![]() In January 2016, he pleaded guilty and was given a conditional sentence of three months of house arrest followed by three months of community service. One police investigator described the site as "a racist website, inciting hate, hatred, violence-violence above and beyond anything normal." Marek was released on bail, but was re-arrested on July 26 for allegedly violating the terms of his release. The rare charge is based on section 163 of the Canadian Criminal Code and carries a maximum sentence of two years' imprisonment. On July 16, 2013, Edmonton police charged Marek with one count of "corrupting morals" in connection with posting the Magnotta video. The Toronto Sun claimed that charges were pending against Marek, which he denied. ![]() In June 2012, it was reported that the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal was investigating for charges of obscenity due to the posting of 1 Lunatic, 1 Ice Pick. Had any such request by police to take it down, as alleged, been made, I would have just told them that the video had been down for days." Gil Zvulony, a Toronto-based lawyer specializing in Internet law, stated that the evidence supported the laying of obscenity charges against, stating, "There's no real crime where there's no knowledge, but once they got notice of that and they allowed it to stay on there." Corruption of morals charge Police said that Marek had initially refused requests to remove the video from the site, while Marek said, "I took it down myself, on my own terms, without being asked. In June 2012, the website was criticized for the inclusion of the graphic video titled 1 Lunatic, 1 Ice Pick, which depicts the rape and dismemberment of a corpse following the murder of Jun Lin committed by Luka Magnotta. Controversies and legal issues Murder of Jun Lin On November 17, 2020, when asked in the comment section on 's site whether is down and if it will be indefinitely, Mark Marek replied, "Most likely permanently". Īs of November 15, 2020, the website is considered defunct as Marek, its founder and administrator, has decided to focus his attention on other interests. Worse yet, porn earns less today than it did five years ago". In a 2017 interview with GQ Australia, Mark Marek insisted that running costs more than it generates in revenue and said, "No company with a reasonable budget would want to advertise on a website that exposes police brutality, government abuse of citizens, war profiteering and similar anti-people activities. The site was launched on April 30, 2008, by Slovak- Canadian Mark Marek, and hosted explicit, real-life, photographic and video material of events such as murders, suicides, torture, open surgeries, mutilations and accidents. As a result, Marek was arrested and charged under Canada's obscenity law with corrupting public morals. The site received media attention in 2012, following the hosting of a snuff film depicting the murder of Jun Lin. “I removed the video on my own terms, not on the request by the police.April 30, 2008 15 years ago ( ) ĭefunct since November 15, 2020 2 years ago ( ) ī (stylized as and abbreviated BG) was a Canadian shock site active from 2008 to 2020 and owned by Mark Marek, which provided highly violent real-life news, photos and videos, with authored opinion and user comments. “Up to this point, the police have not made contact with me,” he said. ![]() In an email to the Star Tuesday, Marek said the video had been removed as of May 31. Police complained during the investigation that the site’s owner refused to take down the video.īest Gore owner Mark Marek defended his website to the Toronto Star last week, saying it permits people to see the truth “without censorship.” He said it also allowed Internet users to warn police, whom he denounced for not acting quicker. Lafreniere told reporters the charge could be publishing obscene material. It’s extremely difficult for the family, what they’re living through, and on top of this you have some people watching the whole scene.” “We’re in contact with Edmonton police authorities and there could be some accusations about this,” said Commander Ian Lafreniere. The site, Best Gore, carried a video that police say showed the actual slaying of 33-year old Chinese student Jun Lin, allegedly at the hands of Luka Rocco Magnotta. MONTREAL-Montreal police are examining whether to pursue charges against the owner of an Edmonton-based website whose raison d’être is to show real depictions of gore and death. ![]()
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