of this Part.