Sylvia Boots

[jimkski]

Does anyone have an update on Sylvia Boots?* Last I heard, she was in prison for being involved in a homicide, or some such thing.* And while we're discussing it, does anyone have any pix they'd like to share of her?* It seems there isn't much out there anymore, since she's been "disappeared" for a few years.** But, back in the day, she really had some hot sets!!*

[womenslookers]

She's from Frank's tgirl world

[cham]

NIce, looks a lot like FoxyAngel.

Cham

[jimkski]

That's Sylvia Boots! I thought she was in prison...how recent are these pix?

[SHEMALE_SEEKER]

Originally Posted by jimkski

That's Sylvia Boots! I thought she was in prison...how recent are these pix?

PRISON ??? What for ?

[TSBBG]

I think she shot and killed someone. This happened a few years ago so I don't know what she looks like now. She was gorgeous in these pictures.

[SHEMALE_SEEKER]

Originally Posted by TSBBG

I think she shot and killed someone. This happened a few years ago so I don't know what she looks like now. She was gorgeous in these pictures.

That sure sucks, I saw some seriously good stuff she did a while ago, good stuff...

[ARIES666]

Does anybody have any up-to-date news about Sylvia? If so, please update here on this thread. And, if aybody has more photos of her, that would be appreciated as well.

[ErosArtist]

What an amazing and sad story...wow.

[newarkdaveblue]

I'd be willing to bet that she has many cocks going in and out of her ass and mouth in that men's prison. I wouldn't mind doing it myself!

[Jefferzen]

Pics at the beginning of her career....

[ARIES666]

Have not seen or heard anything for a few years now. The whole sad saga was described on the website "Bob's T-Girls". It was titled "Tinsel

Tinsel Town T-Girl Tragedy
"This is the true story of the rise and fall, of Sylvia Boots an internationally known transsexual porn star.

Her story is one of life in the fast lane. It takes place in Hollywood Ca. and is wilder than anything that Hollywood's best writers, high on cocaine could ever dream up.

Sylvia's real name is Amara Vadillo. She began her career, as have many transsexuals as a Gay-Boy. It was her life long childhood friend Rogelio Coto; also from Cuba; who helped Sylvia transition from a Gay-Boy into one of the most beautiful Queens in Hollywood. He helped Sylvia inject herself with hormones and slowly the metamorphosis worked its magic. Three breast enhancements later and Sylvia is a massive 34 DDD. Her adult video salary assumed equally impressive proportions.

Sylvia made it to the top of the adult video world and not on good looks alone. Sylvia is a people person and her personality charmed all she came in contact with. This heterosexual writer has known many beautiful real women in his lifetime, but few have had the inner charm, grace and personality that is Sylvia's. Sylvia got along well with all her contemporaries in the adult video industry Alissa, Brenda Perez, Sofia Santos and Vo D' Balm just to name a few.

There was however one Queen that she could not win over, Tanya Amadore. There had long been an extreme animosity between them. The source of Tanya's hatred for Sylvia apparently jealousy and envy.

The first of four confrontations takes place between them in the Arena Club. Inside the club the two Queens were staring daggers at each other. Outside the club Sylvia was attacked by three of Tanya's friends. Tanya did not physically participate in the attack but looked on with glee and made sure that Sylvia knew she was responsible for it. Sylvia filed a criminal complaint with the L.A.P.D. at that time.

On August l8, 2002 Sylvia again came into conflict with Tanya. She unknowingly dated Tanya's boyfriend Mr. Jorge Espinoza. They met at the Plaza Club. Following the date at Sylvia's apartment Jorge brutally beat Sylvia and stole her new Ford Mustang convertible. The following morning Tanya called Sylvia on the phone and taunted her. She asked how did it feel to be beaten up and have your car stolen. Sylvia responded in kind and told Tanya "Your friend is a faggot; ask him how he liked being fucked in the ass". Tanya was furious! If beating Sylvia up and stealing her car were a part of Tanya's plan, Jorge having sex with Sylvia definitely was not.

Sylvia then realized that there was a connection between Tanya and Jorge. She didn't know that they were in fact boyfriend and girlfriend. Again Sylvia filed a complaint with the L.A.P.D. case #021500009.

Three weeks later on September 8, 2002 Jorge returned to Sylvia's apartment and attempted to murder her by firing a bullet into her head. Sylvia miraculously survived and will carry this bullet in her head for the rest of her life, as it is inoperative. Again for the third time Sylvia filed a complaint with the L.A.P.D. case #021526214. After this third attack a police officer unofficially advised Sylvia to carry a weapon for self-defense. At this point the true identity of Jorge was not yet known. All the police had to go on was an artist's sketch and a suspicion that he was associated with Tanya.

Six and a half months later on March 17, 2003 in an after hours restaurant known as the Yukon a chance encounter took place between Sylvia and Tanya in the women's restroom. Both exchanged gender based insults. Sylvia coming off with some that were quite funny, as this writer had never heard them before. A vicious knock down hair pulling, scratching, punching, kicking, no holds barred fight ensued with Sylvia coming out on top.

Upon both parties being expelled from the Restaurant, round two began in the parking lot with Tanya threatening Sylvia, with the spiked ends of her high heel shoes. Tanya had then gained allies. Two other transsexuals Laura Banuelos and Monica joined Tanya. Martica Garcia, Sylvia's close transsexual girlfriend came to her aid. More insults were exchanged and the management was doing their best to separate the five combatants.

At one point this tragedy was almost averted as Sylvia and her girlfriend Martica returned to Sylvia's new Ford Expedition to leave. At one time someone said you bitches aren't going anywhere. One report has it that Sylvia's vehicles' path was momentarily blocked. Sylvia apparently thinking that the ass kicking wasn't enough to convince Tanya to leave her alone, exited the vehicle with a gun in hand to confront all three would be attacker's. Sylvia remembering the Arena Club attack wasn't about to be gang attacked again. She was apparently planning to bluff them into submission. Given the allegation that Tanya had mounted three previous attacks against Sylvia, each one becoming potentially more deadly in sequence; it is no wonder that she had finally decided to make a stand. In Sylvia's mind if she didn't face Tanya at that time she knew that a future fifth attack would certainly follow and might prove fatal to her. We must all ask ourselves what we would have done under the same circumstances. It's easy to say go to the authorities but that didn't work for Sylvia on three previous occasions. Emotions, egos, alcohol and a hand gun are always a dangerous mix. This became a tragedy the moment Tanya decided to attempt to take the gun away from Sylvia. They struggled violently for control of the weapon. For both parties this was a life and death situation. Neither party could afford to relinquish the gun to the other. Ultimately the unthinkable happened. The gun was accidentally fired and Laura Banuelos was fatally shot.

As the shot was fired Tanya's hand was seared with gun power burns. She let go of the weapon in pain. Everyone went into shock as no one expected this to happen. This was much like two children scuffling in their parents' home and something was accidentally broken. Their feeling was we are in trouble now. At first no one appeared to have been hit. Instead of everyone running away they just began to slowly walk away. Then after a few steps Laura began to stagger. After walking about 50 feet she collapsed. This bullet couldn't have done more damage if it had been deliberated aimed and fired. This single 22 caliber magnum bullet entered Laura's right lung, made an abrupt left turn, severed an artery to the heart and then lodged in the left lung. It was all over for Laura in less than a minute.

The police arrived and Sylvia was arrested. While awaiting trial in County Jail, Sylvia heard via the inmate grapevine that another inmate was bragging about having shot the celebrity Sylvia Boots. After L.A.P.D. learned of this they did a six-pack photo identification session with Sylvia. On February 4, 2004 Sylvia positively identified Mr. Jorge Espinoza as the man who beat her, stole her car on August 18, 2002 and later shot her on September 8, 2002.

Tanya Amadore and Jorge Espinoza are well known to Detectives Chuck Morales of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Dwaine Anderson and Mike Coffee of L.A.P.D. for these and other crimes they have committed in the community. These crimes are still being investigated.

Sylvia was put on trial in Beverly Hills, a city that borders Hollywood. These two cities are culturally light years apart. If Sylvia truly had a jury of her peers, then a West Hollywood jury would have been preferred.

Judge Richard A. Stone, a pleasant agreeable man on the surface presided over her trial. The prosecutor was Mrs. Bita Ahdoot. Sylvia's attorney was Mr. Gary J. Kaufman of Century City.

The prosecutor charged Sylvia with Murder in the first degree, Murder in the second degree, Voluntary Manslaughter, Involuntary Manslaughter and added an Armed Allegation charge, apparently hoping the jury would find her guilty of something.

Her trial lasted only one week. Her defense rested after one day. Her jury decided her fate in about five hours - all this after awaiting trial in County Jail for l4 months. Can there be a just murder trial in one short week?

The prosecutor convinced the jury that Sylvia had intended to shoot Tanya, but accidentally shot Laura. She went on to explain that under an obscure interpretation of the law that they were to consider that Sylvia had intended to shoot Laura, thus making a Second Degree Murder verdict possible.

This is quite a stretch of logic as well as the law. The application of the law in this fashion, in a case of self-defense in which there are so many mitigating circumstances, was never intended".

Continued in next post....



I hope some of you are finding this interesting and informative reading. After reading this I felt terrible about this apparent miscarrage of justice. It also makes one wonder about the type of facility she is in......a men's or a woman's? I am sure because of her occupation she must have had to deal with a sexist and intolerant court.

[ARIES666]

Continued from previous post....Tinsel Town T-Girl Tragedy


"Sylvia’s attorney pointed out that this transference of intent was meant to apply to a sniper situation wherein a sniper would be shooting at specific people and accidentally hitting an unintended person. This then is a catch 22 situation for the State. It allows them to hold a person liable for a greater offense than was actually committed. To apply this to Sylvia’s case is immoral and uncompassionate.

By law an accidental killing is not Murder. It is Involuntary Manslaughter at most.

In order to be guilty of second degree Murder you have to have shown intent and premeditation beyond a reasonable doubt. There is plenty of reasonable doubt in this case. The gun is fired only once. It is fired only when Tanya has her hands on it and is trying to take it away from Sylvia. As Sylvia’s attorney and others pointed out, this gun was never fired when Sylvia had sole control of the weapon. This proves that Sylvia never had any intent. Without intent this case falls apart and comes down to Involuntary Manslaughter at the worst and self defense at the best.

This court would not see that this was actually a tragic accident and not an intentional act. The Judge in this case wasn’t swayed by the 58 people who all wrote letters and signed a petition urging him to reduce Sylvia’s sentence down to an Involuntary Manslaughter. This judge threw the book at her. The correct sentence for Second Degree Murder is l5 years to life according to section l90a of the Penal Code. This judge sentenced her to 20 years to life by applying the wrong Penal Code section. He apparently cited section 190d. It reads as follows. “Every person guilty of murder in the second degree shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a term of 20 years to life if the killing was perpetrated by means of shooting a firearm from a motor vehicle, intentionally at another person outside of the vehicle with the intent to inflict great bodily injury.” This gun was never fired from within a vehicle. The struggle for control of this gun took place well outside of any vehicle. He next applied an Armed Allegation section l2022.53d and added an additional 25 years to life. After that he still wasn’t finished. He ordered a $10,000 restitution fine to be paid to Laura’s family, if Sylvia is ever released on parole. None of these additional charges could have been added if Sylvia had been found guilty of Manslaughter or less. This is a high price to pay for an accidental shooting in which Sylvia did not have control of the weapon.

The person perceived to be morally responsibility for this tragedy by the Hollywood Community is Tanya, but the law does not try people for moral guilt, only legal and because of the self-defense aspect Tanya escapes all legal consequences for her actions. In all fairness to Tanya, she is reported to be very distraught over Laura’s death. Everyone involved in this tragedy knows it was a tragic accident and suffers for it.

Sylvia was sentenced on July 27, 2004 to 45 years to life. Given all of the mitigating circumstances in this case, is this justice? Sylvia’s friends are unable to afford a second attorney to handle her appeal at this time. It is hoped that this story will persuade a prominent appeals attorney to defend Sylvia without charge. This case cries out for a correct and compassionate justice. This was after all a tragic accident in which the verdict and punishment do not fit the case. Has there been a more unjust verdict since the O.J. Simpson trial?

News agencies wishing to run this story may contact Sylvia’s Defense Group at the following e-mail address, avdg2004@hotmail.com. We will put you in touch with Sylvia and arrange for you to meet the principle people in this story. Attorneys wishing to defend Sylvia on appeal may use the same address"

[ARIES666]

Sylvia is quite a beautiful lady...some pics are below...more as I come across them. Gorgeous...absolutely Gorgeous!

If anyone has some "up-to-date" info (the article above was written about 4 years ago, I think)....please post here! And if you have pics or videos...that would be great!

[ARIES666]

They don't have cheerleaders in Dallas like Sylvia! Love this photoshoot! Hope some folks like it as well!

[ARIES666]

Originally Posted by zebra

Still amazing after all these years. Must be quite a sensation in prison.

She shouldn't be there at all, "zebra"! At least, based on what I read in the article from "Bob's T-Girls.Com" (see the 2nd and 3rd posts). And, since she encountered unfairness in a court of law, I am sure she is encountering the dreggs of society in prison. She was most likely subject to "stereotyping" in court and later in prison because she was in the adult film business. Well, having sex, whether it be for the camera or in her personal life is alot different in a prison enviroment than "on the outside" you can count on that. I just wish I could find out something on the web about what is going on with possible appeals, etc.

Anyway, she is a beautiful lady and I hope she is....1: Safe 2: Healthy 3: Has support of family/friends.

[Slavetoebony]

Somebody created a facebook page for her.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gi...d=102150797610

A few photos of her over there as well. I enclude my four favourites - Sylvia in dark red lipstick.

[damiangentile]

let me add three more photos of this goddess

[CreativeMind]

I think she certainly got hosed by the Judge in this case, who as the story notes decided things on a rather wacky level or outright misinterpretation of certain penal codes. On the other hand, while Aries666 post tells the STORY of what happened, we don't have access -- at least not yet -- to what has actually happened behind the scenes with regards to her appeals and other legal actions. Obviously, if she's still sitting in a jail cell, those things have either not gone well or fallen on deaf ears. Or she's just flat out had some pretty shitty attorneys.

So, to that end, I agree with someone who noted that it's a shame that the porn community (apparently) never bothered to chip in and get her a first rate lawyer to appeal and retry the case.

Interesting question: has anyone actually ever tried writing to her in jail to get an update or get more of the story, from her point of view?

[jimkski]

Originally Posted by CreativeMind

I think she certainly got hosed by the Judge in this case, who as the story notes decided things on a rather wacky level or outright misinterpretation of certain penal codes. On the other hand, while Aries666 post tells the STORY of what happened, we don't have access -- at least not yet -- to what has actually happened behind the scenes with regards to her appeals and other legal actions. Obviously, if she's still sitting in a jail cell, those things have either not gone well or fallen on deaf ears. Or she's just flat out had some pretty shitty attorneys.

So, to that end, I agree with someone who noted that it's a shame that the porn community (apparently) never bothered to chip in and get her a first rate lawyer to appeal and retry the case.

Interesting question: has anyone actually ever tried writing to her in jail to get an update or get more of the story, from her point of view?

Your first paragraph assumes there's been an appeal of some sort, which we don't know. See my last post...appeals are very time consuming and expensive, and can take years to complete. An unfortunate fact of the legal system, but very true.

[CreativeMind]

Originally Posted by jimkski

Your first paragraph assumes there's been an appeal of some sort, which we don't know. See my last post...appeals are very time consuming and expensive, and can take years to complete. An unfortunate fact of the legal system, but very true.

Sorry if I phrased things a bit awkwardly. To be honest, I wasn't assuming that. In fact, that's why I said "while Aries666 post tells the STORY of what happened, we don't have access to what's actually happened behind the scenes with regards to her appeals and other legal actions." I was just trying to acknowledge that she may...or may not...have entered an appeal, but we don't know "what" ever happened since all we have to go by is an old post from years ago.

Of course, I still think it's shitty -- given the overall story of what happened to her -- that the porn community never chipped in and got her a proper lawyer to appeal the case. And the only reason I say that...and the reason I presume that's true...is because IF that had actually happened, I'm sure it would have made the porn world news circuits (for example, the AVN web site) and you'd be able to Google Sylvia's name and find SOME kind of updates on her case. I mean, if nothing else, assuming that any kind of appeal was filed, you'd think that any competent lawyer would have been out talking to any media outlets that would have been willing to listen to him, to get some kind of emotional support working in her favor.

I posed a question before and asked: has anyone actually ever tried writing to her in jail to get an update? What I find interesting is that the only information that still seems to be available is that old, lengthy post which has been re-posted in TS forums again and again and again. But I've never seen any kind of follow-up AFTER that post, nor if you Google and do any kind of digging can you seem to find out very much beyond it. Which again, leads me to believe that either NOTHING ever happened with the appeals process (perhaps due to money or other factors on Sylvia's side of things) OR (as you noted, Jimkski) maybe something was filed, but it's gathering dust and moving along at a snail's pace.

[linguslingus]

Sylvia never fails to impress!