Missing Mark Kramer At LFP Video

11/28/05: I'm not sure this division is any more organized and competent.

Kramer's biggest problem was drugs. His difficult East Coast confrontational style would've served him well if he'd stayed on the straight-and-narrow. But if you're going to set yourself up to clash with so many people, even if you are right, then you better be a priest. You better have nothing they can take you down for.

Kramer was no priest.

The most effective Flynt children are the women (either Theresa, Larry's daughter, or some of those who've married into the family).

Dustin Flynt, a leader at LFP Video, is mercurial. He can go from charming to obnoxious. Either way, he's far easier to deal with than Larry's brother Jimmy. He'll stare out the window when he meets with you.

Dustin is purportedly Jimmy's son and Larry's nephew but he's treated inside the company like he is Larry's biological son, which he may well be as Larry was close with Jimmy's wife Bernice at the time of his conception.

This is one of those things purported to be an open secret yet should never be said.

Remembering the good times:

Tuesday, August 25, 1998

COVINGTON -- A nephew of Hustler publisher Larry Flynt faces drug charges after police found him asleep with an exotic dancer in a hotel parking lot.

As officers woke up Dustin Flynt, 23, they noticed a bong, used to smoke crack, in the car between Mr. Flynt and the woman asleep in the driver's seat. Searching him, police found a rock of crack cocaine in his pocket.

Mr. Flynt was charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. The woman, Stacy Donovan, 20, of Covington, was charged with possession of a controlled substance and tampering with evidence. The latter, police said, stemmed from her allegedly trying to stash the bong in the back seat so officers wouldn't see it.

August 22, 2003

Dustin Flynt has bright blue eyes and an engaging smile. He's more charm than brash. He's well-spoken and polite. He opens doors and pulls chairs out for women.

"I'm a gentleman. My mother raised me right," he says. "I don't treat women like my uncle treats them - like meat."

I first met Dustin in December of 1998 at Hustler Hollywood. I let him use my digital camera to take a few photos.

A few months later, he put up photos of with the message, "This man is banned from our store."

I ran into Dustin at the end of the AVN Awards in January 2004. He walked past me with Rob Spallone muttering, "I banned his ass. I banned his ass."

I believe Mark Hamilton left LFP early because it expected him to train Dustin Flynt. Mark said there was no way he was going to train Dustin, who has an influential position in LFP's video division but doesn't know what he's doing. Dustin rubs people the wrong way because he often acts like an arrogant schmuck.

Wankus Flips On Dustin Flynt

Gene Ross reports on one of the least popular persons in the industry, Dustin (I could fill a column with stories from people who hate Dustin for being a cocky jerk):

Wankus: "I'm standing there in my booth- the KSEX little area. I'm standing there in the KSEX booth. It's my zone. This is my home right now. So he had to come into my booth to be in my booth. In my booth is Austyn Moore and her man; Tyler [Faith], the camera guy and me. This guy walks in cause he sees Austyn from outside- into the booth- and he says hi to Austyn which is cool, right? Austyn and her man reach a hand and point to me and said do you know Wankus from KSEX Radio. Then he [Flynt] saw Tyler and completely just pushed my hand out of the way and went over to her, and was like, yo, baby, what's up girl, and started like kissing up on her. Not kissing her but flirting like a dumb f---. So I'm being my wise ass self. As he's holding her, I'm like, hi, I'm Wankus. And he's still just totally tuning me out. Everybody was all uncomfortable. It was really weird."