El FBI
había investigado a Hugh Hefner y la policía de Chicago lo arrestó por
obscenidad cuando publicó las fotos de la actriz Jayne Mansfield en su revista Playboy.
Mansfield posó para la revista en
febrero de 1955. Las copias de esa edición se vendieron a 10 dólares.
Hefner at the time told the FBI that
his magazine was like Esquire…
Playboy knew what it was getting in choosing actress Jayne Mansfield for Playmate
of the Month in February 1955…
The trial
resulted in a hung jury that
voted 7 to 5 for acquittal…
Hefner claimed that the Director was
wrong in his statements about pornography being a multimillion dollar business…
En vocabulario: hung jury
