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Oct-04-2007 05:23
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Hardcore Porn Movies Land California Motel in Court
Tim King Salem-News.comThe attorneys representing Edwina McCombs say the motel made a big mistake in not regulating what the small kids were exposed to.
 A California motel faces a lawsuit from a Tennessee mother who says her two small children were exposed to hardcore porn when they turned the room's television on |
(NORWALK, Calif.) - A civil case involving regulation, or a lack of regulation on motel televisions, begins this week in California. The law firm of Jarvis & Krieger begins opening arguments today in Norwalk Superior Court in the case of Edwina McCombs and her 2 daughters. They are suing the Value Lodge, an Artesia, California motel in Los Angeles County.
The attorneys representing the case anticipate that the trial will last five days.
"Edwina McCombs, a Tennessee resident who was visiting Southern California to vacation with her 8 and 9-year old daughters, is suing Value Lodge located on Artesia Boulevard in Artesia, California for involuntarily subjecting her girls to hardcore pornographic movies."
McCombs says that on August 3rd 2006, she checked into the Value Lodge in where she informed the person at the front desk that she was there with her two young daughters.
After entering the room, she went to take a bath and her children turned on the television to watch a children’s show. "Instead," her attorneys charge, "the children were subjected to hardcore pornography with close-up images of people engaged in various homosexual sexual acts."
Edwina McCombs’ attorneys, Lee Janice Toback, Esq. and Eliot F. Krieger, Esq. say they will prove that the motel does not block its pornography channels, does not post any warning signs, does not provide a list of channels to its guests, and does not provide any restrictions at all against children accessing the free pornography.
This is a problem across the United States according to the Website cleanhotels.com: "It is not unheard of for families to report that children turn on a hotel TV and find a previously ordered hardcore pornographic movie in progress. The images planted on a child's mind through that one brief encounter can be troubling for many years."
It is anticipated that Edwina McCombs will call an expert, Dr Michael Perrotti, who also believes that exposing young children to hardcore pornography has a lasting negative psychological effect. It is anticipated that both young children will testify.
The hotel safety site says problems in these environments can go beyond the exposure to the actual movies as well, "hotels pandering pornographic movies can create a hostile and potentially dangerous environment for women traveling alone or with children."
The attorneys representing Edwina McCombs say the motel made a big mistake in not regulating what the small kids were exposed to.
“Value Lodge was negligent in failing to use preventative measures to restrict a child from accessing adult television channels. As a result of this negligence, this family has incurred great expense in obtaining appropriate psychological help for the McComb’s children,” Ms. Toback stated.
Calls to Value Lodge at 11854 Artesia Boulevard in Artesia on this matter were not answered.
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slotmaskiner March 8, 2008 7:10 pm (Pacific time)
nice article
Vic October 5, 2007 8:38 am (Pacific time)
Sounds to me like someone needs cash. This greedy hag is going to drag her daughters through court in what appears to be a cash grab. I agree with Conrad..people who are all hysterical about sex pass that paranoia on to their kids. This woman is a gold digger and is using her kids as the "shovel".
Ken October 5, 2007 5:23 am (Pacific time)
Actually, I have turned on a TV in a hotel room and had a porn movie playing. My first response was to call the front desk to make sure that I wasn't being charged the $20 or whatever it would have cost. The manager explained that it is possible to rent these movies for a 24 hour time period, therefore when the previous guest checked out the movie was still playing because it had not yet expired. All the kids would have had to do was inadvertently hit a button returning them to the pay per view movie.
Fern October 5, 2007 3:14 am (Pacific time)
Once you leave your home whether it is to go to the store across the street or a transcontinental trip you step into a "hostile environment" and therefore you have to be extra cautious. If it wasn't for the porn movie (OMG) she would have been run over by a car running to the store. How can a court of law accept such hogwash?
Joee October 4, 2007 6:05 pm (Pacific time)
Oh please. I don't know what really happened in that hotel room, but "accidentally" stumbling upon free hotel porn just doesn't happen! Those kids must have pushed through a bunch of menus and clicked "I agree" a few times!!! Blame the mom!
Conrad October 4, 2007 1:58 pm (Pacific time)
I don't quite follow the response to my comment. Nonetheless a parent can't control a situation that they were not present for, they can control their response to the situation once they become present. As a side note, the religious rights response to sexuality is misguided and misplaced. Many would do well to research without the aid of their church, the true history of sexuality in the church*. *The Church of Jeudism, Christianity, and Muslim.
Oswaldo October 4, 2007 11:46 am (Pacific time)
True Janet. Parents are ultimately responsible, but I think that a person should have a reasonable expectation that they can let their kids watch TV unsupervised for 15 minutes in a place like a hotel.
Janet October 4, 2007 11:34 am (Pacific time)
What ever happened to parents regulating what their small kids are exposed to. Just another way for people to sue others for money. I am quite sure that the hotel does not spend their time "pandering" porn to children. Parents are ultimately responsible for what their kids see.
JB October 4, 2007 11:32 am (Pacific time)
You guys are obviously single men with no kids. I'm no saint and certainly have no aversion to sex, but my personal opinion is that there is no place for hardcore porn. Again, just my opinion and I'm sure there are many that don't agree with me. That being said, if you like it, then that is entirely your choice, but there must at a minimum be barriers placed on it that only allow those persons that are specifically looking for it to have access to it. There should be no way that children (or adults for that matter) who have no desire to view it, can accidentally stumble upon it. You can barely watch TV now a days without some type of sexual content. I will continue to have a negative reaction to porn and hope that my children do as well.
jon October 4, 2007 10:07 am (Pacific time)
I agree Conrad. I grew up in a religious household. Seeing something like that would have had a lasting impact on my psychological well being because it is sinful and wrong. I'm not religious anymore, but I can see how it might affect children, especially in religious families. I agree that it depends on how the parents teach their children about what pornography is and what they should think/feel in its presence.
Conrad October 4, 2007 9:46 am (Pacific time)
Porn doesn't hurt anyone (unless it's fetish porn). Negative reactions to porn create a negative response by children present. If you act like porn is no big deal, and explain that some people have sex for money, leaving it as a 'things people do, if they want to (and are of appropriate age)' is better than teaching your kids to sue for the heck of it.
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