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06 august 2010





Burned body found after fire at Lennox bondage club


Source: www.dailybreeze.com  - Daily Breeze - USA


LENNOX- The body of a man in his 50s was found today at the scene of a fire at Passive Arts Studios, a bondage club in Lennox, authorities said.


A man believed to be the owner of a Lennox bondage club was discovered dead Tuesday after firefighters doused a blaze that gutted his business.

Although the cause of death was not immediately released, homicide detectives opened an investigation into whether the man was killed and the fire set to cover it up.

The man was discovered shortly before noon inside Passive Arts Studios at 10914 S. La Cienega Blvd. near Los Angeles International Airport, county fire Inspector Fredric Stowers said.

The man had been burned, but it was unknown if the fire caused his death, firefighters said.

His name was not released. Business records show the owner's name as John Cavine.

A dog also was killed, and a club employee was taken for questioning, investigators said.

"The helper guy was across the street," said Scott Hamilton, whose business Hamilton Prototypes shares a wall with the bondage club.

"He split because the smoke was so heavy. He was walking back toward the building and got hit by the car." Employees at neighboring businesses in the industrial area saw smoke about 11:35 a.m. spewing from two roll-up doors.

"Just as I was getting to the front door, the sheriffs pulled up rather anxiously and said `Get out of the building. The place next door is on fire,"' Hamilton said. "It was pretty dense smoke. The Fire Department was there very swift."

According to Passive Arts Studio's MySpace page, its 7,000 square-foot warehouse in Lennox has "become the largest, most elegant and best equipped play area in the nation." The club caters to people interested in sexual fetishes involving bondage, discipline, dominance and submission.

"We are a playground for adults interested in exploring their more complex sides," the club advertises on its Facebook page. The club includes seven dungeons and theme rooms - a classroom, an office, an interrogation room, a torture chamber - along with a bar and a dance area. "Sessions from one half hour to overnight and beyond!" the

Facebook page advertises. The Passive Arts Studios MySpace page features numerous photographs of rooms that contain cages, chains and other restrictive devices used for role-playing inside the club. Some photographs in the club's "friends" section show women wearing leather dominatrix outfits.

"John (the founder of Passive Arts) has often said that Passive Arts is like an adult Disneyland in that it will never be completed," the site says. "Many, many years ago, John once said that Passive Arts is the place where all your fantasies can come true and that is more true now than ever before." The site said the club has been featured in numerous television programs on networks ranging from Playboy to the History Channel.

Hamilton said he sometimes "would hear screaming and spanking and all that kind of stuff" coming through his neighbor's wall. About two weeks ago, five sheriff's deputies were called to a disturbance there, Hamilton said.

"There was some argument or something going on," Hamilton said. Hamilton called the owner a "nice guy" and said his dog was a real wolf. On the business' MySpace page, one man expressed condolences in the comments section.

"Sorry to hear about your loss," he said. "I was at the Revlon red show Valentines Day 2009. Had a great time."

See also:
Bondage Club Murder: Arrest Made In Lennox Fire.