Originally Posted by mikesouth

Ok theres more on mikesouth.com but in a nutshell

The only place in the US where it is LEGAL to shoot Porn iS Los Angeles. If you are shooting anywhere else you are in a grey area.

The racketeering charge is normal...the state is doing that so that they can immediately freeze his assets without due process. Obscenity is a RICO predicate.

If you are paying travel expenses for models you are REALLY flirting with disaster because thats a FEDERAL law and the feds WILL use it
It's called "The Mann Act" it's a basic white slavery law but the wording is that it's a federal crime to "transport a person across state lines for an immoral purpose" both prostitution and porn have held up in federal court as immoral purposes. So remember that if you are doing that you are playing with fire.

This case will be of extreme importance to us because it will likely decide the legality of shooting porn outside of Los Angeles once and for all.

As for the drugs and weapons, that appears to be media hype, specifically because there was no mention of drugs or weapons charges being brought, only that they siezed them...