From the horses mouth:
“I [went and] said, ‘I thought porno was legal because of the First Amendment,’ and [the attorney] laughs and says, ‘Oh how naïve you are! What’s amazing to me is that you’ve been in the business this long and haven’t had any encounters with the police.’”
Fort Lauderdale
Those words would later prove to be prophetic in 1988, when Higgins and a talent scout found themselves cruising for ‘models’ in South Florida.
“Well, I had a scout, and I’ve said to all the scouts, ‘Whatever you do, don’t mess around with anybody underage,’” Higgins told AVN.
So together in Fort Lauderdale they drove along the street, “and I saw a kid who was obviously underage, and I said ‘Don’t look at him.’ And [the scout] said, ‘I’m not looking at him.’ And I said ‘I know you’re looking at him.’”
Afterwards, Higgins left on a business trip.
“And guess what?” Higgins told AVN, “He had shot pictures of the guy I told him not to pick up, not to shoot.”
Shortly thereafter Higgins woke up to 15 police cars raiding the house with shotguns, nightsticks, and ‘everything else.’
The cop explained to him, “Well [the scout] took these pictures and he sent them to a lab, and the lab had to call us by law.” And he showed Higgins the pictures and he said, “Do you have anything to say about that?” And Higgins said, “Yes, take the cuffs off of me and I will murder him right in front of you. Can you can arrest me for that?’”
In the midst of the investigation, Higgins went on a ‘world tour.’ First he went to Australia and made a movie, but he didn’t like it. Then he went on to Thailand, and was happy with the product, but didn’t see any future opportunities there.
Ultimately, Higgins ended up in Amsterdam where his European distributor was located.
Higgins eventually settled in Prague, Czech Republic,
