08/19/2011
A former police officer drugged aspiring models and actresses then filmed them being sexually assaulted for his pornography business it was alleged.
Lavont Flanders Jr, 40, is accused of luring women to his Florida base then plying them with spiked drinks before filming them being assaulted by his business partner Emerson Callum, 45.
One woman was told she would get a role in a Paramount film. Another was told she would become the face of a new Bacardi drink, prosecutors claim.
The sex tapes were sold over the Internet through the Miami Vibes Enterprises, a Miramar company that produces pornography, it was alleged.
Flanders and Callum are charged with conspiracy, human trafficking and distribution of Xanax involving nine victims between May 2006 to February 2011.
Their indictments follow a lengthy investigation that began with Flanders’ arrest in July 2007 by Miramar police.
Callum was arrested two months later by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
According to the indictment, as early as May 2006, Flanders - an ex-Miami Beach police officer and bus driver - communicated with the women online posing as a talent scout on sites such as ModelMayhem.com and Blackplanet.com.
He is accused of giving the women drinks spiked with the date-rape drug Xanax while Callum is accused of having sex with them while in a doped state.
The men worked together at least nine times, with Flanders communicating with the women online and later meeting them in South Florida.
None of the women were paid for the filming of the sessions.
The men deny the charges.
