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Frank Lombard, a Duke University official, reported to be an alleged longtime pedophile and active member of an adult video cam service, was arrested by the FBI on Wednesday in Raleigh, NC, for offering up his 5-year-old adopted son for sex to an undercover police officer. Lombard also admitted to the undercover police officer that he sexually molested his own son on several occasions. Lombard was charged with attempting to induce someone to cross state lines to engage in sex with a child, which is punishable by a maximum prison sentence of 20 years. Frank Lombard, worked as the associate director for Duke’s Global Health Institute, since 1999 and has now been placed on unpaid leave. The details of this case are extremely disturbing and raise questions of how Lombard was able to get away with the shocking sexual molestation of his own son, reportedly since he was an infant, in full view of other members of the adult video chat service, named iCU2. According to reports, the FBI became aware of Frank Lombard’s sickening sex crimes, from an informant, facing child porn charges of his own. The informant offered up Lombard, something that is usually done by a criminal in exchange for a deal. The informant offered graphic details to investigators of how Lombard sexually molested a very young African-American child, he claimed was his own adopted son, on four separate occasions, captured on his private web cam and broadcast to an unknown number of subscribers of iCU2. One of the observers was the informant, and after watching Lombard molest his own son on video the first time, he came back to watch the horrific sex crime against a child on three additional occasions. The informant “met” Lombard on the Internet four years ago. Since the growth of the Internet, pedophiles and sexual predators have found an easy way to gather together with other like-minded deviants, and hunt for victims. The informant provided enough information to investigators, enabling them to go undercover and nab Lombard on the Internet. Investigators knew that Lombard was a white male who lived in the Raleigh-Durham area of North Carolina and that he has two adopted African-American children. Timothy Palchak, a Washington, D.C., police detective went undercover with the video chat service and found Lombard, using the screen name “FL,” who also identified himself as a “perv dad for fun.” Lombard sent the detective nude photos of himself, which were matched with the photo on Lombard’s NC driver’s license. During the course of the detective’s chats with Lombard on iCU2, Lombard boasted that he molested his own adopted child, and that he allowed other adults to molest his child. Lombard also bragged to the detective that “the abuse of the child was easier when the child was too young to talk or know what was happening, but that he had drugged the child with Benadryl during the molestation,” according to the detective’s affidavit. At some point during their online chats, Lombard invited the undercover detective to fly to Raleigh to have sex with Lombard’s 5-year-old adopted child in a hotel. The North Carolina Department of Social Services removed two children from Lombard’s home and put them into protective custody. According to the owners of the adult video chat service, iCU2 Lombard’s profile “stated he was interested in “perv fam fun,” a known reference to incestuous child molestation. The owners of iCU2 also told authorities that the company received a complaint against Lombard in January 2007 from another subscriber, who complained that Lombard said he was “into incest” and had adopted two African-American children. The CEO and co-founder of iCU2 is listed on the website as Keven Adair. There was no mention in the reports about this case, regarding what action, if any; the owners of iCU2 took against Lombard in response to the customer complaint. What is known is that Lombard reportedly continued to use iCU2 to allegedly sexually molest his own child and to search for other adult sexual predators to molest the child. Lombard’s child was just 3-years old in 2007, the age where most children attend preschool, take afternoon naps and watch Sesame Street. According to affidavits and court documents, Lombard’s child was allegedly used to satisfy his sexual deviancy from infancy. Did the owners of iCU2 alert authorities when it received the complaint against Lombard in 2007? If action was taken back in 2007 by either iCU2 or the police, to stop Lombard, two more years of alleged sickening sexual abuse of a small child may have been prevented. As additional details emerge about this disturbing case, a clearer picture should emerge of how Lombard and his criminal behavior, which was essentially broadcast over the Internet, was able to elude the attention of the police for so long. The adult video chat service, iCU2 markets itself as an adult, discreet videochat, live audio and group chat worldwide. A current poll on its website ask its subscribers to vote on the question: Are you For or Against Nudity in the Profiles? The three available answers to its poll are: 1. Against - Don’t flash til you’re given a green light, 2. For - Fair game, it’s part of the freedom of iCU2, or 3. Undecided - Depends on who is naked. A search warrant of Lombard’s home turned up two webcams, five computers and a sex toy. There are unconfirmed reports that Lombard is gay and adopted the two children together with his partner. Lombard is being held at a Durham County Jail without bail and is scheduled to be transferred to Washington, DC to face federal charges. Lombard’s lawyer did not return calls seeking comment about his client.

Frank Lombard, a Duke University official, reported to be an alleged longtime pedophile and active member of an adult video cam service, was arrested by the FBI on Wednesday in Raleigh, NC, for offering up his 5-year-old adopted son for sex to an undercover police officer.
Lombard also admitted to the undercover police officer that he sexually molested his own son on several occasions.
Lombard was charged with attempting to induce someone to cross state lines to engage in sex with a child, which is punishable by a maximum prison sentence of 20 years.
Frank Lombard, worked as the associate director for Duke’s Global Health Institute, since 1999 and has now been placed on unpaid leave.
The details of this case are extremely disturbing and raise questions of how Lombard was able to get away with the shocking sexual molestation of his own son, reportedly since he was an infant, in full view of other members of the adult video chat service, named iCU2.
According to reports, the FBI became aware of Frank Lombard’s sickening sex crimes, from an informant, facing child porn charges of his own. The informant offered up Lombard, something that is usually done by a criminal in exchange for a deal.
The informant offered graphic details to investigators of how Lombard sexually molested a very young African-American child, he claimed was his own adopted son, on four separate occasions, captured on his private web cam and broadcast to an unknown number of subscribers of iCU2.
One of the observers was the informant, and after watching Lombard molest his own son on video the first time, he came back to watch the horrific sex crime against a child on three additional occasions.
The informant “met” Lombard on the Internet four years ago. Since the growth of the Internet, pedophiles and sexual predators have found an easy way to gather together with other like-minded deviants, and hunt for victims.
The informant provided enough information to investigators, enabling them to go undercover and nab Lombard on the Internet. Investigators knew that Lombard was a white male who lived in the Raleigh-Durham area of North Carolina and that he has two adopted African-American children.
Timothy Palchak, a Washington, D.C., police detective went undercover with the video chat service and found Lombard, using the screen name “FL,” who also identified himself as a “perv dad for fun.” Lombard sent the detective nude photos of himself, which were matched with the photo on Lombard’s NC driver’s license.
During the course of the detective’s chats with Lombard on iCU2, Lombard boasted that he molested his own adopted child, and that he allowed other adults to molest his child.
Lombard also bragged to the detective that “the abuse of the child was easier when the child was too young to talk or know what was happening, but that he had drugged the child with Benadryl during the molestation,” according to the detective’s affidavit.
At some point during their online chats, Lombard invited the undercover detective to fly to Raleigh to have sex with Lombard’s 5-year-old adopted child in a hotel.
The North Carolina Department of Social Services removed two children from Lombard’s home and put them into protective custody.
According to the owners of the adult video chat service, iCU2 Lombard’s profile “stated he was interested in “perv fam fun,” a known reference to incestuous child molestation.
The owners of iCU2 also told authorities that the company received a complaint against Lombard in January 2007 from another subscriber, who complained that Lombard said he was “into incest” and had adopted two African-American children.
The CEO and co-founder of iCU2 is listed on the website as Keven Adair.
There was no mention in the reports about this case, regarding what action, if any; the owners of iCU2 took against Lombard in response to the customer complaint. What is known is that Lombard reportedly continued to use iCU2 to allegedly sexually molest his own child and to search for other adult sexual predators to molest the child.
Lombard’s child was just 3-years old in 2007, the age where most children attend preschool, take afternoon naps and watch Sesame Street. According to affidavits and court documents, Lombard’s child was allegedly used to satisfy his sexual deviancy from infancy.
Did the owners of iCU2 alert authorities when it received the complaint against Lombard in 2007?
If action was taken back in 2007 by either iCU2 or the police, to stop Lombard, two more years of alleged sickening sexual abuse of a small child may have been prevented.
As additional details emerge about this disturbing case, a clearer picture should emerge of how Lombard and his criminal behavior, which was essentially broadcast over the Internet, was able to elude the attention of the police for so long.
The adult video chat service, iCU2 markets itself as an adult, discreet videochat, live audio and group chat worldwide.
A current poll on its website ask its subscribers to vote on the question: Are you For or Against Nudity in the Profiles? The three available answers to its poll are: 1. Against - Don’t flash til you’re given a green light, 2. For - Fair game, it’s part of the freedom of iCU2, or 3. Undecided - Depends on who is naked.
A search warrant of Lombard’s home turned up two webcams, five computers and a sex toy.
There are unconfirmed reports that Lombard is gay and adopted the two children together with his partner.
Lombard is being held at a Durham County Jail without bail and is scheduled to be transferred to Washington, DC to face federal charges.
Lombard’s lawyer did not return calls seeking comment about his client.

The exhibit at Francis M. Naumann gallery honors a dynamic sextet of artists with an assembly of their artworks and memorabilia. Some of these “avant goddesses” predate Dada, while others barely qualify for Dada membership; but each was strikingly original and all were pioneers. They connected to the creative frontier in New York City during some intense, heady years as partners, co-conspirators, lovers, models and pupils.
The time of this absurd theater: 1913-1920. The place: Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue, specifically the salon-apartment of Louise and Walter Arensberg. Master of ceremonies: Marcel Duchamp, with poetry performed by Baroness Elsa and Mina Loy and artistic support from Beatrice Wood, Clara Tice, Katherine S. Dreier and Florine Stettheimer.
The enigmatic Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven (1874-1927) is considered by art historians to be the first New York Dadaist, as well as a friend and collaborator of Duchamp and Man Ray. Elsa was not only an innovator of poetic forms, she also was an early creator of junk sculpture and a performance artist best known for her sexually charged, controversial street theater in the nude.
Here at Naumann, a famous black-and-white photo of the baroness from Vogue hangs next to a costume design of hers, re-created by Pascale Ouattara (2002). There are several portraits of the naked Elsa by Theresa Bernstein, as well as a copy print of Elsa’s “Portrait of Marcel Duchamp” — to whom she also wrote love poems.
Mina Loy (1882-1966), the British-born poet-artist, is represented here by works that include four unknown to the general public: “Teasing a Butterfly” (oil on canvas, 1902), a portrait of Jonathan Bayer (pencil on paper, 1966) and two large construction-assemblages from the 1950s, (at once existential and expressionistic, made out of found objects). In one of them, ten miniature papier-mâché figures sleep on the floor of a warehouse for the homeless. The other, called “Christ on a Clothesline,” is a cutout-painting of an emaciated, tattered figure hanging from clothespins, lifeless on a laundry line in front of a shantytown constructed from discarded wood.
Loy’s earlier realistic works consist of drawings and portraits of husbands, lovers and, of course, herself. Her wall paintings (1913-1923) are in the style of Grecian frescoes and depict naked girls and mermaids on the beach. Later in her life, with the help of Peggy Guggenheim, she opened a lampshade business in Paris and, subsequently, in Manhattan on the Bowery.
With the exception of two years in Montreal, Beatrice Wood (1893-1997) was a true New York Dada-artist in the period 1914 to 1928. Marcel Duchamp and Henri-Pierre Roche had encouraged her to plumb her dreams, but her drawings, at least, were often about the Dadaists themselves—their parties and the games they played at the Arensberg salon. Perhaps due to her long friendship with the owner of the gallery, Wood is well represented here with fourteen works made from 1917 to 1978, in modes ranging from watercolor on paper to glazed earthenware covered with gold lusterware and mounted on wood panels best described as, “sophisticated primitive.”
Clara Tice (1888-1973) burst on the scene in 1915 when her exhibit of female nudes was deemed too provocative for the public and the vice squad staged a raid. The affair caught the attention of Frank Crownshield, editor of Vanity Fair, who reprinted the paintings. At Naumann, a total of ten works showcase Tice’s talent in oil paintings, (1920s) and also for inks and watercolor portraits on paper. Her two posters for Dada costume balls, her “Nijinsky in Diaghileff’s L’Après-Midi d’un Faune” (black gouache on board, 1916) and “Man with a Monocle and Two Floating Dancers” (watercolor on paper, 1917) are most representative of her output of the period.
Katherine S. Dreier (1877-1952) began her artistic career in 1913 when two of her paintings were selected for inclusion in the famous Armory Show. In 1916, she joined the Society for Independent Artists and helped stage jury-free exhibitions. In 1920, together with Duchamp and Ray, she formed The Societe Anonyme Inc., the first true museum of modern art in America, avidly gathering more than 1,000 works by avant-garde artist from all over the world. Some of its holdings eventually were included in the “International Exhibition of Modern Art” that Dreier organized for the Brooklyn Museum in 1926. Her three abstract paintings in this show are Kandinsky-inspired and point the way to the Abstract Expressionist beginnings of de Kooning.
Florine Stettheimer (1874-1944) mounted her first one-woman show in 1916 at Knoedler Gallery, but the critical reaction was negative. The ubiquitous Duchamp was her French tutor and subject of her portraits. Through him she was introduced to the Dada circle at the Arensbergs’. Her “sentimental histories”—paintings with symbolist influences—have a decorative, nostalgic feel to them; her fascination with Freudian theories, unconsciousness and dreamss reflect the events and personalities of her time. Two oils on canvas and three hand-painted china are on display here.
Although Dada was primarily a male domain, Duchamp himself declared, in 1915, that, “the American Woman is the most intelligent in the world today, helping the tendency of the world to completely equalize the sexes.” He followed up his statement by being the most important champion of the New York Dada Six.

A former Lakeland elementary school principal manipulated photos of two of his onetime students and shots of a pornographic model to make it appear the girls were in lewd poses, a prosecutor said today in opening statements.
John Stelmack, the former Scott Lake Elementary School principal charged with possessing child pornography, affixed photos of the girls‘ faces to the body of a 19-year-old porn model, Assistant State Attorney Victoria Avalon said. It wasn’t clear if other women’s photos were also used.
She called the girls "innocent children" who were used in child porn.
Defense attorney Robert Gray countered that the photos didn’t amount to child pornography and, in any case, his 62-year-old client may not be to blame.
He told the jurors when they look at the evidence, "you will find that there are no nude photos of children. There are no photos of children engaged in sexual activity."
Gray portrayed Stelmack as an administrator who wasn’t always popular with his staff members because he was changing the way things were done at the school. Gray suggested he may have been set up by "someone who didn’t like him who also had access to his office."
Prosecutors presented two witnesses before the lunch break.
At the heart of this case is whether photographs investigators say they found in Stelmack’s office, depicting at least one nude woman with the faces of children superimposed over them, are child pornography. Investigators say one of the faces attached is a Scott Lake student. Another picture contains the face of a student from a school Stelmack was an administrator at in New York.
The first witness was David Lauer, a former Polk County School District employee in charge of hiring. Lauer talked about when Stelmack was hired and what correspondence took place between himself and Stelmack. Prosecutors are trying to show when Stelmack had access to a school district e-mail account so they can link him to some of the photos in question.
The second witness was Janet Wizda, the Scott Lake Elementary School principal, who took over in January 2008 after Stelmack was suspended in December 2007. Wizda was questioned about who has keys to the principal’s office and the principal’s closet. Investigators say the pornographic photos were found in a briefcase in a locked closet in Stelmack’s office in December 2007.

Daisy Ballmajo is the co-host of Paparazzi TV Sensacional on Mega TV—sort of a Spanish-language version of TMZ. The type of show that loves leaked photos of nude celebrities! Now Daisy’s own nude photos have leaked. She’s upset!
Ballmajo’s naked photos somehow leaked onto the internet—she says they were stolen—and Guanabee posted them, because, hey, naked celebrity pictures. That prompted a stern warning from Ballmajo’s attorney:
ALL CAPS, even! In response, Guanabee pulled some clips of Ballmajo on her Sensacional show breezily reporting on stolen naked pictures of other celebrities. Which makes her on-air warning to anyone who might deign to publish her naked pictures kind of, you know, ridiculous. Karma. It happens.

Rihanna’s Revenge: Singer Plans to Release Nude Photos of Brown.
It is often said that revenge is a dish best served cold. However, if recent reports are to be believed, it might also be effective when served naked.
At least that seems to be the thinking of Rihanna, who is said to be planning to release nude photos of her one-time boyfriend Chris Brown. Clearly, Rihanna has her reasons to be upset with Brown, given their altercation prior to the Grammy awards which resulted in medical treatment for Rihanna and a felony assault charge for Brown.
However, Rihanna’s decision to release the unflattering images is said to be related to another incident entirely. Just months after the charges were filed against Brown, photos of Rihanna were leaked to the internet, all with her in various states of undress. Rihanna took the unwelcomed exposure hard, worrying it would harm her image.
Though Brown has denied leaking the photos, Rihanna does not seem convinced, and hopes to exact a similar blow to Brown’s image by letting the public see how unattractive Brown can be.
A few unflattering shots seem to be the least of Brown’s problems, however, especially given the state of his legal case, which is proceeding in a California court.

The most provocative modern image makers. Imagine walking into a room filled with the world’s finest contemporary erotic photographers, each with a portfolio of his or her best work. As you browse the photographs they discuss inspiration, censorship, how to find models, and how to make a living capturing beautiful women on film and in pixels. The New Erotic Photography is the room, and 82 photographers from 14 countries are the hosts of this intimate gathering. In this 608 page volume you will meet Ralph Gibson, Jan Saudek, Terry Richardson, Natacha Merritt, Petter Hegre, Richard Kern, Bob Carlos Clarke, Thomas Karsten and the many fresh new talents currently redefining eroticism. Playful, provocative and exuberantly sexy, these aren’t your granddad’s art nudes; this is The New Erotic Photography.

In Pink Box, photographer Joan Sinclair takes us on a journey inside the secret world of fuzoku (commercial sex) in Japan, a world where kawaii (cute) collides with consumerism and sex. Unrivaled in their creativity and the sheer number of choices, the clubs featured in this book offer their clientele every fantasy imaginable. Subway groping, visits to the nurse’s office, and comic book character encounters are just the beginning of the immense list of possibilities that are played out in colorful playrooms for adults where no detail is overlooked. Sinclair’s photographs capture it all, while an introduction by sociologist James Farrer provides a brief history of commercial sex in Japan and places the images in the context of contemporary Japanese culture.

In the 1960s the movies were full of them. In the 70s they were TV stars; in the 80s they were supermodels. And in the 90s, they were making porn. But today, in the first decade on the 21st century, a true super beauty is the rarest thing in the world. The women who knock our socks off seem to have disappeared. Super beauty is the best of everything in a woman, both physically and spiritually. A super beautiful women is tall, with long hair, a pretty face, big natural breasts, a thin waist, curvy hips and long legs. But she is also intelligent, sexy, independent, talented, purposeful, courageous, benevolent, and happy - all the good things a woman can be. It is these things - her superior spirituality and superlative sexuality - that put her on a higher level, that lift her into the realm of super beauty. What happened to the Raquel Welchs and "Ann-Margrets"? The Farrah Fawcetts and Daisy Dukes? Where are the Cindy Crawfords and Laetitia Castas? The Jenna Jamesons and the Tera Patricks? Where are the new girls to replace them? Where are the young women who embody this supreme level of female beauty? Not in the movies. And not on TV. They’re no longer on the fashion runways or magazine covers either. Occasionally they pop up in print ads or TV commercials. We also see isolated super beauties in men’s magazines, calendars and tabloids, but they are no longer the norm. 10 years ago, when super beauty was becoming scarce, a little thing came along called Body in Mind. It was a small website with a simple mission: to see super beauty into the new millenium. The good news is there’s as many super beauties in the world today as there’s ever been, but you have to look. Today, we continue to search the world for the most stunning beauties we can find and our success in creating memorable images of them has spilled over into this book. I’m proud to be able to bring to the fans of these mind-blowing women this volume of the most super beautiful ones in the world - the female stars of the modern tasteful nudes movement. They are bright, bodacious, exuberant girls who love themselves and their beauty, and who take pleasure in making life so much more enjoyable. We dare say you won’t find a collection of so much super beauty in any one place anywhere else. We hope this book makes you remember how wonderfully powerful female beauty can be how inspiring, naturally stimulating and interesting.