[ConservativeStatement]

The title of this movie: North Dallas Naughty.

[thoughtomator]

Yeah I bet he was "painting" the young males he brought to his apartment.

[ECM]

Hmmm, and they found the victims body naked in the closet...

[HairOfTheDog]

He could have just said 'no'.

[lovecraft]

Talk about a serious mis-communication:

"You want me to paint your house senor?"

"No, I want to paint YOU in my house.......big boy."

[Disambiguator]

This could have happened in the other Frisco (the City by the Bay) just as easily, given the demographics there.

[theDentist]

Wow! I bet you could use this as part of the basis for a hit movie!

[T.Smith]

I guess Carlos Mencia was wrong.

[Perdogg]

we need to cover more than just the borders.

[nhoward14]

Wow... just last month the only people being killed in Frisco were rich, white women. Now, Frisco seems so.... urban.

[dubie]

[domenad]

Somewhere out there is a naked AMERICAN without a job, thanks to this guy.

[Young Scholar]

the alleged victim...

That's a serious allegation.

[gubamyster]

ping

[Yo-Yo]

Alleged victim?

[NeoCaveman]

Now posing naked is another job that Americans just won't do.

[Rembrandt_fan]

An artist, I use nude models all the time, but, whether the models are male or female, young or old, ugly or beautiful, I keep it professional. The relationship is established up-front. Art is my business, and I comport myself like a businessman. There's nothing casual about the way I make my living. And although my living space adjoins my studio, the distinction between the two is self-evident and obvious. It's clear to the model that we're there to work.

It seems to me that Rodrigez, even if he was a legitimate artist and not a hustler or predator or whatever, by drawing or painting these models in his apartment, opened himself up to misunderstanding and--ultimately--disaster.

As an aside, because I'm single, I get some ribbing from friends who make nudge-nudge, wink-wink noises and the like when they meet some of my more attractive female models (clothed). It is hard to explain, but when I'm working, I'm not seeing them romantically. I see them as line and form. There's nothing sexual about it at all. When I paint very attractive women, I note their beauty, of course, but it's more of an analytical appraisal than anything else. It's all about context, I suppose.

[dubie]

none of this would have happened if John Kerry were president... /s

[ErnBatavia]

"Hello there, brown boy...new in el pueblo?"

[robertpaulsen]

"The little old man at the pool with the Speedos on -- that's how we knew him but he was just quiet,"

My eyes!

[robertpaulsen]

Curiosity got the better of him, and he became violently angry after seeing the "artist's" work: