On of the leading purveyors of bondage porn has claimed that X-rated videos depicting female abductions and forced sex don't lead to real life crimes.
Peter Acworth, whose San Francisco based company- Kink.com- has built an empire catering to sexual fetishes, told the New York Daily News that fetish porn is in no way responsible for recent high profile sex crimes.
During the trial of former New York police officer Gilberto Valle, testimony revealed that the cop had visited websites and chat rooms that promoted the sick fetish of murdering and eating women.
But, Acworth argued that even though Valle was going to such sites while planning to do the same thing to his own wife in real life, it doesn't mean one should blame the porn.
Referring to the case of Ohio kidnapper and serial rapist Ariel Castro, who abducted at least three women and held them captive at his home as his sex slaves for a decade, Acworth said that many people fantasize about the abduction role-play scenario.
He said that this certainly does not mean those people actually want to be genuinely abducted and raped any more than someone who enjoys being handcuffed by their partner would like to be arrested.