BERIGAN Posted February 3, 2006 Report Posted February 3, 2006 (edited) N. Zealand filmmaker arrested in drag in US prostitution sting Feb 02 8:42 PM US/Eastern Email this story New Zealand filmmaker Lee Tamahori, who directed the James Bond movie "Die Another Day," has been arrested in a Hollywood prostitution sting while dressed in drag. Tamahori, 55, was arrested on January 8 when he allegedly sought sex with an undercover policeman while clad in women's clothes, according to a criminal complaint filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court. "Mr Tamahori was arrested for soliciting. I can confirm he was dressed in women's clothing at the time of the arrest," Officer Jason Lee of the Los Angeles Police Department said. Prosecutors confirmed they had filed two misdemeanour charges against the Hollywood filmmaker: agreeing to engage in an act of prostitution and unlawfully loitering on Hollywood's Santa Monica Boulevard. "He was arrested after approaching an undercover officer who was sitting in his car and offering to perform a sex act," Frank Mateljan of the Los Angeles City Attorney's office. "The defendant was dressed in drag, loitering on the sidewalk," the spokesman said. Tamahori also directed last year's action adventure "XXX: State of the Union" with Samuel L. Jackson and Willem Dafoe and 2001's "Along Came a Spider" with Morgan Freeman. He is due to appear in court in Los Angeles on February 24 to be arraigned on the two charges. He is free on 2,000 dollars bail, according to the City Attorney's office. Tamahori's lawyer, celebrity attorney Mark Geragos, did not immediately return calls for comment on the arrest of the filmmaker. He started out as a commercial artist and photographer in New Zealand, before entering the film industry in the late 1970 as a boom microphone operator, going on to become an assistant director. Tamahori got his break in Hollywood directing an episode of the hit television series "The Sopranos" in 2000 and went on do "Spider" the following year, before making "Die Another Day" starring Piece Brosnan and Oscar-winning Bond girl Halle Berry in 2002. http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/02/02/0...9.ygp5w1s5.html Edited February 3, 2006 by BERIGAN Quote
Aggie87 Posted February 3, 2006 Report Posted February 3, 2006 I can hear his defense now...."doing research for an upcoming film..." Quote
jlhoots Posted February 3, 2006 Report Posted February 3, 2006 At least it wasn't Peter Jackson. Quote
Jim Alfredson Posted February 3, 2006 Report Posted February 3, 2006 What's wrong with dressing in women's clothing? Quote
7/4 Posted February 3, 2006 Report Posted February 3, 2006 What's wrong with dressing in women's clothing? The LAPD has a problem with prostitution. Dressing in women's clothing? I've been on the same bill and a cross dresser, they've been in the audience. I don't care, it's just part of the Arts world and playing colorfull places like the East Village and Brooklyn. Quote
.:.impossible Posted February 3, 2006 Report Posted February 3, 2006 At least it wasn't Peter Jackson. I thought the same thing. Then I had a glimmer of hope that there would be a picture of Peter Jackson in drag. Maybe as some wood nymph or some shit. Quote
JSngry Posted February 4, 2006 Report Posted February 4, 2006 What's wrong with dressing in women's clothing? Nothing, if you accessorize tastefully. Quote
JSngry Posted February 4, 2006 Report Posted February 4, 2006 And that goes double for the ladies. Of whom much is given, much is asked. Quote
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