Movie producer charged with running prostitution ring; 'The film is a wrap,' prosecutor says
A California movie producer was arrested Thursday on a New York indictment accusing him of using a movie production company to operate an international prostitution business, the Associated Press reported.
Dillon Jordan, 49, of Arrowhead Lake, California, was arrested in California's San Bernardino County. At an initial court appearance in Riverside, California, Jordan appeared by video and was ordered released on $150,000 bail.
“For years, Dillon Jordan operated an extensive and far-reaching prostitution business through two front companies – a purported party and event planning company and an actual movie production company,” U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss said in a release. “Now the party is over and the film is a wrap.”
A message seeking comment from Jordan was sent to his attorney, Peter Swarth.
Jordan is listed among dozens of producers on films including the 2018 movie “The Kindergarten Teacher,” which featured Maggie Gyllenhaal, and the 2019 movie “The Kid,” which starred Ethan Hawke.
From 2010 through 2017, according to the indictment, Jordan kept a roster of women who lived across the U.S. and performed sexual acts for Jordan’s clients in exchange for money.
It said he coordinated with a United Kingdom-based madam, sharing and referring customers and prostitutes. The madam was not identified by name in court papers.
Sometimes, the indictment said, Jordan arranged transportation for women to engage in prostitution or directed clients to arrange interstate transportation.
He disguised payments for prostitution made by check to the women by describing them as fees for modeling, appearance, consulting, massage therapy and house parties, according to the indictment.
To communicate with clients, Jordan used email to discuss the price of prostitution services and to arrange transportation, authorities said.
As part of his bail terms, Jordan was ordered not to communicate with any victims or anyone likely to be a witness in the case.
“They haven't said anyone's name so I don't know who any are,” Jordan told Magistrate Judge Sheri Pym.
He was also ordered to surrender his firearms to law enforcement and not to use any drugs or marijuana. His home could also be subject to random searches.
“They're going to randomly search my house?” Jordan asked. Then he said: “I agree.”
He said his legal name was Dillon Jordan, but the indictment said he also used aliases including “Daniel Jordan,” “Daniel Maurice Hatton," and “Daniel Bohler."
He was charged with conspiracy to violate the Mann Act, enticement, money laundering and use of interstate commerce to promote unlawful activity.
FBI Special Agent-in-Charge George M. Crouch Jr. said anyone victimized by Jordan or with additional information should contact the Newark, New Jersey, FBI office.