Fallen U.S. Porn King Goldstein Rebuilds with Bagels

[hadrons]

By John Zawadzinski

NEW YORK (Reuters) - He spent a lifetime peddling smut and once had an $11 million fortune, but after losing everything and becoming just another homeless New Yorker, Al Goldstein is now happy pushing bagels instead of porn.

Goldstein, a founding father of America's porn industry, now hustles bagels and white fish at a New York-based deli and catering establishment.

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Goldstein has good reason to feel good about his new career, however mundane, after becoming homeless last year when the porn empire he began building in 1968 collapsed.

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Those he befriended in the porn business, a billion-dollar industry he helped pioneer, turned their backs to him. Even his own son, Jordan, a Harvard graduate who works for a New York-based law firm, refuses to speak to him.

"My life has turned to crap," Goldstein said. "To go from a being a millionaire and then living in a homeless shelter and being rejecting by 98 percent of your friends is horrendous, but I'm a survivor."


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O' how the mighty have fallen

[LiberalVoice]

1. With a name like Goldtein...

i'm not suprised :P

[kypper]

2. Obligatory Quote

Peter Griffin: I'm going to microwave a bagel and have sex with it.
Glen Quagmire: Butter's in the fridge.

[mongo]

3. Glad to know old Al's doing OK

Poor old guy was pretty brash in the old days, and did some really stupid shit. But he paid for it dearly.

In fact, it was the NY court system that made him homeless. Although he still had a mansion in Fla (at that time), the court made him stay in NYC as part of his release from jail, after he had threatened his (now) ex-wife, and released her personal phone number on some radio show.

He really was a dirt-bag in a lot of ways, but I can't help feeling sorry for the guy.

[solinvictus]

4. Well...

you've got to admire his positive attitude. I can't say I'm surprised about his industry "friends", though.

[mongo]

6. "I can't say I'm surprised about his industry "friends", though."

I think that has more to do with the way Al treated people than the psychological makeup of the people in the adult industry.

The people in the adult industry are no different than any other sector. Some good, some bad and every shade of grey inbetween.

[Skittles]

5. remember this Mr. Goldstein

those 98% were NEVER your friends