A Blast From the Past

It is not often that something from my past has particular relevance to a news story in the RMN. However, this morning's story about Larry Schwarz and his porn star, adopted daughter was an interesting read.

To give the background, I grew up and went to high school in Canon City, CO. There is one high school in Canon City. When I was a junior in high school, Stephany Schwarz was a 15 year-old freshman. As stated in the article, yes, Stephany was a rowdy high-schooler. She lived in Wetmore which is a small town south of Canon City. I don't know why she didn't go to school in Florence, which is another small town south of Canon City and has the nearest high school.

I am not particularly proud that the most famous person I knew in high school is a porn star, but it has provided for some amusing conversation when telling people about where I grew up.

What was interesting in today's article was this:
People in Wetmore remember Stephany as a rowdy high school student, but Schwarz says he never detected signs that she was heading toward life as a porn star.

Really! That's funny! Here's a little story about Stephany that the RMN didn't include. In the fall of 1991, Stephany, who was 15 at the time, had sex with an 18 year-old senior. The reason I know all this is that he videotaped the entire thing. The 18 year-old's step brother watched the video and told his mom about it. The 18 year-old was arrested for having sex with a minor.

I'm not defending the guy because he made a lot of other mistakes and he did break the law. However, the general consensus was that Stephany admitted to friends that she knew the camera was there and said, "I'm going to be a star." This is all heresay and cannot be verified (that I know of, it may be part of the court transcript, but I'm not sure).

After all of this happened, Stephany started to go to school in Pueblo because the guy was more popular than she was, and she received threats about what she did to him (again, I know he did it to himself and I am not defending him).

Coupled with this event and the fact that Schwarz was investigated for child porn and molestation, is it any wonder that his daughter became a porn star?