Larry Flynt caught trying to avoid exploiting Jessica Lynch

Yeah, that headline might sound a bit weird, but that's basically what's happening. Apparently, someone has been trying to shop around some nude photos that are supposed to be of Jessica Lynch.

Rumors of nude photos of Lynch, 20, have been swirling for several months.

In September, two Army ex-comrades allegedly tried to sell topless pictures of Lynch to Globe, a supermarket tabloid, for $200,000.

Well, the pictures have now been purchased - by Larry Flynt, of Hustler fame. What makes the story interesting is that he didn't buy them to use in any of his magazines - he bought them so that they wouldn't be published anywhere.

That's certainly not the expected behaviour from someone like Flynt, but I have to say I'm quite impressed, and more than a bit grateful. Pvt. Lynch has already been exploited by so many people and for so many purposes that I find it touching that someone - anyone - is trying to look out for her for a change, and not just what she can do for them.

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Posted by thorswitch at November 11, 2003 08:27 AM | TrackBack