Porn Valley- Friday afternoon Skeeter Kerkove left me a message stating that the matter involving him, the LAPD and misdemeanor charges against him shooting without permit had been dropped. Here’s what happened. In June Skeeter’s house was raided by at least nine LAPD. The police came in undercover vehicles with windows tinted black and out of state license plates.

The whole thing originally started off with Skeeter receiving a ticket which was written on a speeding ticket. It was for commercial filming without a permit. The police entered the home with video and still cameras and began searching the premises. The police were told by a woman named Miranda who was hanging out at the house that Skeeter had not been filming and had been gone most of the day. By this time Skeeter had already returned after seven hours of running errands and was at his kitchen table drinking a beer.

“I didn’t want to work- I wanted to go play that day,” says Skeeter. Skeeter feels the case fell apart because there were witnesses swearing he was shooting, when at the time, he was in Chatsworth according to time stamped video surveillance tapes to prove it.

There were a number of people at the house when the cops came. According to legal disclosure, which the city attorney must provide, the names of those interviewed must be included on the report with names, date of birth and addresses. But no one was listed on the report as being interviewed outside of Kerkove. In other words, one would get the impression from the report that Kerkove was home alone filming. At the time of the raid, Skeeter said the police were threatening him about how they were going to take him down and send him to jail. He said it was pretty intimidating.

“I’ve talked to people who have been arrested while being caught holding a camera with naked bodies- they were never even threatened with jail,” Skeeter says.

“It was about men in power with guns and bullet-proof vests,” he continued. “There you are in thongs, pants and a tank top, holding a glass of beer. You feel vulnerable when they’re holding guns. It’s what you do in a major felony takedown.”

According to Skeeter, the police were making comments that even though no one was filming with cameras, he was liable because it was his house.

“I told them I don’t give a fuck- I’m not filming, I’m not producing, I’m not directing, I’m not PM’ing, I’m not even receiving a paycheck that day,” said Skeeter. “I’ve been gone all day with a 19 year-old girl [Mia Rose]. But they said it doesn’t matter. You’re liable because it’s your house.” Skeeter said Van Damage, who was also at the house at the time, was originally going to get a ticket as well for being a director.

“I go to the cops if we’re going to give out tickets to people who don’t deserve them, can I have his too? I go that guy’s not a fucking director. You can’t give him a ticket. He threatened to refuse entry to you guys and you threatened to take him down to the ground and hurt him. There’s going to be a big problem. These guys invaded my home. It was a violent home invasion. They weren’t stopping a felony from happening. They didn’t stop anyone from being hurt, murdered or robbed.. It was an alleged victimless crime.”

The police report also went to say that there was a girl wearing a lingerie outfit. But there was no description of the girl.According to Skeeter, the police also searched the house for cameras. And what made the whole raid questionable to begin with was the fact it was lead by a detective-three with 30 years in.

“My attorney told me I was clearly in custody when they told me to sit down, shut up, don’t move, don’t talk. My attorney felt someone with huge political pull made this happen.”

Skeeter said he clearly told the police in front of witnesses, “If you wanted to see me film, you should have come last week. That’s when I was filming, producing, directing and PM’ing. But not today.”