Las Vegas mayor: Naked 'Bambi' hunts a fraud
We have jail space and judges who take this type of conduct seriously in the city of Las Vegas.
- Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman
You want to prosecute someone for giving Las Vegas a bad image? Isn't that redundant?? I always thought that Las Vegas was where shysters went when they wanted to make a quick buck. That would certainly explainn Steve Wynn.
LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AP) -- A promoter who offered to take men on "Hunting for Bambi" safaris in which they could hunt down naked young women with paintball guns admits that it was a hoax and now faces misdemeanor charges, the mayor said Friday.
Promoter Michael Burdick could get six months in jail and a $1,000 fine for operating without a proper business license, Mayor Oscar Goodman said.
"I'll do everything I can to see this man is punished for trying to embarrass Las Vegas," Goodman said.
Burdick called the misdemeanor summons a waste of taxpayer money.
"I have a license; it's hanging on my wall," Burdick told The Associated Press before cutting off questions and referring inquiries to his lawyer, Craig Mueller, who later declined comment.
Burdick found himself in the crosshairs of women's groups after he told a Las Vegas TV station that he was selling reservations to men willing to pay $5,000 to $10,000 to hunt down naked women in the desert.
Las Vegas officials investigated, and said Burdick admitted that the safaris were just a hoax intended to promote the "Hunting for Bambi" videos that Burdick sells. The videos are marketed as depicting nude women being hunted by men who have paid for the privilege.
But the mayor said the videos actually show "actors and actresses, and there wasn't even the real shooting of paint balls."
Right; and how many guys had grabbed their checkbooks, ready to pony up $5k- $10k in order to get off shooting paint balls at naked women? Violence against women?? Not here, y'all; this is just another example of the free market economy at work. Supply and demand, dontcha know?
Is it a hoax? Not to Burdick, who, I would imagine, has probably sold a ton of videos. And that, kids, is free enterprise at work. Never understimate the power of hubris- especially if it will make you a buck.
