Charges Filed Against Porn Filmmakers
Two adult-film companies and their operators were charged with misdemeanors for allegedly violating a city ordinance while filming nude scenes at a house in Reseda, City Atty. James Hahn said Friday.
The filmmakers had secured a city permit to film in a residential neighborhood, but violated the permit by filming nude scenes that were visible to the public through uncovered windows, said Deputy City Atty. Lynn Magnandonovan. They were charged with a second misdemeanor for illegally parking on the street, another permit violation, she said.
Dane Productions and Forbidden Films, both of Chatsworth, and filmmakers Paul E. Bussey, 34, of Canoga Park and Devan Sagliani, 27, of Thousand Oaks were each charged in a criminal complaint filed Thursday. They are scheduled for arraignment Jan. 31 in Van Nuys Municipal Court.
Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department’s West Valley Division discovered the filming while investigating a complaint from a neighbor, whose children had seen naked people through the uncovered windows of the house, Magnandonovan said.
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