August 4, 2016 | Other News

"Gay for pay" model now on trial for porn producer's murder

Daeveion Mangum
 
In 2015, 60-year-old Michael Castagne -- a part time porn producer of gay medical fetish films -- was found dead in his Richardson, Texas home. He had been bludgeoned to death and then set on fire.
 
The next day, 19-year-old Daeveion Mangum (pictured above), of Fort Worth, was arrested and charged with the murder. Mangum's trial started this week.
 
Mangum has pleaded not guilty. He claimed that he was only acting in self-defence after Castagne tried to force him to have sex on camera with another man.
 
Prosecutors countered that Mangum was an adult who knew exactly what he was getting into.
 
In Castagne's videos, young jocks -- or "patients" -- are examined by a doctor (Castagne, though his face was always cropped out of shots). The "exam" would include prostate exploration with fingers and dildos, and often end with the jock jerking off.
 
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Mangum met Castagne after responding to a Craigslist ad looking for models. He then filled out an application detailing his sexual preferences and signed a release form. He appeared in at least three different videos.
 
Prosecutors asserted that the two men developed a special relationship. Castagne would agree to give Mangum cash advances to help the young father of two. Mangum, in return, promised to follow through with the work.
 
"You can count on me because I love this work," Mangum wrote to Castagne in an email. "I won't mess this up for nothin'." 
 
However, a conflict arose when Castagne "surprised" Mangum with another actor for a shoot. On the witness stand Tuesday, Tyler Griffith explained that he had been asked to play a skateboarder who needed massage therapy and that Mangum was to be his attendant. However, according to Griffith, Mangum was visibly surprised when the two models met and didn't want to work with another man.
 
Griffith added that there was a small verbal altercation between Mangum and Castagne, but that all three agreed that solo shoots would suffice for the day. That night, Castagne was murdered.
 
The trial is expected to end Friday. 
 
Murder Trial Begins For Slayer of Richardson Gay Pornographer [Dallas Observer]
 
Police arrest suspect after Richardson business owner found slain in smoke-filled office [Dallas Morning News]

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