A new round of charges were filed yesterday against producers of the online cult
video series Bumfights:
[Prosecutors say] the defendants induced some of the brawls by offering beer
and doughnuts… In one sequence, a homeless man named Donald Brennan is shown
having sex with a woman described as a drug-addicted prostitute after the
filmmakers paid $100 to have "Bumfight" tattooed on his forehead.
For beer and doughnuts, Brennan and another homeless man, Rufus Hannah, fought
each other Jan. 5 in a La Mesa parking lot while one of the defendants filmed
and cheered them on. The following month, Brennan broke his leg fighting with
Hannah.A homeless woman "known only as 'Pork Chop'" was paid $20 to attack
Peter LaForte in a San Diego beach bathroom, prosecutors say. The filmmakers
later told LaForte that "Pork Chop" accepted the money "because
she was hungry," according to the complaint.
