Porn Valley- There’s nothing like paper, and Wednesday morning Stoney Curtis showed me checks that EVN put a stop payment on. They range from $987.50 to $1012.50. The checks are on First Regional Bank, Century City.
Although they had been doing business for six years with no apparent problems, Curtis says things went sour, and that he’s been trying to collect money from distributor EVN who keeps putting a stop payment on a check every time Curtis is assured the check he’s getting is good.
On Tuesday I wrote the following: I spoke to Stoney Curtis, www.stoneycurtisxxx.com, today of Celestial Productions, and Curtis is telling me he’s considering filing a class action suit against EVN.
“EVN has been burning companies,” says Curtis. “EVN has been writing checks to me as well as other companies- basically they got credit from people. They gave me post dated checks and then they put stop payments on the checks. And then when we came down on them to make good on the checks, the guy said no problem, I’ll draft you another check and make good on it blah-blah-blah. He sent another check out, and put a stop payment on that check. And he’s now disconnecting his phone. My brother went over to the office to talk to him. He told him get the fuck out of here, you’re on private property. My brother saw him emptying the place out and that he was packing up.”
Curtis said he’s got copies of the stop payments. According to Curtis, the matter appeared resolved a couple of weeks ago but only resulted in another stop payment. EVN has been in operation at least twenty years and was run by Scott and Jeff Levine. Word on the street is that one of the brothers left the company in a cloud of finger-pointing and that’s the reason for the apparent chaos now.
Nonetheless, Curtis said he’s waiting to hear from Scott Levine before deciding what legal recourse to take.
EVN replies to the story: Gene- it’s been many years since I’ve spoken with you, and I can’t believe that you would open yourself up to a libel suit like this: without contacting me, or without a shred of proof.
You can expect to hear from our attorney regarding this matter.
I thought you were a more responsible person than this.
In addition, you can tell Stoney that EXTORTION is still illegal and he will be hearing from our attorneys as well.
My reply: I saw three shreds of proof along with communications from two other video companies who apparently have had the same problem Curtis is having. One company states that they have $10,000 in post-dated checks, and are very concerned.