Jarec Wentworth (aka Teofil Brank) still has some fight left in him. 

 

Last month, a federal jury found him guilty of six extortion charges involving victim Donald Burns, a very wealthy Magic Jack executive. However, the rent boy and former porn star has asked a judge to throw out the guilty verdicts claiming the evidence in the case was insufficient.

 

The biggest issue for Wentworth's lawyers was the claim that Burns truly feared having aspects of his sex life shared with the public. The lawyers countered by saying that Burns was open about his use of male escorts, going so far as to be seen at several public events with one or two.

 

The lawyers added that Burns had no fear of anyone finding out about his interest in porn and porn stars, claiming he offered SeanCody.com his house as a place to film videos, even though the house is mostly made of glass.

 

“[Sean Cody] declined to film there for lack of privacy, yet Mr. Burns was eager to use his famous home — a home identified with his name — for filming gay sex that would be posted to the Internet,” Wentworth’s attorneys said. “It simply does not make sense that Mr. Burns was worried about his reputation with conservative, risk-averse corporate entities while being willing to have his architecturally famous house featured in gay pornography on the Internet.

 

“Not only did Mr. Burns want gay pornography to be filmed in his famous glass house, he wanted bragging rights. These are not the words of a man seeking to be discrete and protect his reputation."

 

The lawyers concluded "that testimony, taken in the context of the rest of Mr. Burns' testimony, evidence of his conduct, and the testimony of other witnesses demonstrates that no reasonable fact finder could conclude that the prosecution proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt."

 

The motion to acquit Wentworth will be held in September.