Porn Valley- I talk to The Grand Vizier on the occasion of Lenny Friedlander’s death..
“He was one of the true gentleman of our business,” says TGV. “He was a Marty Rothstein. Marty always had time to talk to you. Always respectful. And Lenny- what a gentleman. When somebody’s that nice to you, you go couldn’t it have been one of the thiefs in the business? What a shame. He had more money than God himself.”
“I see where you posted that thread www.adultfyi.com/read.php?ID=23876 about him,” TGV continues. “Remember I told you the other day that was the rumor. Lenny, because he was a wealthy man was very in in New Orleans. He was a sweet guy and was always giving away money, helping people. I think he even had a New Orleans police badge. And he was allowed to have guns. He was very in with the cops. And very in with the city.”
“The cops said you want a gun to carry in the city? Don’t worry about it. We’ll never stop you,” TGV continues. “They knew him by sight. He was a famous guy in New Orleans.”
“Some people said he suffered from depression,” TGC goes on to say. “But the rumors are completely out of control. Now again this is all rumor, but the story is he found people stealing from him. Is this confirmed? No. And with that people would ask who else is he going to get? Anybody, I imagine. You know how many competent people there are out there?
“Lenny started by collecting money. Lenny rode a motorcycle. He was a collector, a rough neck. But he got past that and became a gentleman and started a business. Then I’m hearing Lenny, even though he paid his bills, wanted his $40,000 a month no matter how the business did. Another owner was like that. He used to say, ‘I want to make my business sweat.’ What the fuck does that mean? Is any of this true? Who the fuck knows?”
“Even though the business isn’t what it used to be why would you leave a seven year-old and your wife? There’s a lot of insiders going to the funeral and I think the whole story will surface. Of the old timers, I couldn’t find one who had anything bad to say about Lenny. He always had the presence of an important man whereas some of the creeps in this business comes off as elitists. Whereas Lenny always made you feel like you were a big man. And Peter Kinsler lives? Lenny has to die?”