John Stagliano

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{{short description|American pornographic actor and director (born 1951)}}
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'''John Stagliano''' (born November 29, 1951), also known as '''Buttman''', is an American [[entrepreneur]], former [[pornographic film actor]], producer and director who founded and owns the [[Evil Angel (studio)|Evil Angel]] pornographic [[film studio]].

==<span lang="en">Early</span> life and career==
Stagliano grew up in the Chicago suburbs,<ref name=STAGLIANO/> and attended high school from 1965 to 1969.<ref name=rog>{{cite web|url=http://www.rogreviews.com/interviews/John_Stagliano.asp|title=Interview: John Stagliano|date=April 10, 2002|publisher=rogreviews.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021017212630/http://www.rogreviews.com/interviews/john_stagliano.asp|archive-date=October 17, 2002}}</ref> He enrolled in college, but dropped out in 1969 for several semesters.<ref name=rog/> He then went back to college and studied subjects including English, journalism, and engineering,<ref name=rog/> before transferring to [[UCLA]] to major in economics.<ref name=STAGLIANO/> He originally planned to get an economics [[PhD]] and become a professor.<ref name=rog/> He then switched to studying theater, playwriting, [[modern dance]] and [[jazz dance]], partly because there were more women in those classes. He is of Italian<ref>Stagliano and Lencioni family history</ref> ancestry with some of his grandparents from [[Florence]].<ref name=STAGLIANO/><ref name=rog/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rogreviews.com/16805/interview-john-stagliano-02/ |title=Interview: John Stagliano|date=April 10, 2002|work=rogreviews.com|access-date=October 13, 2016}}</ref>

In the 1970s, he wrote [[erotic fiction]] for a small newspaper, and did some [[softcore pornography|softcore]] modeling.<ref name=STAGLIANO/> He made his debut in a [[Hardcore pornography|hardcore]] [[pornographic film]] in an [[8 mm film|8 mm]] loop in 1974.<ref name=STAGLIANO/> In 1979, he was looking for dancing jobs in Hollywood. He replied to an advertisement in the ''[[Daily Variety]]'' looking for male [[stripper]]s for the new [[Chippendales]] show.<ref name=STAGLIANO/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fashionistastheshow.com/index.php?node=reviews-lv_tribune110504.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060515102051/http://www.fashionistastheshow.com/index.php?node=reviews-lv_tribune110504.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 15, 2006|title=Las Vegas Show – John Stagliano's Fashionistas Website|work=fashionistastheshow.com|access-date=October 13, 2016}}</ref> He performed with the group four or five nights a week for the next four years.<ref name=STAGLIANO/> In 1982, when he was 30, he began publishing a small [[pornographic magazine]] on newsprint, which he called ''Evil Angel''.<ref name=STAGLIANO/>

==Adult film producer==
Initially he had little knowledge of film making, but he made his first movie for $8,000 in 1983, titled ''Bouncing Buns'', starring Stacy Donovan. For the next six years he made films for other companies to manufacture and distribute.<ref name=STAGLIANO>{{cite web |url=http://www.evilangel.com/en/director/John-Stagliano/7 |title=Profile of John Stagliano |access-date=April 15, 2011 |publisher=evilangel.com}}</ref> In 1989, he started Evil Angel to sell his own films. The origin of the company's name dates back to when Stagliano was working as a stripper. "There was another guy in one of my shows named John. So this MC started calling me Evil John to differentiate us. This was when I was doing [[Dracula]] and chains. At the same time I had a girlfriend who called herself Angel when she did strip shows. She was a very nasty girl and I suggested that she call herself Evil Angel. She didn't, but I loved the name and wound up using it for my company."<ref name=STAGLIANO/>[[Image:John Stagliano DSC 0116 cropped.JPG|thumb|Stagliano at the 2005 [[AVN Adult Entertainment Expo|AVN Expo]]]]

The first Evil Angel film was ''Dance Fire'', filmed in 1988 by Stagliano, starring himself, Trinity Loren, and Brandy Alexandre.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.xbiz.com/news/news_piece.php?id=90126 |title=Evil Angel Releases First-Ever Video on DVD |access-date=April 17, 2009 |first=Steve|last=Javors |date=February 14, 2008 |website=[[XBIZ]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114162310/http://www.xbiz.com/news/news_piece.php?id=90126 |archive-date=January 14, 2012 }}</ref>

=== ''The Adventures of Buttman'' ===
In 1989, he produced ''The Adventures of Buttman'', the first in a popular series which is credited with sparking the "[[gonzo pornography|gonzo]]" adult film genre.<ref>{{Cite web |last=XBIZ |title=The Evolution of Buttman |url=https://www.xbiz.com/features/11549/the-evolution-of-buttman |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=XBIZ |date=December 5, 2005 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=AVNcompanyprofile>{{cite magazine|url=http://business.avn.com/companies/7671.html |title=ELEGANT ANGEL |access-date=April 11, 2009 |magazine=[[AVN (magazine)|AVN]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303111442/http://business.avn.com/companies/7671.html |archive-date=March 3, 2009 }}</ref><ref name=Hunter>{{cite web |url=http://www.xbiz.com/articles/82856 |title=Elegant Angel |access-date=April 11, 2009 |first=Tod|last=Hunter |date=August 10, 2007 |work=[[XBIZ]]}}</ref><ref name="Guide2Gonzo">{{cite web|url=http://www.gamelink.com/news.jhtml?news_id=news_nt_101_gonzo |title=The Quick and Dirty Guide to Gonzo |access-date=August 24, 2008 |last=Weasels |first=P }}</ref> These films involved highlighting the female buttocks,<ref name=STAGLIANO/> with actors often licking, kissing and playfully biting the female behind. Stagliano has stated that a scene showing [[Tracey Adams]]' buttocks inspired him to make the ''Buttman'' series of films. The clip shows Adams on her hands and knees with her rear end stuck high in the air. "The shot only lasted a couple of seconds," says Stagliano, "but I knew then what I wanted to do."<ref>[http://www.lukeford.com/stars/female/tracey_adams.html Luke Ford] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060527172251/http://www.lukeford.com/stars/female/tracey_adams.html |date=May 27, 2006 }}</ref> Early Stagliano productions had little to no anal sex in them and were critically acclaimed for the showcasing of his buttocks [[sexual fetishism|fetish]]. Later ''Buttman'' films included numerous [[anal sex]] scenes, often featuring Stagliano himself. In the 1990s, Stagliano became one of the most successful figures in American pornographic films.<ref name=Headpress>{{cite book|title=Headpress: Powered by Love|publisher=Headpress|location=Manchester, England|last1=O'Toole|first1=Laurence |first2=Kerekes|last2=David |year=2003|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DJU0uP5-MsoC|isbn=1-900486-22-9|page=5}}</ref>

Stagliano was described by ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' magazine in 1998 as "the nation's leading director of hard-core videos".<ref name=BigRedSon>{{cite book|last=Wallace|first=David Foster|author-link=David Foster Wallace|chapter=The Big Red One|title=Consider the Lobster and Other Essays|year=2007|publisher=Back Bay Books/Little, Brown and Co.|location=New York City|isbn=978-0316013321|pages=[https://archive.org/details/considerlobster00davi/page/3 3–50]|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/considerlobster00davi/page/3|edition=1st Back Bay paperback|chapter-url-access=registration}}</ref>

He has directed series including ''Buttman at [[Nudes-A-Poppin|Nudes a Poppin']]'', ''Buttman Goes to Rio'', ''Buttman's Anal Divas'', ''Buttman's Anal Show'', ''Buttman's Bend Over Babes'', ''Buttman's Bend Over Brazilian Babes'', ''Buttman's Big Butt Backdoor Babes'', ''Buttman's Big Tit Adventure'', ''Buttman's Butt Freak'', ''Buttman's European Vacation'', ''Buttman's Favorite Big Butt Babes'', ''Face Dance'' and ''[[Fashionistas (film)|Fashionistas]]'', as well as numerous one-off films.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.evilangel.com/director/John_Stagliano/titles |title=JOHN STAGLIANO'S TITLES |access-date=April 17, 2009 |website=evilangel.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090119115918/http://evilangel.com/director/John_Stagliano/titles |archive-date=January 19, 2009 }}</ref> Stagliano also served as mentor, producer, and co-director to [[Tristan Taormino]] in her video version of ''[[Tristan Taormino|The Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women]]''.

===Fashionistas===
From October 2004 through February 2008, Stagliano produced and directed a Las Vegas show called [[Fashionistas (film)|Fashionistas]] based on his porn film of the same name. In 2008, he won the 'Best Director – Video' award for ''Fashionistas Safado: Berlin''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.lvrj.com/neon/13891052.html |title=SHOW REVIEW: "Fashionistas" |access-date=April 18, 2009|first=Mike|last=Weatherford |date=January 18, 2008 |newspaper=[[Las Vegas Review-Journal]]}}</ref> ("Safado" is a Portuguese word meaning lewd or salacious.)

=== Obscenity trial ===
On April 8, 2008, Evil Angel and Stagliano were indicted on federal [[obscenity]] charges by a federal [[grand jury]] in Washington, D.C.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080808135047/http://www.xbiz.com/docs/xbiz/news/92236_Stagliano%20indictment%20as%20filed.pdf Obscenity indictment]</ref><ref name="Seven">{{cite web |url=http://www.xbiz.com/news/news_piece.php?id=92236 |title=John Stagliano, Evil Angel Charged With 7 Obscenity Violations |access-date=April 17, 2009 |first=Steve|last=Javors |date=April 9, 2008 |website=[[XBIZ]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090506140601/http://www.xbiz.com/news/news_piece.php?id=92236 |archive-date=May 6, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=January 8, 2007|first=David|last=Sullivan|url=http://www.avn.com/video/articles/29505.html|title=John Stagliano, Evil Angel Indicted On Federal Obscenity Charges|website=[[Adult Video News]]|access-date=April 8, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url= https://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2008/04/feds-charge-por/|title= Feds Charge Porn Producer With Selling Adult Content to Adults|magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|access-date= July 17, 2010|first= Kevin|last=Poulsen|date=April 10, 2008}}</ref> The scenes selected by the government to support the prosecution involved [[urination]], use of [[enema]]s, and [[Bondage (BDSM)|bondage]].<ref name=drops/> The involved movies are:
*''[[Lorelei Lee (performer)#Involvement in_Milk Nymphos trial|Milk Nymphos]]'': directed by Jay Sin
*''Storm Squirters 2'': directed by [[Joey Silvera]]
*''Belladonna's Fetish Fantasy 5'': directed by [[Belladonna (actress)|Belladonna]]

On July 16, 2010, a federal trial began in Washington, D.C., with Stagliano as defendant and after three days all charges were dismissed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://business.avn.com/articles/All-Charges-Dismissed-Against-Stagliano-and-Companies-403848.html|title=All Charges Dismissed Against Stagliano and Companies|work=AVN|access-date=July 17, 2010|first=Mark|last=Kernes|date=July 16, 2010|archive-date=July 19, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100719192843/http://business.avn.com/articles/All-Charges-Dismissed-Against-Stagliano-and-Companies-403848.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Judge [[Richard J. Leon]] stated, "I hope the government will learn a lesson from its experience," and called the evidence linking Stagliano to the production and distribution of the DVD videos "woefully insufficient".<ref name=drops>{{cite web|url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/16/AR2010071605750.html|title= U.S. District judge drops porn charges against video producer John A. Stagliano|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date= July 17, 2010|date= July 17, 2010|first= Spencer S.|last=Hsu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Debra Cassens|last=Weiss|url=http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/judge_grants_acquittal_motion_in_porn_case_calls_evidence_woefully_insuffic/ |title=Judge Grants Acquittal Motion in Porn Case, Calls Evidence 'Woefully Insufficient'|newspaper=[[ABA Journal]]|publisher=[[American Bar Association]]|location=Chicago, Illinois|date=July 19, 2010|access-date=April 29, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Stolberg|first=Sheryl Gay|author-link=Sheryl Gay Stolberg|title=Judge Has Record of Wrestling With Thorny Issues, and the U.S. Government|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/17/us/politics/judge-has-never-let-presidents-off-easy-on-pornography-terrorism-or-surveillance.html?_r=0 |newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 17, 2013|access-date=January 12, 2014}}</ref> Although he dismissed the charges on the grounds of insufficient evidence, the judge cited the "difficult, challenging and novel questions" raised in the case against Stagliano, questions concerning extant federal obscenity-statutes, the Internet, [[free speech]], and the rights of criminal defendants. He stated that he hoped "[higher] courts and [[United States Congress|Congress]] will give greater guidance to judges in whose courtrooms these cases will be tried."<ref name=drops/>

===HIV lawsuit===
Stagliano was diagnosed with [[HIV]] in January 1997.

In a June 2013 lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court against Stagliano and his company Evil Angel, adult performer Katie Summers alleged "negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress, sexual battery and violations of professions code section 17200" because Stagliano didn't inform her of his HIV positive status prior to her performing in the 2010 movie ''Buttman's Stretch Class 4''. According to the lawsuit, Summers consented to Stagliano engaging in sexual contact within the context of her acting in an adult film. In the scene, Stagliano can be seen handing Summers sex toys and touching her buttocks, but he does not perform hardcore sex with her. Summers claims that had she known of Stagliano's status prior to the scene, she would not have done it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tmz.com/2013/06/18/porn-star-katie-summers-evil-angel-butt-man-hiv-lawsuit-john-stagliano/ |title=Porn Star Sues – 'Buttman' Never Told Me He Was HIV Positive |website=[[TMZ]] |date=June 18, 2013 |access-date=April 29, 2014}}</ref>

In a press interview, Stagliano's wife Karen<ref name=Knot>{{cite web | title =John and Karen Stagliano Tie the Knot | first=Jared|last=Rutter | website=[[AVN (magazine)|AVN]] | url =http://www.avn.com/performer/articles/33766.html| date =December 11, 2008| access-date =December 11, 2008 }}</ref> disputes the allegations: "John and the company feel that he did not do anything with Katie Summers that would warrant having to inform her of his HIV status," Karen said "He had no genital contact with her, no sexual touching of her genitals at all that would have put her at any sort of a medical risk whatsoever."

The suit against Stagliano went into forced [[arbitration]] and the [[plaintiff]] had her deposition taken, but on September 29, 2014 Summers dropped her lawsuit.<ref>{{cite web|first=Rhett|last=Pardon|url=http://www.xbiz.com/news/185660 |title=Katie Summers Drops Suit Against John Stagliano, Evil Angel|work=XBIZ|date=September 29, 2014|access-date=October 13, 2016}}</ref> According to Stagliano's attorney, [[Paul Cambria]], "[Summers] had no case. I took her testimony and when I was done I could not see any possible way for her to succeed."

===Scene with Ginger Banks and Jenny Blighe===
In 2018, Stagliano directed an Evil Angel scene between [[Ginger Banks]] and Jenny Blighe. It was both performers' first scene, after working as webcam models, and they were told the scene would only the involve the two women, not any men. According to Banks and Blighe, Stagliano touched their buttocks without their consent during the filming, in character as Buttman. Stagliano said the pair had been asked to watch a previous scene in which he did a similar thing; Banks and Blighe said that they had concerns after watching the scene, but the production told Banks that Stagliano would not perform as Buttman.<ref name="Randall"/><ref name="Xbiz police report"/>

After Blighe made her experience public, Banks began experiencing online harassment due to her initial response. She voluntarily stood down as chair of the [[Adult Performer Advocacy Committee]] in the aftermath.<ref name="Randall">{{cite AV media|url=https://www.stitcher.com/show/holly-randall-unfiltered/episode/103-ginger-banks-from-camgirl-to-pornstar-62767037|title=103: Ginger Banks: From Camgirl to Pornstar|people=[[Holly Randall|Randall, Holly]] (interviewer), [[Ginger Banks|Banks, Ginger]] (interviewee)|type=Podcast|time=36:00–41:00|date=July 24, 2019|accessdate=October 16, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/ginger-banks-resigns-as-apac-chair-794539.html|title=Ginger Banks Resigns as APAC Chair|work=[[AVN (magazine)|AVN]]|last=Roland|first=John|date=August 27, 2018|accessdate=October 16, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.xbiz.com/news/238292/ginger-banks-resigns-as-apac-chairperson|title=Ginger Banks Resigns as APAC Chairperson|work=[[Xbiz]]|last=Pardon|first=Rhett|date=August 27, 2018|accessdate=October 28, 2021}}</ref> Banks later filed a report of sexual battery against Stagliano and apologized to Blighe both privately and publicly, saying in 2020, "I should be held accountable for my part in the gaslighting and denying her reality". She said that Stagliano mocked her over the incident afterwards, and that she was told by others of similar incidents to her and Blighe's account.<ref name="Xbiz police report">{{cite web|url=https://www.xbiz.com/news/252721/evil-angels-cam-girls-controversy-reignites-ginger-banks-files-police-report|title=Evil Angel's 'Cam Girls' Controversy Reignites; Ginger Banks Files Police Report|work=[[Xbiz]]|last=Turner|first=Gustavo|date=June 12, 2020|accessdate=October 16, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/legal/ginger-banks-884025.html|title=Ginger Banks Accuses Stagliano of Sexual Assault in Police Report|work=[[AVN (magazine)|AVN]]|last=Miller|first=Dan|date=June 24, 2020|accessdate=October 28, 2021}}</ref>

==Critical appraisal==
In her essay ''Crackers and Whackers: The White Trash of Porn'', Constance Penley<ref>Professor of [[film studies]] at the [[University of California, Santa Barbara]], author of ''The Future of an Illusion: Film, Feminism, and Psychoanalysis'' (1989), and ''Nasa/Trek: Popular Culture and Sex in America'' (1997)</ref> asserts that John Stagliano did for anal fetishism what [[Woody Allen]] did for [[neurosis]], pointing out that, "as in so many stag films," Buttman is the "butt of the joke" since, "seeking the perfect shot of a woman's perfect ass," the character "gets mugged, evicted, bankrupted, rejected, and ridiculed –  all in his single-minded quest for perfection."<ref>{{cite book|first=Constance|last=Penley|chapter=Crackers and Whackers: The White Trash of Porn|editor-first=Linda|editor-last=Williams|editor-link=Linda Williams (film scholar)|title=Porn Studies|publisher=Duke University Press|location=Durham, North Carolina|date=2004|isbn=978-0822333128|page=325}}</ref>

==Awards and nominations==
* 1998 [[Hot d'Or]] d'Honneur winner<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hotdor.org/hot-dor-1998-winners.htm |title=Hot d'Or 1998 Winners |date=August 25, 2007 |access-date=May 18, 2014 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130821134434/http://www.hotdor.org/hot-dor-1998-winners.htm |archive-date=August 21, 2013}}</ref>
* 2003 [[Barcelona International Erotic Film Festival]]'s Lifetime Career Award<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20060324195238/http://www.ficeb.com/ing/winners_ficeb_2003.htm 2003 FICEB Award winners & nominees]}}</ref>
* 2009 Hot d'Or Award winner of Best American Director award for ''Fashionistas Safado Berlin'' (for Evil Angel/Marc Dorcel productions)<ref>{{cite web|first=Paul|last=Fishbein|url=http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Pirates-II-Evil-Angel-Big-Winners-at-2009-Hot-d-Or-Awards-366881.html|title=Pirates II, Evil Angel Big Winners at 2009 Hot d'Or Awards|website=[[AVN (magazine)|AVN]]|date=October 22, 2009|access-date=June 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228232502/http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Pirates-II-Evil-Angel-Big-Winners-at-2009-Hot-d-Or-Awards-366881.html |archive-date=December 28, 2014 }}</ref><ref name="hot-dor2">{{cite web|url=http://hot-dor.fr/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=2&Itemid=4 |title=Hot d'Or archives presse x, articles sur les Hot d'or |website=Hot-dor.fr |access-date=May 9, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316035017/http://hot-dor.fr/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=2&Itemid=4 |archive-date=March 16, 2014 }}</ref>
* 2010 [[XBIZ Award|XBIZ]] winner of Industry Pioneer award<ref name=xbizwinners />
* 2011 XBIZ winner of Man of the Year award<ref name=xbizwinners>[http://www.xbizawards.com/winners.php XBIZ Award Winners], ''[[XBIZ]]'', February 2011</ref>
* 2013 XBIZ nominated for the Director of the Year award for ''Voracious''<ref name=XbizNoms2013>{{cite web|url=http://xbizawards.xbiz.com/nominees.php|title=XBIZ Nominees 2013|website=[[XBiz]]|date=January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019193235/http://xbizawards.xbiz.com/nominees.php |archive-date=October 19, 2013 }}</ref>
* [[Porn Block of Fame]]<ref>{{cite magazine |title=John Stagliano, Belladonna to Join Hustler Walk of Fame |magazine=[[AVN (magazine)|AVN]] |date=March 22, 2012 |url=https://avn.com/news/video/john-stagliano-belladonna-to-join-hustler-walk-of-fame-126084}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Stagliano was in a relationship with pornographic actress Krysti Lynn (A.K.A Shawna Yager) during 1993. She was driving Stagliano's [[Acura Legend]] when she died on December 7, 1995, in an accident in [[Calabasas, California|Calabasas]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.krystilynn.com/details.html|title=Crash Victim Identified as Sex Film Star|date=December 8, 1995 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|via=Krystilynn.com|access-date=February 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100418163110/http://www.krystilynn.com/details.html|archive-date=April 18, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 1997, Stagliano tested positive for [[HIV]]. As of 2002, medication has kept the virus in check.<ref name=rog/>

He married former [[Pornographic film actor|porn star]] [[Tricia Devereaux]] (a.k.a. Karen Stagliano) in 2008.

Stagliano espouses a [[Libertarianism|libertarian]] political philosophy, and has been a significant financial contributor to the [[Cato Institute]] and the [[Reason Foundation]], both libertarian [[think tank]]s.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/20/magazine/20PORN.html?pagewanted=2 |title=Naked Capitalists: There's No Business Like Porn Business|access-date=June 15, 2009|first=Frank|last=Rich|author-link=Frank Rich|date=May 20, 2001|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100721034701/http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/20/magazine/20PORN.html?pagewanted=2 |archive-date=July 21, 2010}}</ref>

==Other uses of ""Buttman""==
*German [[deathgrind]] band [[Cock and Ball Torture (band)|Cock and Ball Torture]] made a tribute song titled "Buttman Goes To Rio"
*The nickname Buttman has been used in parodies of Batman, notably the segment of the same name by the [[Annoying Orange]].
*Argentinian Sex shop used Buttman as its business name.

==References==
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