Goalie Entertainment Owner Begins 13 Month Sentence

Denver, CO. Goalie Entertainment owner, Eddie Wedelstedt, began his 13 month prison sentence in a southern Colorado minimum security correctional facility yesterday.

According to the terms of a plea bargain agreement, Wedelstedt plead guilty to one count of interstate transportation of obscene materials for sale or distribution and one conspiracy charge. The plea bargain resulted in over a dozen charges being dismissed as well as the dismissal of charges against his wife and employees.

The original indictment was based largely on the confiscation of just six DVD titles found in his retail stores that were deemed obscene.

On May 13, Wedelstedt hosted a benefit for his children's charity, Eddie's Kids. That night he gave a speech to a gathering of friends, attorneys and employees, detailing all the bullshit he has gone through over the past two years including endless surveillance on he and his family.

"I think the thing that hurts me the most," Wedelstedt said, "was that, for two years, the federal government had gag orders on the banks that we deal with, and was forcing them to investigate all the lawyers that worked with us, because they [the government] were convinced that these lawyers were taking millions of dollars out of the country. And the sad part was, they [the attorneys] had to go through checkpoints when they traveled. They were treated like criminals...It was really unfortunate that that happened."

Wedelstedt went on to rally everyone present to take action against the absurd laws regarding sexuality that this country is currently enforcing.

"I mean, when you stop to think of all the horror stories in America today-think about it now- in South Carolina (see PornTribe, May 5, 2006), Texas, Georgia...it is illegal to buy a vibrator!" he shouted. "You can go to prison for buying a vibrator or a dildo. That's what this country is starting to come to, and it's very, very sad."

"What we've got to do now is, we've got to jump on top of things. We've got to jump in and we've got to stop these laws that are being passed. We can't wait for the ACLU."

In hero fashion, Wedelstedt assured the audience that he would survive prison.

"I've done a lot of time in a lot of places," he said. "All I can say is this: one year's not going to kill me. I can do one year and it's not gonna bother me. I think things are gonna be okay."