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'Naked Photographer' Sentenced to Jail
Yahoo | AP ^ | 10/29/05

Posted on 10/30/2005 1:06:03 AM PST by LibWhacker

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A lawyer who was Columbus' "naked photographer" says in a deposition for a bar association panel investigating him that his nude stalking of women was an addictive behavior.

Stephen Linnen says he believes the time he served in jail and the counseling he has received will make him a better lawyer.

Linnen, 34, pleaded guilty in September 2004 to 53 misdemeanor counts of public indecency, sexual imposition and criminal trespassing and was sentenced to 18 months in jail.

He would jump naked out of bushes in front of women and take pictures of their shocked expressions.

He'll appear at a hearing next week before a three-member Columbus Bar Association panel, which will make a recommendation to the Supreme Court's Office of Disciplinary Counsel.

Linnen could face a suspension or disbarment. Linnen used to work for the Ohio House Republican caucus and now is in private practice.

In the depositions, made public this week by the bar association, Linnen says he has "such a revulsion towards my former behavior. I'm trying to be a better person in recovery and to manage my life in a healthy way."


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Linnen used to work for the Ohio House Republican caucus and now is in private practice.

Hmmm... that doesn't necessarily mean he's a Republican, does it? But most people will come away thinking he is, just as the AP intended.

Dollars to doughnuts, he's a rat. But either way I think the public understands, Pubbies would handle the situation completely different than democrats; namely, if the pervert is a Republican, it's clear that Republicans would ostracize him, whereas if he's a rat, 'rats would elect him President.

1 posted on 10/30/2005 1:06:04 AM PST by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker
Now thats what I call a real photo artist!.

He could sell those pics for thousands.

2 posted on 10/30/2005 1:09:09 AM PST by Rome2000 (Peace is not an option)
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To: LibWhacker

One his photos?

3 posted on 10/30/2005 1:12:58 AM PST by Jet Jaguar
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To: LibWhacker

Maybe he's not a real Republican.
He could just be a RINO.

Did he have a horn or a trunk?



4 posted on 10/30/2005 1:13:37 AM PST by counterpunch (JRB in '05 = GOP in '06)
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To: Jet Jaguar
One of his photos? I meant.
5 posted on 10/30/2005 1:14:16 AM PST by Jet Jaguar
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To: Rome2000
He could sell those pics for thousands.

Maybe this is one of his works:


6 posted on 10/30/2005 1:15:03 AM PST by adamsjas
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To: LibWhacker
Lawyer Goes Naked... Hmmm... guess he found his law practice boring and needed to fill his life up with pictures of shocked women to jack off on. Lawyer Perv... and he's getting off with a slap on the wrist. He should have been convicted of a felony and required to register as a sex offender.

("Denny Crane: Gun Control? For Communists. She's a liberal. Can't hunt.")

7 posted on 10/30/2005 1:17:19 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: LibWhacker; Lijahsbubbe; aculeus; dighton; hellinahandcart
He would jump naked out of bushes in front of women and take pictures of their shocked expressions.

Perhaps the thrill of ambulance-chasing wore off? Why didn't he go into a more decent line of work... with the paparazzi. WWABD? (What Would Alec Baldwin Do?)

8 posted on 10/30/2005 1:19:22 AM PST by Thinkin' Gal (As it was in the days of NO...)
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I'm surprised that they didn't go with the "I'm an artist and can do anything that I want in the name of Art" defense... It might not pass the laugh test in front of any sane jury, but it would make him a 'hero of the Revolution'. If Karen Finley can smear her semi-nude body with feces* and call it Art, there's no reason why this guy can't do the same thing, right?

* She claims that it was chocolate, meant to symbolize feces.

9 posted on 10/30/2005 5:57:14 AM PST by The Electrician ("Government is the only enterprise in the world which expands in size when its failures increase.")
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To: Thinkin' Gal; LibWhacker; Lijahsbubbe; dighton; hellinahandcart
Stephen Linnen says he believes the time he served in jail and the counseling he has received will make him a better lawyer.

File with "Sodomizing altar boys make me a better priest."

10 posted on 10/30/2005 7:07:45 AM PST by aculeus
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To: Jet Jaguar
Here's one of a victim shocked to see the size of the guy's, err, telephoto lens!


11 posted on 10/30/2005 7:22:31 AM PST by SoCal Pubbie
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It's too bad that all the women he tried to photograph didn't point at him and start laughing.


12 posted on 10/30/2005 7:34:18 AM PST by Issaquahking (Islam is a religion of peace...POS! The muslim community refuses to stop its radicals !.)
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