I’ve published a lot about Valley Village Orthodox Jew David Mazlin’s arrest for seeking underage sex online.
Well, search on CA’s Megan’s Law website. There’s no result for "David Mazlin." So I guess he’s not a convicted sex offender.
David Mazlin’s father has money. He could spend millions if he wanted to help David.
Must’ve been some great lawyers.
David’s parents are Steve and Renee. "What happened with that raid didn’t surprise me or any of his closest of friends," says a source. "We all defended him though."
Aug. 14, 2007
Tony Castro writes for the Los Angeles Daily News:
Thirteen men – including five from the San Fernando Valley and one from Simi Valley – were nabbed in a sting targeting suspects who troll the Internet seeking sex with underage girls, officials said Friday.
The undercover operation mirrored the popular "To Catch a Predator" segments on NBC’s "Dateline," with undercover FBI agents and police officers portraying adolescent girls in online chat rooms.
Some of the men who made dates with the "girls" arrived at an undisclosed Valley location bearing gifts, ranging from alcohol and jewelry to teddy bears and ballet slippers, officials said.
The suspects include: Babak Habashi, 24, of Winnetka; Abraham Aleksanyan, 30, of Van Nuys; David Mazlin, 23, of Valley Village; Oscar Hernandez-Garcia, 25, of Sherman Oaks; David Avram Cohn, 49, of Woodland Hills; and Shalendra Avi Parasram, 27, of Simi Valley.
The seven other suspects were identified as John Hwang, 27, of Anaheim; Richard Joseph Buttery, 49, of La Mirada; Evan Greene, 28, of Seal Beach; Antonio Perez, 21, of Huntington Park; Kenneth Grajeda, 23, of Stanton; Eric Lozoya, 21, of Inglewood; and Kristopher P. Duke, 33, of Las Vegas.
David Mazlin has been married less than two years. He has his pictures on onlysimchas.com. Here he is. David.
I’ve cropped out his wife from the pictures above.
David stands 6’4". He was the captain of the Valley Torah basketball team. He hung out with the cool kids and primarily spoke to cute girls.
He studied at Ohr Yerushalayim in Israel. It’s a black hat Chofetz Chaim-type yeshiva.
David’s parents have one of the biggest homes in Valley Village.
Mazlin, a graduate of Valley Torah Academy, was arrested in an FBI sting in 2007 for trying to arrange sex with a 13-year-old girl.
David briefly had a blog – The Daily Sweat — with his friend Yitz Rabovsky.
David introduces himself this way: "We are not dorks that blog all day, and complain about the government and the environment. I mean for God’s sake were Rublican. We are writting because we are smart, funny, interesting, inspiring, inquisitive, sensitive, romantic, optimistic, serious, playful, hyperactive, smooth talking, motivational, manipulative, good looking, rich, hungry, fully clothed, clean shaven, Jewish, marketable, knowledgeable, quirky, happy, sleepy, sneezy, bashful, angry, dopey, and doc, people who have funny and interesting opinions for the world to hear."
Joe, a member of the Valley’s Orthodox community, said to me a few months ago: "What worries me is that since his parents are rich, and he has no major record, that his lawyers will get him off with a slap on the wrist, and he will be out on the streets to do it again but only this time wont be so stupid as to do it with the F.B.I.
"Is there any way you can get a copy of his arrest and mug shot? This will paint a clearer picture of what he is. Last I heard he was indicted. Please do some research and get us an update on this hot and very important story for the Jewish Orthodox community, he should be made an example of, so that other Orthodox kids who are messed up, won’t follow in his footsteps. This guy is going around the valley and LA, acting even more shallow and full of himself than before his arrest, he feels untouchable, much like O.J. walks around with a smug "I got away with it" persona."
The LAPD and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s department don’t release mug shots.
Jane, a member of L.A.’s Orthodox community, said to me a few months ago: "What you have to understand about him is that his whole life his aim was to be very cool and popular and he was basically a bully. He was captain of Valley Torah’s basketball team. He was the jock who only spoke to pretty girls although he wasn’t a very good basketball player, probably the worst on the team. It was about status. He dated his wife only two weeks before they got enagaged and she is in hell now.
"He is out all over town eating in expensive eateries with friends not his wife, sort of to say ‘Hey, it’s ok, I’m still cool, I’m not a pariah.’
"He tells his friends he’s innocent but can’t go into details."
"He’s very smooth and his friends are the coolest and people fear that he’ll put out the word that they’re no good and they’ll be socially ruined."
"Probably 95% of Valley Torah’s graduates are virgins."
"When his blog first came out all the comments were 99% against him calling him a perv. So he deleted all the comments and made it so you can’t post a comment, he is good at P.R.
"Of course most people don’t believe him, but his friends who he has fooled all these years actually believe that the F.B.I would frame a random guy for two months and then arrest him, risking that he could easily sue them for millions."
"He’s Hollywood. He lives for the limelight. I think he’s enjoying this. Any press is good press. He has a fan page on Facebook. He’s a fake black-hatter."
"He got arrested the day before his sister’s wedding. His parents bailed him out right away. Nobody else at the wedding knew what had happened. He was totally cool, calm and collected. That’s quite smooth for a guy who just got locked up and is facing many years in prison with huge men who rape you. He is so smug that he thinks he can get away with anything, he just needs some rabbis to say he is a good guy and that his family is very good and a few good lawyers and then he is golden."
