NL- I’d like to hear from Kelly too, Kelly, pls drop me an email with your side of the story.
Dr Suzy Sues Kelly Shibari
OP/ED From Dr Suzy from http://bloggamy.com/kelly-shibari
Bloggamist’s Note: It saddens us to have to write out the following timeline about a fellow member of the sex-positive movement. But the fact is, we are suing Kelly Shibari for damages arising from the disappearance of thousands of irreplaceable documents dating back to 2007 that went missing during her last hours of work for us. Such actions followed by silence—whether from Wall Street bankers or a former assistant—demand a response. Sorry Kelly, but you asked for this. ~ SMB & MRL
In December of 2010, Kelly Shibari, broke and eager to escape her “crazed” roommate, applied for the position of receptionist/assistant with The Dr. Susan Block Show. Despite warnings from others and our personal reservations about her, we accepted her into our community. As with all community members, we reimbursed Kelly Shibari for her time on a barter basis, giving her a large private space in our 14,000 square foot loft, from which she ran her own business, in addition to helping us on a part-time basis. We also paid for her utilities, food, phone, Internet, maid service and other communal amenities.
In January, 2011, because of her public relations background in the adult industry, we made her “producer” of The Dr. Susan Block Show. The show has been broadcasting on radio stations around the country, cable TV (including HBO) and the Internet since 1984. That’s 27 years of talk radio, 20 years on cable TV and 15 years broadcasting live on the Internet.
As the show’s producer, one of her most important tasks was to organize and update our various press, guest, sponsor, art world and university mailing lists, as well as to expand these lists to include additional media, academic institutions, past and future show guests, past and future sponsors, bloggers and electronic media. She did this work under the supervision of executive producer Max Lobkowicz.
For this position, Kelly Shibari was given control of The Dr. Susan Block Show Gmail account (speakeasygallery@gmail.com) which contained what she knew to be vital show correspondence dating back to 2007, as well as all aforementioned lists. No one else operated this account except Kelly Shibari, though Max, her supervisor, had the password.
In February, 2011, Kelly Shibari asked Max if she could do the driving and running errands for the community, as she needed to earn extra money because her website and private PR business were not doing well.
In April, 2011, when our general manager left, Kelly Shibari asked if she could take over “half” of that position. After some consideration, we made her and our editorial assistant, Helen Z, co-managers. Her duties included scheduling shifts, as well as billing and handling accounts payable, including her own personal payment ledger, in addition to continuing her duties as show producer.
On September 12, 2011, Kelly Shibari gave us two weeks’ notice, citing her need to help out her newly widowed father. She assured us leaving had “nothing to do with” us, and that she would be moving in with a friend. She said she was happy to organize all the lists and other critical show information for our new producer, Tasia.
Over the following two weeks, Kelly Shibari quickly became less and less helpful, continually postponing the turn over these materials, while reassuring us that she was “working on it,” by organizing everything into a folder called “Tasia” which she would give to us before leaving. We weren’t too concerned, as we trusted she would debrief us and our new producer as would normally happen in a transitional scenario.
Yet, in the early morning hours of September 25, 2011, Kelly Shibari, without communicating with any of us, disappeared, along with her furniture and other belongings, leaving her space totally empty.
Something else was also gone.
All copies of our press, guest, sponsor, art world and university mailing lists and all other critical show documents had been deleted from our front office computer. The so-called “Tasia” folder contained nothing but a few random guest photos and a recent press release.
Our computer backup system records reveal that this deletion occurred at 1:26 am, September 25, 2011, during Kelly Shibari’s last shift here.
But the vandalism doesn’t stop there. Our show Gmail account had been completely raped of all its thousands of emails, lists and other important information. Five years of show correspondence, pieces of our history, vanished? How? Where? Everything was there just a few hours before. Now it was all gone; even the trash folder had been erased.
And guess what! We also discovered that “someone” had stolen Kelly Shibari’s personal payment ledger. Hmm….Could this have been the elevator operator?
In fact, this was no mystery. It was Kelly Shibari’s responsibility, even if she had stopped working “for” us a few hours before. So we called, emailed and texted her with urgent messages, hoping that this was some kind of mistake that could be rectified immediately.
She didn’t answer us all day, though she did have time to post this photo of a Chinese fortune with this message on her Twitter account: “Pat yourself on the back for making that right choice” on September 26, 2011.
The next day, she sent this cryptically incriminating message to us: “its [sic] not – check the folders on that acct. I did a basic cleanup of spam when I first got there & erased sent emails as projects were completed.”
Needless to say, we had already checked the folders and there was nothing in them. In fact, there were no folders. Zero. Zilch. Nada. Some “cleanup.” Cleaned out is more to the point.
When we texted Kelly back, questioning her about her unauthorized “cleaning” spree, she did not respond. Then we asked for her help in finding or replacing the show documents that went missing on her watch. Still she did not reply.
Oddly, she cc’ed us on an email to one of our business associates, saying that she was “not able to speak to any staff members there,” though she was the one not speaking to us. We emailed her back immediately, saying “Oh come on, Kelly, we’d love to speak to you!” Her subsequent silence spoke volumes.
Meanwhile, several people in our community stepped up to the plate, working many hours to reconstruct the missing lists and other materials.
Then cometh the smoking gun: as we made our way through the haze of lies, disappearing documents and silence, we discovered that Kelly Shibari went to work for Studio Servitu, another studio in our building complex, immediately after leaving us.
Enter William J. Glasser, “national legal counsel” (whatever that means) for Kelly Shibari, calling on his Google phone number from New York, saying something to the effect of “You’re all very nice folks, you must be imagining all these terrible things, your computers must have gone haywire, and why are you asking her to pay for material that is just somehow gone now that she’s gone?”
In an effort to resolve this without lawsuits, we asked Mr. Glasser to at least have his client give us copies of our lists which she kept on her laptop. This time, he did not respond.
So my dear readers, the suspect is incommunicado, her lawyer has disappeared, and on Friday, 11-11-11, we served Kelly Shibari with a lawsuit. Regardless of how the case turns out, these critical show-related documents went missing on her watch, and we’d feel remiss in our duty to the larger community if we brought the suit without telling the story.
We love our work; we’ve been at it for over 27 years. But like everyone these days, our little community of artists and educators is struggling. So the last thing we need is this kind of behavior.
Need a reference for Kelly Shibari? What kind of experience have you had with her? What do you think? Call Max at 213.670.0066.
She still banging dat’ Tim Von Swine mudda’ fucka’?
How long until she winds up in the Shelly Lubben (no relation) kennel?
I’ve never understood why people in the adult business even talk to Susan Block. She is a complete waste of time. Her supposed shows are just like KSEX. They are simply ways for her and her hubby to meet porn people.
Does anyone actually watch/listen to the shows? The answer is no. Thats why Susan cant afford to hire people. She has no money for real employees.
She is not suing anyone. It takes money to sue people. Whatever was deleted was worthless anyways. There is zero value is anything Susan does and she knows it. She has been playing the same games for 27 yrs. If you cant afford to hire people after 3 decades then its time to move on. She just wont accept that.
I met Kelly when Jeremy and I went to the Eros Day celebration at Dr. Suzy’s speakeasy. Then I’ve seen her twice recently on Spice radio, I asked if she still worked for them. Her reaction wasn’t too positive.
Regardless of how the case turns out, these critical show-related documents went missing on her watch, and we’d feel remiss in our duty to the larger community if we brought the suit without telling the story.
Suzy, the only thing you would feel remiss about is missing an opportunity at a shameless plug for your failing phone sex empire, er operation, while trying to throw someone under the bus who didnt want to ‘live’ in that environment anymore. You can count yourself lucky that Kelly is so submissive in nature (unlike myself), since I’ve been begging her to blow the roof on your completely bogus ‘bonobo’ way of life over at that communist camp you & your hubby Max run over there. But Im sure she’ll continue to take the high road and NOT respond publicly since airing this type of ‘laundry’ is only for those that dont have any other way to get noticed.
You need to take these blogs down about Kelly and keep this a private matter since Im not going to sit back and watch you try and pull some character assassination quietly. You also might want to cultivate some of that ‘bonobo’ attitude and bang away at your hubby while there’s still time before the cancer takes your #1 and only real fan away for good. Get your priorities straight ‘doctor’, and go back to what you do best which is blowing hot air. No regards, ~ T.Von Swine.
Kelly Shibari is a blight on the Adult community. She has done really horrible, unspeakable things to a lot of people and now it’s payback time. Not feeling sorry for her at all.
@sandybanks – Could you be more specific, please?
Maybe we can get some more Shelly lubben banners put on her website!! and that would give it a kick??.
I’m glad she’s finally get outed for being a thieving tard.
She stole $500 from another model’s purse during one of my shoots and I had to compensate the model for it. It wasn’t her fault I allowed a thief to be alone with her stuff while we were in the next room shooting. When questioned Shibari simply said “If I was her I’d think I did it too!” After she left I looked around to see if she took anything of mine and found another $250 in cash stolen from a desk drawer in my office.
That is the stuff I know for a fact that Kelly Shibari was responsible for but I went through some identity theft shit a few months later & my best guess would be that she was to blame for that too though I cannot say I am 100% certain.
BobbyCrisco is obviously new to porn.
The other model probably stole the $250 and made up the story about getting $500 taken. You bought the story . . . hook line and sinker.
A porn girl showing up to a shoot with $500 in her purse?
Yeah right! What planet are you living on?
Crisco is a good name for you buddy.
Yeah BIGCOCKSUCKA ! You like crisco on you CULO too huh my BUTT buddy! Temecula HOMO!! that what happens when you used to do straight porn , 15 scenes and then u go queer!! Tick- Tock…maybe this week for thanksgiving…Boom!
PrickMadrid, how many more times are you going to say Tick Tock? Its obvious you are not capable for doing anything but running your cocksucker.
Shouldnt you be harassing producers to shoot you?
You’re a pathetic loser in the same mold as donkey long. Failure is your only option in life.
Cindi, please get rid of ^^this guy^^.
Hey, von swinez’, how do you feel about roberto crisco’s comments?
Sure all models have a strict “no cash, checks only” policy.
Even if they do bend their “no cash” rule I am sure they go right to the bank to deposit it afterward.
The other model was never left alone… only her purse was & it was inside her bag that she brought with her.
I have worked with that model many times and she has always been reliable & very professional.
I have no opinion whatsoever of Dr Suzy or know if she’s a trustworthy source of information but I do know that the story she’s telling is 100% believable based on my experience with Shibari.
^^Fartz; Im pretty sure I know who Bobby Crisco is, or is friends with and I know why there’s static. but starting beefs or accusing some one of stealing cash is one thing, airing out a performers name is a whole different issue and crosses a line that’s dangerous and unnecessary. so whatever BC is upset about doesnt bother me at all since I dont beleive Kelly to be a thief of any kind. but, that’s just my take, Crisco can feel how he/she wants.
now,jumping on the Dr.Suzy bandwagon,..well we all like to get a few kicks in to the ribs now and then dont we,..even if we realise later it was wrong?
if BC cant see that the Dr.Suzy camp is clearly running a smear campaign over a small claims suit that they’re struggling to even pull off, whatevs,..we all want to have friends against our enemies. its easy to algin w/someone who’s and enemy of an enemy and thats all he/she is doing.
sandybanks is also just an opportunist takin digs. it happens. this is porno and people never take the high road. ~ T.Von.
It sounds to me like a bunch of circumstantial evidence and people who don’t know how to use computers. Any deleted file from a PC can be recovered. Especially if they were deleted by someone who doesn’t know jack shit about security and hiding files. Old deleted emails? Give me a break. You are going to sue someone for deleted emails that she wasn’t the only one to have the password for? Good luck proving it was her! This case would come down to a full blown jury trial and both parties would end up losing a lot of money over it that neither one of them have. Maybe the dr suzy show will learn why any company should keep actual backups of ALL Their data. This is what happens when you treat people like slaves.
Well, this has been an interesting ongoing discussion, and Luke is Back has been very fair to everyone, allowing their say.
Additional information is coming in every day, and we appreciate all the people who have come forward, even if they only do so anonymously.
The bottom line is that Ms. Miles / Shibari is now using stolen lists that were deleted from our account and computer on her watch. How do we know she did it? In the latest developments, several more journalists and friends who were on our lists have complained to us that they are now receiving unrequested invitations to Ms. Miles / Shibari’s new employer’s studio/dungeon. This will be part of our evidence in court. Incidentally, not everyone on our stolen lists is a fan of BDSM.
We are more than ready to go to trial. It is, in fact, Ms. Miles / Shibari who has asked for a delay—not us—claiming she was not served directly. On 11-11-11, at the door of her new workplace, our server handed the papers to a security guard who then turned around and handed the papers to her. Then she told a witness/neighbor of ours, “I just got served. Do I look scared?” Now she tells the court she wasn’t served directly.
Meanwhile, she remains silent towards us, and her “national lawyer” has disappeared. As always, we would like to speak to her or with some reasonable person representing her, if she would like to settle this out of court. At the moment, her only representative is her boyfriend posting insults and threats (a little more fodder for the judge).
What does it all add up to? Thievery and thuggery. It deeply saddens us to say this about a fellow traveler in the sex-positive movement. But when you get pickpocketed, you ought to cry “thief,” partly to warn your other fellow travelers and partly because there’s more of a chance you’ll get your wallet back.
In the meantime, we continue collecting information and evidence. The case is building every day, and Kelly’s postponement just lets it build more. You can call us anytime at 213.670.0066. If you need to be anonymous, we’ll respect that.
Cheers, Ms. “Believer in Karma.” Just before you left, you told us you liked to burn bridges. You even had the bad judgment to post that on your twitter. What you see before you is simply the bridge you are burning. We tried, as you know, and we are very, sincerely sorry it had to come to this.
Dr. Suzy and Max
Suzy and Max need to PAY people.
Karma is getting them and they hate it.
They are idiots desperate for porn girls attention but since they are BROKE they will need people to work for free.
Hopefully the next person they refuse to pay burns the place down.
Suzy and Max will be in Starbucks doing the same show that NO ONE watches or listens to.
Pathetic and say. How old are they? They must be in their late 60s. Society Security checks are their only hope.
Hey Von Swine, you still jamming The Hookers? The band, not the porn hookers.
^ Fartz, yeah I always get those guys on my rotation here whenever Im workin on galleries, etc,. in fact I’d like to dedicate one of their songs to my buddy Max over here,..it’s called “12 Guage Reaction”…
Max, you still dont understand how dangerous it is to leak a female performers name to the public, and obviously dont care. Your current litigation is such a big deal that it’s being handled in small claims,..wow. Last I checked you haven’t skipped a beat or missed a broadcast since she left so what does that say about your ability to operate w/out all of this ‘valuable’ information that’s supposedly missing? It says that this is a smear campaign by a big baby. It’s no wonder you’ve been stabbed before. If this is how you handle things I can clearly see why you’re terrified to leave your ‘canopy’ on Olympic & Alameda. Just let the lawsuit speak for itself Max, that’s what any halfway decent AMERICAN would do.
And I know you’re having a tough time w/your bladder cancer, but is that an excuse to conduct yourself this way? Look, the lights are going out whether you like it or not and all you’re doing is cementing your awful reputation. It’s over for you guys and you’re no where near to going out on top.
It’s a shame it’s come to this between you and I because I did enjoy bending the elbow w/you those few times at the studio where everyone works/lives. But you broke rank in a way Im never gonna forgive or forget, and not just because Kelly’s my GF but because she’s a reknowned performer in her class of XXX and you just made her life a whole lot more dangerous.
So for now keep serving underage performers alcohol til the wee hours of the morning, keep bullying your neighbors at Servitu, keep living in your wardrobe closet so nobody thinks you’re illegally occupying a commercial space w/employees and tenants, keep arranging on-air orgies where NOBODY is required to show current STD tests or wear condoms (or cares),keep NOT paying ANY of your guests as you piggyback solo and orgy content for your library, and keep believing that ‘nobody does radio like Max does radio”…
Max, you’re a nobody that does radio. Goodnight. ~ T.Von Swine
p.s.; be glad I didnt bring you the 10 Guage Reaction…
‘tear the roof off!’ -The Hookers/”12 Guage Reaction”
Since most of Kelly’s thugs that are posting here are illiterate, using aliases and spouting violent threats (btw, if you’re going to threaten us with a 12 Gauge, Tim, the least you can do is spell the word correctly), the whole discussion has degenerated in print form. So we’re taking the Kelly Shibari files to radio.
But you all don’t have to worry, as nobody is listening to our little radio show ;-).
So if you enjoy posting comments about going after us with a “12 Guage” [sic] or telling people to “burn the place down,” bringing violence to us or anyone in our community, we have some bad news for you…
It’s all being documented and will be used against you. Call us old-fashioned—or just plain old (lol)—but we won’t just put up and shut up when people steal from us, destroy our property and get their boyfriends to make violent threats against us.
We’re now seeking information on the following people. If you know who they are or where they are, please call Max at 213.670.0066.
Pwltroll: Name, address, anything you have.
BigDickDaddy: Name, address, anything you have.
Tim.Von Swine: This guy’s name says it all. He is Kelly Shibari ‘s boyfriend. He’s been to our studio a few times, but his file is among several that disappeared from our archives during Kelly’s last shift (Btw, Kelly, you may have stolen your payment ledger, but we have all the check stubs from our checks that you cashed, as well as the trade ledgers). We’d like his address.
Nothing nefarious here; we just need it for our legal files.
We’ve got a great show going on tonight on an entirely different, much more fun subject. Nobody’s listening, of course, but give us a call tonight if you’d like to discuss this case. Our on-air number is 1.866.289.7068.
Bonobos Max and Suzy
Head Slave Masters on the Plantation (LOL )
^ to Max’s credit, I dont always type very well, ergo; guage/gauge….looks like you got me there ol’guy. Keep begging for people to help you since you obvioulsy need it. All you had to do was take down that post. Now, you’re whinig that Im threatening you? How? My post was my “12 Gauge Reaction”…
Stay scared Maximo. ~ T.Von
Bladder cancer?
Karma really is a bitch!!
LOL you want peoples information because they don’t agree with you? You seem upset. Why don’t you chill out for a bit. You really shouldn’t be operating an internet under that mad condition you are in.
As we said earlier, since this discussion continues to degenerate, we invite you to call us on the air on Saturday nights at 1.866.289.7068 (its toll-free, in case you’re broke 😉
I would totally call in, but I wouldn’t want to make you even more mad. You so mad.
Max knows alot about being broke.
He’s never been able to afford employees because his business a complete failure. Its just a way for him to get people over there. Just like KSEX. Its a scam.
And by the way loser you’re not “on air”.