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Jimmy Flynt
Jimmy Ray Flynt (/flɪnt/; born June 20, 1948) is the co-founder of Hustler. Flynt has been tried alongside his brother Larry Flynt (1942–2021) in many battles involving the First Amendment − most notably in 1977 for obscenity charges in Cincinnati, Ohio. Larry was convicted; Jimmy was acquitted. Larry's conviction was later overturned.
Jimmy Flynt was born on Lakeville Road, Salyersville, Magoffin County, Kentucky, the youngest of three children to Larry Claxton Flynt Sr. (August 16, 1919 – July 1, 2005), a sharecropper and a World War II veteran, and Edith Arnett (August 13, 1925 – March 29, 1982), a homemaker. He had two older siblings; sister Judy (1947–1951) and brother Larry Flynt (November 1, 1942 – February 10, 2021). His father served in the United States Army in the Pacific theatre of World War II.
The Hustler Club originated in Dayton, Ohio, in 1967. Brothers Larry and Jimmy Flynt envisioned a chain of semi-private nightclubs which soon became a reality with the opening of the Hustler Clubs in Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio, in January 1970 and July 1971 respectively. The Hustler Club chain expanded into Toledo, Akron, and Cleveland during the period between June 1972 and May 1973. Mini Clubs of America developed its own Magazine titled Hustler which began as a newsletter in January 1972. The monthly newsletter soon developed into a full-scale magazine sold on newsstands across the midwest; the Hustler was also sold in the clubs and mailed to over 10,000 club members with a readership of nearly 50,000 people, Hustler Magazine became an effective tool in the advertising and promotion of the Hustler Clubs.
On March 6, 1978, during a legal battle related to obscenity in Gwinnett County, Georgia, Larry Flynt and his local lawyer, Gene Reeves Jr., were shot by a sniper later revealed as Joseph Paul Franklin in an ambush near the county courthouse in Lawrenceville. The shooting left Larry partially paralyzed, with permanent spinal cord damage, and in need of a wheelchair. Three months later, Larry, Jimmy, and Larry's then-wife Althea Leasure were involved in a dispute over ownership of the Hustler enterprise. In settling this dispute, Jimmy accepted ownership of Hustler subcompany Leasure Time Products, which sent sex toys and lewd T-shirts through mail order. In November, LTP vice-president Bill Abrams was shot as he and Jimmy were leaving the Hustler building.
In 2012, Jimmy Flynt created Flynt Sexy Gifts, a boutique with lines of clothing, lingerie, intimate lotions, oils and specialty items targeted towards women. The first shops were in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Florence, Kentucky, with a third opening in Naples, Florida in 2013.
Flynt is a Democrat and has long been a staunch defender of privacy and free speech, and a frequent ally of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on those issues. Hustler Magazine has repeatedly weighed in on public debates by trying to expose conservative or republican politicians with sexual scandals. In 1998, during the impeachment proceedings against President Clinton, Hustler offered $1 million for each unflattering sexual story about Republican members of congress and published the results in The Flynt Report. Those publications led to the resignation of incoming House Speaker Bob Livingston.
On February 8, 1977, Jimmy Flynt was acquitted of pandering obscenity and engaging in organized crime. Larry Flynt was convicted.
On April 7, 1998, Jimmy and Larry Flynt were indicted on 15 counts of pandering obscenity in Cincinnati, Ohio. They were accused of selling obscene videotapes and operating an illegal enterprise from their Hustler Store on Sixth Street. If convicted, they each faced more than 20 years in prison.
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Jimmy Flynt
Jimmy Ray Flynt (/flɪnt/; born June 20, 1948) is the co-founder of Hustler. Flynt has been tried alongside his brother Larry Flynt (1942–2021) in many battles involving the First Amendment − most notably in 1977 for obscenity charges in Cincinnati, Ohio. Larry was convicted; Jimmy was acquitted. Larry's conviction was later overturned.
Jimmy Flynt was born on Lakeville Road, Salyersville, Magoffin County, Kentucky, the youngest of three children to Larry Claxton Flynt Sr. (August 16, 1919 – July 1, 2005), a sharecropper and a World War II veteran, and Edith Arnett (August 13, 1925 – March 29, 1982), a homemaker. He had two older siblings; sister Judy (1947–1951) and brother Larry Flynt (November 1, 1942 – February 10, 2021). His father served in the United States Army in the Pacific theatre of World War II.
The Hustler Club originated in Dayton, Ohio, in 1967. Brothers Larry and Jimmy Flynt envisioned a chain of semi-private nightclubs which soon became a reality with the opening of the Hustler Clubs in Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio, in January 1970 and July 1971 respectively. The Hustler Club chain expanded into Toledo, Akron, and Cleveland during the period between June 1972 and May 1973. Mini Clubs of America developed its own Magazine titled Hustler which began as a newsletter in January 1972. The monthly newsletter soon developed into a full-scale magazine sold on newsstands across the midwest; the Hustler was also sold in the clubs and mailed to over 10,000 club members with a readership of nearly 50,000 people, Hustler Magazine became an effective tool in the advertising and promotion of the Hustler Clubs.
On March 6, 1978, during a legal battle related to obscenity in Gwinnett County, Georgia, Larry Flynt and his local lawyer, Gene Reeves Jr., were shot by a sniper later revealed as Joseph Paul Franklin in an ambush near the county courthouse in Lawrenceville. The shooting left Larry partially paralyzed, with permanent spinal cord damage, and in need of a wheelchair. Three months later, Larry, Jimmy, and Larry's then-wife Althea Leasure were involved in a dispute over ownership of the Hustler enterprise. In settling this dispute, Jimmy accepted ownership of Hustler subcompany Leasure Time Products, which sent sex toys and lewd T-shirts through mail order. In November, LTP vice-president Bill Abrams was shot as he and Jimmy were leaving the Hustler building.
In 2012, Jimmy Flynt created Flynt Sexy Gifts, a boutique with lines of clothing, lingerie, intimate lotions, oils and specialty items targeted towards women. The first shops were in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Florence, Kentucky, with a third opening in Naples, Florida in 2013.
Flynt is a Democrat and has long been a staunch defender of privacy and free speech, and a frequent ally of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on those issues. Hustler Magazine has repeatedly weighed in on public debates by trying to expose conservative or republican politicians with sexual scandals. In 1998, during the impeachment proceedings against President Clinton, Hustler offered $1 million for each unflattering sexual story about Republican members of congress and published the results in The Flynt Report. Those publications led to the resignation of incoming House Speaker Bob Livingston.
On February 8, 1977, Jimmy Flynt was acquitted of pandering obscenity and engaging in organized crime. Larry Flynt was convicted.
On April 7, 1998, Jimmy and Larry Flynt were indicted on 15 counts of pandering obscenity in Cincinnati, Ohio. They were accused of selling obscene videotapes and operating an illegal enterprise from their Hustler Store on Sixth Street. If convicted, they each faced more than 20 years in prison.