Bad Boy, Bad Boy, Whatcha Gonna Do?

Benjamin Davis, 23, is charged with running S&M parties. Actually, the charges are keeping a house of ill fame for lewdness, lending or selling articles for self abuse and, for good measure, assault on a police officer. Davis lives with his mother, who admits she was “stunned” to learn he “may be” involved in “the sadomasochistic scene.” Davis had allegedly been holding parties every two weeks for six months, and when the Attleboro, N.H., police raided a recent party they “discovered about 55 men and women in various stages of undress along with whips, chains and other paraphernalia.” But, his mother said, he is her son: “I'm proud of him. But the other part of me wants to spank him.” (Hudson Sun) ...That may be what got him started in the first place.