Friday, July 23, 1999
Flynts get eviction notice
Hustler brothers vow new legal fight
BY DAN HORN
The Cincinnati Enquirer
The city of Cincinnati filed an eviction complaint against Larry Flynt's Hustler store Thursday, setting the stage for another court battle.
The complaint was filed in municipal court after Mr. Flynt refused to vacate the building on Sixth Street.
His lawyer, H. Louis Sirkin, said city officials are trying to force his client out because they do not approve of his business.
“It's an attempt to silence and censor,” Mr. Sirkin said. “We're going to fight.”
City officials have said the store is one of several businesses that must move within the next year or two to make room for the new Contemporary Arts Center at Sixth and Walnut streets.
Like those other businesses, Mr. Flynt's store would be entitled to relocation fees from the city.
It's unclear, however, whether he still could receive the fees after an eviction.
The city served him with an eviction notice July 16 shortly after it had negotiated to buy the property from the owner, who had leased it to Mr. Flynt's store.
Mr. Flynt's brother Jimmy, who runs the store, said the city is using strong-arm tactics to get rid of a business it doesn't like.
He said none of the other businesses on the corner has been subject to similar purchases and evictions. He said he would not comply with the city's request to leave.
“They'll have to take me out feet first,” Jimmy Flynt said. “I'm going to homestead there. They'll have to carry me out.”
The dispute with the city comes two months after the Flynt brothers resolved another court battle involving the store. In that case, the brothers had been charged with pandering obscenity for selling pornographic videos. The case was resolved when the Hustler store corporation pleaded guilty to two counts of pandering obscenity.
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