The trial began this week for Sean Cody gay adult film actor Teofil Brank (a.k.a. Jarec Wentworth), who is accused of extorting a Republican businessman for $1.5 million.
Donald Burns is a wealthy Florida business tycoon known for donating huge amounts of money to super-conservative causes, like the time he forked over $400,000 to the group Florida Red and Blue in 2008 to help fight against legalizing gay marriage in the Sunshine State.
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51-year-old Burns, who is worth an estimated $250 million, testified this week that he first met 25-year-old Brank in 2013 and paid him for sex “at least four times.” He also admitted to paying Brank between $1,500 and $2,500 every time the adult film actor introduced him to other a male models and performers for “private meetings.”
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“It was partly a coping mechanism from the loss of my long-term relationship,” he told the jury.
Over time, however, their relationship soured. Then earlier this year, Brank allegedly sent Burns a string of text messages threatening to publish naughty photos of the businessman on Twitter.
“I do have a twitter and your photos,” one of the texts read. “Lies can be made or maybe it’s the truth.”
“You lied to me and treated me like shit,” another one said. “Now it’s biting you in the ass.”
He also warned the Burns that money “won’t wash away what people will read and see of you” before demanding a “new car, a motorcycle and hands full of cash.”
Burns complied. He paid Brank $500,000 plus gave him his Audi8 sports car, worth $180,000. But according to the business tycoon, that still wasn’t enough. Brank demanded another $1 million and a condo in L.A. And that’s when Burns went to the FBI.
Brank was arrested in a Starbucks parking lot in El Segundo, CA on April 4. Officers found a Colt Magnum revolver, six rounds of ammunition and the Samsung smartphone he had used to make the alleged extortion demands on his person.
The trial continues.
Related: Sean Cody Stud Jarec Wentworth Arrested For Felony Extortion In Undercover FBI Sting
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Carrie Miller
And now he will be Bottom bitch in jail!
Patrick Healey
He will be the bell of the ball with a full dance card in prison!
Rob Ridings
Extortion sucks and is kinda vile. But after reading about the groups that Burns donated massive amounts of money to? Yeah, he deserved it. So…hopefully Brank has a really good defense attorney. LOL
Ditamo
Well when you sleep with dogs you are bound to get fleas. Should serve him as a lesson. I hope that the porn star gets a nice long prison sentence. One less scum on the streets.
Realitycheck
@Ditamo: LOL good analogy.
Chris Sledge
Damn this himbo for making me fill sorry for this hypocritical conservative, go get a real job and stop fucking for finance
Atrius
I don’t agree with extortion. This guy should have just outed the guy. I generally don’t agree with outing people, but some people are just asking for it.
Pistolo
I don’t necessarily believe in “outing” people or threatening to do so. But if it’s a slob like Burns who bangs prostitutes in private then campaigns against people who aren’t in transactional relationships doing the same thing….well, then I don’t have any sympathy for his side of things at all. He’s worth 250 million and he’s crying over 1.5 million? I’m sure this elitist pig was sweating over this for a day and then decided to get bureaucratic on Brank out of pure spite. He’s hardly been victimized, he’s victimized far more people in far worse ways, people who don’t have financial security and are gambling everything they got by being in a committed relationship with their partner. Republican, human butt-plugs like this man should be embarrassed- they’re dreadful human beings.
The only thing good I can say about Burns is that his taste in men is seemingly good. Jarec/Jarek/Teofil has a spectacular body- butt, dick, chest- he’s got it all. Way to go, Burns! I would say if that guy is willing to set aside his disgust to sleep with you then he probably deserves more than 1.5 million!
Scott Osburne
His only mistake was asking for too much. He should have stopped after $500k and the car. 🙂
Clark35
I’m not surprised a guy who does gay porn and who is a male whore on the side would get into blackmail and extortion even if it is with a hypocritical politician like this guy.
Ladbrook
“It was partly a coping mechanism from the loss of my long-term relationship,” he told the jury.
What a quote! Plays into the whole people-who-do-gay-things-are-damaged way of thinking that his own political allies have been pushing since the days of Anita Bryant. What an asswipe.
And as we keep learning on an almost weekly basis, our biggest enemies are sometimes the biggest closet cases. So yeah, I’m REALLY glad he’s been exposed. I hope all of his bigoted friends turn against him.
That being said, the porn star is a criminal (blackmailers always are) and he should be prosecuted. Clearly his reason for outing this pig had nothing to do with politics or ethics… it was all about the money. He’s just a greedy whore.
Richard Hernandez
As Nene said to Kim: Close your legs to Marry Men!
Morgan Foxworth
Both pigs.
Sansacro
Well, it seems like a perfect match!!! There’s someone for everyone!
BJ McFrisky
Sheesh, talk about blaming the victim.
Had the extortionist targeted the likes of N.P. Harris or Z. Quinto before they came out, I very much doubt their political donations would have come into play when judging the perpetrator.
Alan David
Greed
Anthony Howard
Deserve each other
tdh1980
“25-year-old Brank”…I wanna see the receipt for that bit of information because I refuse to believe he’s younger than I am.
Michael Machado
It gets expensive to put yer Pud in da Puddin!!
Joey Torrealba
I would of been guccie after that 500k but he had to be a greedy bitch. Stupid queens these days and know he is sitting on several dicks in prison for being stupid. Well he better have a good defense attorney.
AtticusBennett
don’t extort – OUT. drag the quisling kapo cowards kicking and screaming from the closet.
Pete
First, you people need to do some serious fact-checking: Burns forked over the 400k to DEFEAT the FL measure defining marriage as between one man and one woman:
“Burns’s largest political donations came in 2008, when he contributed $400,000 to a group opposing a Florida ballot measure that called for amending the state constitution so as to define marriage solely as a union between a man and a woman.” (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/gay-porn-star-extortion-case-897653)
Why does every article I read on this make a point of branding Burns a Republican? Sexual orientation and political convictions are independent variables. Burns appears to be one of those old-school Rockefeller ‘fiscally responsible’ Republicans who is trying to wrest control of his party back from the preachers.
Brank’s a sleazy trade operator who got caught committing a flagrant act of extortion by blackmail, yet the tenor of comments ‘defending’ him are basically ‘Burns is a rich old queeen and Jarek’s too sexy to be guilty’, which is to say we’re selling out one of our own for a gay4pay ‘hottie’.
James Townsend
I’m all for extortion
M J Martinez Crogan
Rethuglicans extortion and rampant corruption is all over American politics, its a shame he got got
Pete
@Rob Ridings: But he didn’t. Queerty made a gargantuan error: he donated money to DEFEAT the FL marriage initiative:
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/gay-porn-star-extortion-case-897653
Spencer Berry
Making sure to call him a “stud” while covering his crimes is the gay media equivalent of when the mainstream media makes sure to mention that a white gunman was “a good kid”
Christopher Durbin
I’m really of two minds about this one. I don’t condone extortion, but extortion of a self-hating “gay republican”? Hmmmmm
Njmtpa
Verdict in. GUILTY on all 6 counts. looks like 8-10 years.
Scott Moninger
Is it bad that I still have a hardcore crush on Jarec?
Liam
If Repuglicans weren’t so closeted, there never would have been any chance for anyone to extort money from them for the clandestine gay sex they crave.
Pete
@Liam: Donald Burns has always been out.
Joe Harris
You’re late with the news, Queerty. Brank was found guilty on all counts today.
billforsyth
Extortion like its evil twin blackmail is a heinous crime and can never be excused as is rape yet so many Americans seem to think that if a man is jailed it is somehow part of the punishment that he should be raped in prison . No one however guilty or however dissolute should ever be raped it is a vile and violent crime and is not a jape .
lykeitiz
@Pete: Yes, you are correct. Burns donated his money in the exact OPPOSITE way that Queerty just reported.
And…the verdict is in. Guilty.
Anyone interested in this should look at http://str8upgayporn.com/ (NSFW!) for really, REALLY detailed coverage.
Ricco Mashatt
Not all gorgeous men are good men! Gay For Pay Now this!! No respect or tears here.
Billy Budd
Both of them are disgusting creatures.
Saint Law
@BJ McFrisky: Just think it might happen to u!
If you had: A) Any money.
B) Anybody would sleep with you.
Chris
@AtticusBennett: I agree. This is a case where both of the actors are slime.
stranded
You’re a bit late. str8upgayporn has been on this all 3 days of the trial. Jury’s out and he’s found guilty of all 6 counts. The blog describes how each member of the jury was polled and Jarec (Teofil) broke down a bit. Burn is a large consumer of whores, specifically from the porn site Sean Cody. Jarec was his pimp, delivery the guys Burns wanted. Jarec was guilty of everything, but Burns is no Saint, he doesn’t give a shit about supporting LGBTQ rights and works with those who try and take them away. It’s also hilarious that this all began because he didn’t want his reputation to be ruined, yet he brought whores to republican events and freely got his picture taken with them. But that doesn’t excuse extortion. the David Geffen revelations was crazy, but if you read more about him, he already got twisted into gay porn hookers in the 90s with Falcon models.
Ogre Magi
@Rob Ridings: A Pig and A Snake, they both deserve each other
gary69mike
Wait… that big mo gave money to prevent gay marriage??? Hypocrite! I hope Jarac has a good lawyer and gets off. So freeken hot! too bad he got greedy.
IanHunter
This is just an example of that you should be open about who you are, and that you shouldn’t let greed run your life. Both are at fault.
Alistair Wiseman
@stranded:
“…he doesn’t give a shit about supporting LGBT rights…”
Really? When was the last time you gave $400,000 for marriage equality like Mr. Burns?
martinbakman
@Pistolo: He actually gave VERY big money to fight a ban on gay marriage. Quear-tee got a bit mixed up on that part.
Cobalt Blue
The old faggot with ‘her’ uncontrolable hunger for young assholes and dicks made ‘her’ own disgrace. Burns is a disgusting perv. The young male prostitute has a pile of turds’ character. He’s rotten inside.
Hi Felicia
Call me the most horrible human being ALIVE. I’m ok with that. You see, This is what happen when the Bitch of all the Bitches gets dizzy!
We need to reproduce this guy’s photo and remind the ultra-conservative that gets their panties entangled and do all kinds of things to prevent gay people to marry each other. Geez! well, of course, the only way to get some dick is to slap some whore a lot of cash – it’s true whether you are straight or gay.
Now, with all the volunteering I do in weekends. It wont hurt if I volunteer to do a welcome party flyer for this new Bitch..
it will be titled:
HI FELICIA! WHO’S YO DADDY NOW? YOU BUY MY A CONDO TOO? I KNEEL AND PRAY HARD FOR YOU?!
– welcoming a new Bitch in a cell for a rotating Party !
and I’ll even lend my protege, with this theme somg: WATCH ME WHIP, WATCH ME NE NE –
https://youtu.be/L1Mss4JAzIg – ENJOY Bitches!
“Bow” …
Alistair Wiseman
@Hi Felicia:
“We need to reproduce this guy’s photo and remind the ultra-conservative that gets their panties entangled and do all kinds of things to prevent gay people to marry each other.”
Really? Have you not been paying attention? This “ultra-conservative” gave $400,000 in support of marriage equality.
So before you put your vile, vengeful actions into play, you may want to consider a different “ultra-conservative”.
Glücklich
I don’t know if I’d stoop to extortion but I do love the A8. Hertz used to have them in their prestige fleet.
kafal
lol, so happy for that jarec guy, hope he get raped till bleeding and get AIDS
TBH im sick of these G4P people who are always giving gay community really bad name with their behavior, even though the truth is that they are actually straight, and who do so many queens praise these G4P motherfuckers
kafal
@kafal: *why sorry typo
ohxxx
The fat one looks like Gov. Chris Christy. The whore is smoking hot!
Kangol
I’m against extortion, but right-wing anti-gay piggots like Burns need to be exposed.
Too bad Brank/Wentworth couldn’t have just fVcked him to death and done everyone a favor.
Alistair Wiseman
@Kangol:
Spoken like a true bigot. When was the last time you gave $400,000 to support marriage equality like “right-wing anti-gay” Mr. Burns?
Charles
I feel Burns deserved it(if he really did donate to anti gay laws). I can’t stand people like him. But I gotta say Jarec was stupid for asking for so much.
But from some comments here, he didn’t.
DarkZephyr
“Donald Burns is a wealthy Florida business tycoon known for donating huge amounts of money to super-conservative causes, like the time he forked over $400,000 to the group Florida Red and Blue in 2008 to help fight against legalizing gay marriage in the Sunshine State.”
I think this is a bit of important information. I was ready to hate Donald Burns with all I had, but from what I have read, Florida Red and Blue was actually founded to FIGHT anti-gay measures. So even though in the closet, at least in the case of Florida Red and Blue, Burns was on the side of LGBT people as he was the biggest donator to that pro-gay cause. https://ballotpedia.org/Florida_Red_and_Blue
DarkZephyr
Plus “Jarec” it turns out, is just another gay-for-pay straight guy who was exploiting gay men for financial gain. “Kissed hid girlfriend” before going to meet with Burns’ “trusted friend” who turned out to be an FBI agent.
DarkZephyr
@DarkZephyr: his*
BGinBigD
Miss Jarec deserves EVERYTHING she will get in prison. Have fun Bottom Bitch!!