Thread by @AnOpenSecret

Did you know?

Larry Flint, sexually abused his own daughter, Tonya, from when she was 10 years old, through her late teens.

Flint, the owner and founder of Hustler, began grooming her by exposing her to graphic pornography, before the sexual abuse began.

Tonya Flynt-Vega, daughter of Hustler owner Larry Flint, detailed the sexual abuse he inflicted upon her as a child for years, in a 1998 book, "Hustled: My Journey From Fear to Faith"
amazon.com/Hustled-My-Jou…

Tonya Flynt-Vega became an anti-porn. crusader, following her father's use of graphic pornography to groom her for years of sexual abuse as a child.
orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-19…

Larry Flint threatened his daughter, attempting to prevent her from publishing the book, exposing his sexual abuse of her as a child.

Tonya published the book anyway, and Larry Flint never sued her, because it was all true. courant.com/news/connectic…

Hustler cartoonist and humor editor, Dwaine B. Tinsley, created the comic feature called "Chester the Molester".

Chester would molest and sexually assault girls & women

Tinsley was convicted of sexually abusing his OWN DAUGHTER

Flynt defended Tinsley even after his conviction

Hollywood made a film about Larry Flynt, 'The People vs Larry Flynt', which portrayed Flynt as a hero

The screenwriters never did actual research on Flynt's life, and never contacted Flynt's daughter

The film won multiple major Hollywood awards

1997 interview with daughter of #LarryFlynt, #TonyaFlynt, where Tonya discusses how her father raped her as a child when The People vs. Larry Flynt was released

Tonya calls father monster

*#CharlieRose later fired by CBS for sexual acts

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Hollywood Cleans Up Hustler

@GloriaSteinem @nytimes editorial about incestuous pedophile #LarryFlynt & his convicted pedo cartoonist #dwainetinsley & the Hollywood film about Flynt in 1997 that helped his reputation as a free speech hero

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nytimes.com/1997/01/07/opi…