X-Rated Raids
June, 1992
In the predawn hours of September 27, 1991, FBI agents, backed by the LAPD vice squad, broke down the front gate to X-rated film maker James Wasson's West Hollywood apartment, rousing him from bed to be shackled, hauled downtown and strip-searched. Wasson, who has directed several gay videos for Vivid Video Incorporated under the name Jim West, was joined in jail by Phil Toubus, who makes straight videos for Vivid under the name Paul Thomas. Three weeks later, the directors and Vivid's owners, S...
