Cameron Diaz has been blamed for a lot of things in this twisted, messed up world—the widespread use of ejaculate as a styling gel, that cyst on A-Rod's hip, Knight and Day—but the latest black eye for the divisive actor is bound to unsettle even the most devout Diaziac. According to court papers, the Vanilla Sky star has been linked to the shocking "Cannibal Cop" case.
Although there's no proof (yet) that Diaz herself engages in cannibalism, defense attorneys for NYPD Officer Gilberto Valle say their client's erotic interest in cannibalism can be traced directly back to Diaz. They claim Valle's obsession was caused by a viewing of the 1994 film The Mask when he was ten years old. According to a psychiatrist working with the defense team, Valle's "pattern of arousal appears to have originated with a scene in the movie, The Mask, in which Cameron Diaz pretends to be abducted and bound. Mr. Valle reported that since early adolescence, he has experienced erotic arousal when imagining naked women or when imagining women abducted and bound by others."
It's unclear if Diaz will be called to testify, but at this point nothing in this zany story would surprise us. Yesterday, for example, we saw that potential jurors will have to look at pornographic cannibal images to determine if they can remain impartial toward a defendant who gets sexually aroused by the thought of kidnapping and eating women and children. And today, thanks to the NY Post, we learned that a college roommate's porn stash led Valle to fetish websites like ‘Muki’s Kitchen,’ "which was his gateway into cannibalism pornography."
For the uninitiated, which was us in a happier time 30 minutes ago, Muki's Kitchen is, well, it ain't safe for work. But in its Google description, the website says it's "devoted to the fantasy of cannibal fetish: It is a light-hearted, photographic treatment of our darkest taboo and its content covers woman-eating..." Yup, just your typical light-hearted celebration of sexxxy cannibalism porn! This is what Valle's public defenders will try to persuade a jury; that their client may have some transgressive fantasies, but they were just that, fantasies.
Prosecutors, however, insist that Valle was dead serious about his alleged plan to kidnap women, cook them, and eat them. He's accused of using federal and state law-enforcement databases to collect names, photos and even bra sizes of at least 100 potential targets. According to prosecutors, he also conducted surveillance on one woman, and intended to deliver his victim to his alleged co-conspirator Michael Van Hise, who we're guessing will use the What Happens in Vegas defense.
