Adult performer Kimberly Kupps and her husband both agreed to a plea deal after falling victim to obscenity charges.
A Florida circuit court accepted the negotiated no contest plea, adjudicating the pair guilty of a single misdemeanor offense and imposing a fine of $325. All remaining misdemeanor counts, along with the felony charge, were dismissed, pursuant
to the plea agreement.
Cameras, video recorders and financial documents seized by the Polk County, Florida, Sheriff's Office during the arrest are to be returned to the couple. Kupps was charged in July with 13 felonies for violating the distribution and sale of obscene material
and one for the wholesale promotion of obscene material for content on her website, KimberlyKupps.com.
Adult industry attorney Lawrence Walters, who defended the pair, told XBIZ:
While I believe that these charges were unwarranted and ill-conceived, I respect Theresa's decision to resolve the case in this manner, and move on with her life, Walters said. The entire prosecution was a waste of tax dollars and will
have no impact on the availability of erotic materials on the Internet.
Polk County officials are fighting a losing battle with these obscenity cases, and hopefully they will realize that sooner or later.
After Kupps was arrested, the nutter Polk County sheriff Grady Judd declared war on the production and distribution of porn in his county:
We want a wholesome community here, we don't want smut peddlers. And if they try to peddle their smut from Polk County or into Polk County we'll be on them like a cheap suit.
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Polk County prosecutors have dropped all charges against an arbitrary store owner who was charged with distribution
and possession of obscenity with intent to sell after detectives purchased 10 ordinary adult movies at a gas station and convenience store in Dundee, Florida. 