He should have used Hooville...

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N. Zealand filmmaker arrested in drag in US prostitution sting

Feb 02 8:42 PM US/Eastern

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New Zealand filmmaker Lee Tamahori, who directed the James Bond movie "Die Another Day," has been arrested in a Hollywood prostitution sting while dressed in drag.

 

Tamahori, 55, was arrested on January 8 when he allegedly sought sex with an undercover policeman while clad in women's clothes, according to a criminal complaint filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court.

 

"Mr Tamahori was arrested for soliciting. I can confirm he was dressed in women's clothing at the time of the arrest," Officer Jason Lee of the Los Angeles Police Department said.

 

Prosecutors confirmed they had filed two misdemeanour charges against the Hollywood filmmaker: agreeing to engage in an act of prostitution and unlawfully loitering on Hollywood's Santa Monica Boulevard.

 

"He was arrested after approaching an undercover officer who was sitting in his car and offering to perform a sex act," Frank Mateljan of the Los Angeles City Attorney's office.

 

"The defendant was dressed in drag, loitering on the sidewalk," the spokesman said.

 

Tamahori also directed last year's action adventure "XXX: State of the Union" with Samuel L. Jackson and Willem Dafoe and 2001's "Along Came a Spider" with Morgan Freeman.

 

He is due to appear in court in Los Angeles on February 24 to be arraigned on the two charges. He is free on 2,000 dollars bail, according to the City Attorney's office.

 

Tamahori's lawyer, celebrity attorney Mark Geragos, did not immediately return calls for comment on the arrest of the filmmaker.

 

He started out as a commercial artist and photographer in New Zealand, before entering the film industry in the late 1970 as a boom microphone operator, going on to become an assistant director.

 

Tamahori got his break in Hollywood directing an episode of the hit television series "The Sopranos" in 2000 and went on do "Spider" the following year, before making "Die Another Day" starring Piece Brosnan and Oscar-winning Bond girl Halle Berry in 2002.

[J-Man]

At least he didn't pick up Eddie Murphy.

[Luv2play]

I am assuming this may be a career limiting move as it is Hollywood we are talking about here. Of course it could be career limiting in other places as well. But I wonder what will be held against him more, the act of solicitation or the dressing in drag? Or the same sex aspect? Or all of the above?

 

Here in Canada, several years ago we had a high-profile senator who was arrested for solicitation of an undercover female cop in a sting operation and basically nothing happened. He kept his job, his wife didn't leave him (altho she may have given him a lecture or moved to another bedroom) and he kept his position as head of one of the country's leading medical clinics.

 

Of course, there are bills pending on decriminalizing prostitution completely (it sort of exists as a quasi-legal activity) by getting rid of the solicitation offense but now that the Conservatives are in office, that is unlikely to happen.

[bigguyinpasadena]

That is just incredible!This guy must be loaded as some of those movies were huge hits(and if his agent aranged "back end deals"(hee hee)then the guy would never have to work again.

I would think this is not financial situation therefore-rather a psycho-sexuul thrill that is derived by acting out in self degradation and the defendants lawyer will be able to get him off with just some consuling,maybe some community service.

There are craigslist posts sometimes where guys are looking for this sort of thrill,and I have run into fellas at The Lovely Spotlight and Numbers who were not into hooking to make money,but rather to satisfy some kink.