Real Estate Tycoon Exposed as 'Boogeyman of Porn'

[Zorro]

Mark Handel was a politically connected L.A. property developer but what few knew was he was also moonlighting as Khan Tusion—one of the most notorious figures in hardcore porn.

Los Angeles-area real estate magnate Mark Handel was once able to get state legislation specially drafted to suit his developments, persuade the city council to give his projects an interest-free six-figure loan, and to cultivate ties with men who would later represent the region in the House of Representatives and U.S. Senate.

But according to materials from a forthcoming documentary—which The Daily Beast corroborated through public records research and conversations with San Fernando Valley insiders—Handel, now facing federal fraud and money-laundering charges, maintained a parallel career as one of the most notorious and misogynistic figures in hardcore porn: Khan Tusion.

One of the directors behind the new film revealed to The Daily Beast that he first heard about Handel’s infamous alter ego while working on a movie based on a 2010 murder in the adult industry.

“People would mention this guy ‘Khan Tusion’—they would call him the ‘boogeyman of porn,’ ‘the Freddie Krueger of porn’,” said Lucas Heyne, whose prior film Mope premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2019. “He was known for being one of the most verbally abusive and physically abusive porn directors that’s ever existed.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/los-angeles-real-estate-tycoon-mark-handel-exposed-as-boogeyman-of-porn-khan-tusion

This is a really ugly story. Not for the squeamish.

[Auggie]

1. Holy cow!

Handel donated to top politicians who had no clue as to the double life.

[Indykatie]

2. The Daily Beast Has Been Doing Some Excellent Investigative Journalism n/t

[Judi Lynn]

3. Free Republicans will wet themselves in excitement learning he contributed to well-known Democrats.

Someone has been outed who's worse than Trump. What a holiday for the slow-learning hard right.