FINALLY! The exposure of this Convicted Sex Offender, who
has been sexually exploiting many Models, has met his breaking point!
Here is the MySpace intro page that "Kevin Todd Rew (aka John Apollo)
has posted online:
"Well
after alot of thought over the past few days I have decided to quit
photography. My sites are down! I have been shooting since I was 16 yrs
old and loved it with all my heart, photography was my passion. due to
recent developments I have decided to just walk away from the photography
business totally. Yes the models that I have booked shoots with I will
still honor that commitment. I am taking a real job for the first time in
years! I have devoted so much of my life trying to make it in this
business and for quite a few years I did really well, I am thankful for
that and the experiences that I have had. Thank you to the models that I
have photographed, John Apollo "
NEW NEWS
(RAPE CONVICTION)
on Kevin Todd Rew, aka John Apollo, aka John Carter
October 20, 2010
New article in Swedish media today:
http://www.newzglobe.com/sv/artikel/20101012/flickfotografens-hemliga-naste
Teenage Girl
photographer's secret lair
2010-10-12
| Published 15:12 2010-10-12 | Posted 15:12
Although female
photographer Kevin Rew, aka John Carter, is in jail convicted of rape
and deportation after serving his sentence , he keeps many girls in
horror.
- I am afraid that he will come after me when he becomes free,
"says one woman to Newzglobe.
She wants the story of John Carter's
dealings in Stockholm to come out, and she defies fear by contacting
Newzglobe.
Carter continued to photograph young girls in the student
apartment he rented in the alternative, after being thrown from the
MIST Stockholm studio.
- He wanted to shoot me, he said I just have to be a
model for him. But he gave me the creeps, so I
declined, saying the woman to Newzglobe.
John Carter took home at least three young girls to his
"studio" on the day.
- No way they were over 18 years, they were really young."
she says.
John Carter searched in frequent contact with young
school girls and asked if she wanted to set up to be photographed.
Carter also tried to attract the young girls photographed nude.
- I never saw them be photographed, but I am concerned
that there are more who have been raped and molested by him." she
says.
The woman of course must remain anonymous says Newzglobe
provide this information even though she fears that Carter should look
her up after serving his sentence and that her school friends will
come to recognize her despite anonymity.
She would urge all young women affected by Carter to file a
report with the police.
WARNING!!!
- Photographer/Sex Offender
who SCAMMED ME and many, many other Models - WARNING!!!
He goes under the false name "John Apollo"
and his websites have been:
www.BikiniPhotoBank.com
, www.JohnApolloPhoto.com
, www.MissouriBikiniTeam.com
and further back he had
www.ApolloMediaGroup.com,
www.Apollo1Media.com
and KC Creations
Formally
located in Kansas City, Missouri under
his real name Kevin Todd
Rew has now been living in Mexico, and rumored to be moving to Europe. Alias he has gone by
are "John"
and "Todd", currently going by "John
Apollo" and "Johnny"
After some research here is what I found on him in public records:
Was found guilty of two felony counts of
attempted sexual exploitation of a child!
The Kansas City Star (MO)
Published on April 19, 2002, Page
B3
Man jailed for indecent photos of minors
Source: TONY RIZZO - The Kansas City Star
An Olathe photographer was ordered Thursday to spend 30 days in jail as
part of his sentence for taking indecent pictures of minors.
Kevin Todd Rew pleaded no contest in February and was found guilty of two felony counts of
attempted sexual exploitation of a child.
On Thursday, Johnson County District Judge Peter Ruddick sentenced Rew to 13 months in
prison, but followed state sentencing guidelines and granted Rew probation for two years.
The judge ordered the 30 days in jail as a probation condition. The time is in addition to
25 days Rew had spent in jail.
The judge also ordered Rew, 33, to have no unsupervised contact with children under 18
while on probation. And he informed Rew that he would be required to register as a sex
offender with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.
The mother of a 16-year-old girl who was photographed by Rew when she was 13 told the
judge Thursday that Rew's actions had turned their lives "topsy-turvy."
Rew is facing trial in Jackson County Circuit Court on charges of statutory sodomy and
sexual misconduct involving the same girl, according to Johnson County Assistant District
Attorney Scott Toth.
Defense attorney Carl Cornwell said those charges are being "vigorously
defended."
Toth said investigators had found "many, many" pictures on his computer of teen
girls taken from pornographic Web sites. Click
here for complete article
These popular modeling websites have removed his profile from their
databases and has banned him from posting new profiles:
www.ModelMayhem.com
,
www.OneModelPlace.com
, www.FreeModelCentral.com
,
www.OneTalentSource.com
A
recent email
testimony from a former Model of his:
03/30/09
i was
reading ALL of the crazy information about John (Kevin) V and also
wanted to mention that the only reason he has "nice comments and
recommendations" from girls on his myspace page ( I am included ) is
because he told us that if we would write something nice, he would take
our nude pictures off of Bikini Photo bank.You may want to add that to
your information so people know that the things the girls wrote about him
being professional...etc was false. We were basically bribed into doing
that.
SCUM .ugh
-
Anonymous (a St. Louis model)
A
recent email
testimony to from a former Police Officer from John/Kevin's home town:
03/05/09
I ran
across your page about the scum of the earth Kevin Rew. I am a photog in
Olathe www.crooksphoto.com
www.myspace.com/bradcrooksphotography
Myself and a colleague, Steve Attig and I had heard all kinds of things
about this creep when he was "KC Creations"
I also had clients with firsthand knowledge of his antics. I thought he
was gone for good. I'm so glad I came across your page, as I do a fair
share of model and ad shots. I ran into a young man and prospective client
on Myspace who added me and his pics were by John Apollo. So I googled
John Apollo and Kansas CIty and found your page.
As a former Wichita and Topeka Police officer, I really have no toloerance
for sex offendoers.
Thank you for helping to expose him. Does he have a model mayhem and Model
Launch site?
Just wanted to give you props for saying your mind.
Brad Crooks
M.Photog. Cr. PPA
Olathe Ks
Another:
02/18/09
Just to
let you know I was on myspace and I went to his page. But now he has
started a new modeling thing down in Mexico. I truely feel horrible for
these girls. I did the Missouri Bikini Team a couple of years ago in 2004.
I didnt trust him from the begining but all of my friends said that I
could trust him. He tried acting gay at first but then I knew he was full
of sh*t. This girl that worked with us knew the real John(Kevin) and knew
all about him. I asked John about what I heard and he said that he was
going to sue the girl for slander. When I heard that I knew what I had
heard was true. The whole Missouri Bikini Team thing was the biggest load
of crap that I ever heard of. Everything was fine and then we all met up
at a bar in STL and he announced the winners. I told him I couldnt do it
and he got all pissed off at me and kicked me out of the Bar. It seemed at
first like a great thing to do and get noticed in the modeling
industry. I am only 5'1 so I knew I would have to do some kind of
lingere or swimsuit stuff. I just want someone to take away his
photography credibility. He needs to never shoot. I just wanted to you
update your website. If you go to his myspace page he belongs to a group
on myspace called Hotties Calendar 2008. It has to be him. All of
the girls are Mexican and all of the pics look like Missouri Bikini Teams
pictures. Thanks for having all of this info on him.
- Jessica Haller
Another
good testimony:
07/04/07
Hi Jimmy,
I know you probably have received many e-mails about
John/Kevin. It has been almost two years since I worked with him on the
Missouri Bikini Team and I have mainly stayed quiet. But after reading the
articles and blogs I decided that I should come forward as well. I got
lured onto the team by the website that advertised a competition to be in
the calendar for the following year. The calendar would be shot in Mexico,
all expenses paid, and the shoot would be in November. The competition was
scheduled for Labor Day weekend. I entered and posted my pictures on the
Missouri Bikini Team website. I had never met "John" but he
sounded nice enough on the phone. I went down to the lake for the
"competition" and was impressed by the number of girls there and
the photographers who were also competing in the competition. I guess
"John" didn't like what he saw because he decided there would be
no competition that weekend. Instead he used us in a variety of promotions
(the opening of the Harley Davidson store, a couple of bar promotions, and
had us pose next to waverunners etc.) without any compensation. That was
just the beginning of it.
We had a photo shoot with all of the
photographers. We were forced to wear itty bitty bikinis that barely
covered our nipples. Several of us complained about feeling uncomfortable
but "John" said they looked good. We also had to wear thongs on
the boat and during the shoot even if we weren't comfortable with it.
Throughout the weekend, "John" made lewd comments at me, how
sexy I was, and said a few things about my "kitty". I was extremely
uncomfortable. He acted like a pimp and we were all his hoes. I didn't
know enough about the modeling business to know that this was extremely
unprofessional. I really wanted to get exposure and I thought a calendar
would really break me into the modeling world so I went along with
everything, just wishing the weekend to be over. He also insisted on
rubbing baby oil all over us even though we were fully capable of doing it
ourselves. He told us we would receive all the images he took that weekend
in hi-rez and that it would be a couple of weeks. I never received any
images.
Throughout everything, he told me that I was shoo-in for the calendar
and that I shouldn't be worried about a thing. Naively, I believed him.
The weekend ended and he told us that our spots on the calendar would be
fully based on the number of votes we got on the website. He continued to
add girls to it which didn't seem quite fair. When I brought up how I
heard some rumors about him, he denied it saying that they came from
models that were mad that they didn't make the team. I believed him again.
When I asked about when the competition would end he said soon. He also
said he intended on getting a big house for all of us girls to live in and
do a reality tv show. I kind of laughed inside about that one. After the
shoot, I never got my pictures. He tried to sell them to me for $10 a
piece. I refused, the pictures I did see were horrible and why should I
have to pay for pictures of myself that he promised to me? After that, I
didn't hear from him for awhile.
After some time went by I contacted him
and asked him what was going on with the team. He responded, "The
team is dead. I am moving to Europe." I was very suspicious about all
this so I googled his name and came up with horrifying results. I felt so
stupid and foolish for thinking a pedophile would be my big ticket to
modeling. I looked like an idiot to everyone that knew me and every
photographer that worked with me after that. Once they heard
"Missouri Bikini Team" they knew I had been swindled. I was so
happy that nothing worse had happened to me when I was alone with him. My
mom joked that the reason for this was "because I was too old"
(I was 18 at the time). He knew where I lived and my phone number. I was
completely freaked out. He tried getting a hold of me a few times after
that and I just ignored his phone calls and e-mails. I am very upset that
I had not checked up on his background before working with him. I hope
that his models see your website and take you seriously when you say not
to work with him. I would never want any of my friends to work with him
and feel the same stupidity I felt when I found out everything. I
know this has been a long message but I just had to get it out of me.
P.S. I really do not want my name posted if you decide to put this e-mail
on your page or anything. I understand how the other models feel and I am
equally afraid of what would happen to me if he knew I wrote it. I am not
worried about my career, it is mostly about my personal safety. Thanks.
-
Anonymous
Testimony from a former friend of his:
05/31/07
Jimmy,
For
approximately the last 3 years I have put the thought of Kevin Rew aka John
Apollo out of my mind. Unfortunately his named resurfaced today when a
young girl that used to work for me contacted me about him & claims he
made to her about modeling back when she was 18 years old. She was asking me
about things she read on your web site.
I had seen
your web site before & knew about the rift between the two of you since
I first met John in 2002. Truth be told, I was not concerned about it
because it did not affect me. However, it DID make me aware of potential
problems. I also know that he acknowledged his real name to me back then
& was honest about the entire legal situation. I will give him credit
for that and the fact that he was forthcoming with the truth earned him
initial credibility with me.
I will
also state right now that the picture on your web site is unequivocally
Kevin Todd Rew aka John Apollo.
Unfortunately,
I also saw firsthand how he operated his business. I watched the constant
strife he created for himself and others. I watched how easily it was for
him to deceive & twist the truths without remorse. I also saw the
constant conflict he had with other models and photographers... with just
about everyone he came in contact with. As I watched all of the conflict,
disagreements and unfulfilled promises I realized there was only one
common denominator...John. It eventually eroded my relationship with him
since I got tired of watching the same problems constantly repeated...just
with different people.
It even
happened with me once when John was online chatting with a model blatant
lies about me while I was on the telephone with her at the very same time.
As this was going on I walked into his home while the conversation was
still on his computer AND she was still on the phone with me. He was caught
in the act. Needless to say there was a lot of yelling (by me), begging and
crying (by him). Truthfully, I'm convinced that he wasn't crying because
what he did was wrong but because I'm twice his size & he feared
personal injury.
I slowly
distanced myself from him and he eventually moved from the area, but not
without leaving a trail of bad blood from residents and creditors. I watched
him cheat people out of money that I have business and friendship
relationships with... to the degree that one of my friends owns a auto
dealership and allowed John to borrow a vehicle from him because John
could not afford to buy one. John proceeded to wreak the vehicle beyond
reparability. He had no insurance and faced criminal charges if only my
friend chose to file charges. My friend did not do so because of his
relationship with me even though I told him that should not be a determining
factor. And to this date John has never made any effort to pay a single
dollar. NONE. Another of my friends leased a property to John when he moved
here and needless to say it ended on bad terms, as well, with John not
paying his debt. See... I tried to help the guy straighten up his act
because I do believe everyone deserves a second chance. John just could not
do the right things, the ethical things. As such, he does not deserve
respect.
Towards
the end of John's stay in this area he even decided to make disparaging and
false statements about me around town to which I've never concerned
myself with. I cannot worry about the comments of a person that completely
destroyed his own credibility with an entire community, much less the
beliefs any person naive enough to believe his rants. People who know me, or
know of me, know that I'm straight-forward and don't tolerate the lies and
other crap that comes along with people like John Apollo. John knows that
himself, which would explain why he waited until he was bolting out of town
to spew his lies.
I will say
that I do believe that John is a talented photographer which is contrary to
what some have tried to claim. In fact, I've met a lot of models whose best
images have come from John. However, as I told him face-to-face on several
occasions, he is the most deceitful, unreliable, unprofessional and
pathetic businessman I have ever met in my life. I believe that John
initially had good intentions but his fraudulent, unethical, fly-by-night
ways will always be the norm for him. Bottom line: John WILL screw
you because it is easier for him to be unscrupulous than ethical. It is
natural for him. That is disappointing for me to say because I really tried
to help him and believe in him.
The next
statement I am going to make is simply my gut feelings based on my
experiences and observations of John Apollo and in no way should anyone
try to claim it is fact: If John has truly moved to Mexico as his MySpace
account states, then there is probably a reason for it. Based on his past
actions, my guess is that he is running from something again. He ran from
Kansas City, MO to Osage Beach, MO... Osage Beach, MO to St. Louis, MO...
and now St. Louis, MO to Mexico.
I
anticipate possibly reproachful comments from John regarding me when he
finds out about this e-mail, but I'm really not concerned with them. As good
as John thinks he is about fighting battles behind a computer, he really
can't hide from the truth.
Feel free
to contact me, or have anyone contact me if they feel it necessary to
address or question my comments.
Yours In
Health,
-
Anonymous
My
response:
WOW! Finally!
Someone else steps up to reveal Kevin for who/what he really is!
Thanks for your story and
info. Would you mind if I posted it on my webpage on him?
If you read my page you would
see that he says he has quit photography and getting a regular job.
One, I don't believe he quit photography, he just wants me to think that
so I'll stop trailing him, and TWO, I do believe he DOES need to get a
regular job, especially from what you've said.
I know his photography, so I
will easily spot it once it starts coming up again. And yes, I'm
highly sure the reason why he moved to Mexico is to run from debt, and the
law.
That page on him will NEVER
come off my website though. He'll resurface at some point, and that
mug shot will help others notice him. And I have others that have
more time on their hands that are continually trying to track him.
As for him being talented as a
Photographer, I'm going to have to disagree with you there my friend.
He's just another guy who has an expensive camera and has learned how to
use the bells and whistles on it. He clicks ever 2-3 seconds and
then at home goes through thousands of photos and finds the good ones.
I mean come on now, he shoots HOT girls, how hard is it to get a few great
shots of HOT girls when you shoot a thousand shots of them? He only
shoots outdoors so he doesn't have to use lighting, as he doesn't know how
to arrange indoor lighting. He shoots in the sun, he has the girls
face the sun, put their chins up to not cast shadows, and then click,
click, click, click, click, click...
I've shot with 38
Photographers 78 times, JUST for my portfolio use, never mind all the
paying jobs I've been shot for. I know talented Photographers.
They wait for a great shot by first setting the setting, the lighting, the
wardrobe, the Model, checking all angles, shadows, conflicts, the
background, foreground, exposure, aperture, focus, speed, etc., then
take 2 or 3 shots and gets that pose out of those 2 or 3. Kevin just
has the girl move around, keep posing, while he just goes click happy.
The girls are the talented ones by being hot. Kevin is just another
guy behind an expensive camera. If he was shooting and you walked up
and took the camera out of his hands and kept shooting for him, do you
think you would see a difference? Of course not.
As for everything you said
about him, yes... he's a total asshole!
Thanks again,
Jimmy Thomas
And
his response:
06/01/07
Jimmy:
I never
really worried about him after I had my fill of his crap. It was sort of
like "good riddance." It's not that I was ever afraid of him
doing anything. He just wasn't worth the time & effort for me to worry
about. He was gone and that was good enough for me. When the young girl
called me yesterday with her fears I promised her I would look into things
for her.
I do
understand your points regarding the way he does shoot. Basically, he has established
a particular type of shooting that he doesn't deviate from very often, and
YES he does click away. So, I can see where you are coming from. And YES,
you can spot his images very easily. Like you, I've also worked with
other talented photographers who have done things quite differently than
him, and are considerably more accomplished and successful than him. Hell,
you & I have worked with some of the same people.
Truth be
told, we shouldn't even worry about if he is talented or not, but about
the unscrupulous way he conducts himself. THAT is what people need to be
protected from, and not just unsuspecting models.
I also
agree with you that he will resurface and that he has no intention of
retiring from photography. I think he wants A LOT of people to think he
has quit photography, not just you. He has simply moved on to a new
location of unsuspecting females. His post on the MySpace account is most
likely a self-serving smoke screen. If you really read the statement you
can tell that it is not sincere by some of the things he said. One, he
says photography WAS his passion, as if it is past tense. I don't buy that
for a second. Two, the exclamation point behind the statement that the
sites are down. He would NEVER be excited about that. And three, he states
he is totally walking away from photography business which you & I
know is not happening.
Jimmy, I
had to deal with his probation officer over the whole sexual exploitation
situation, so I KNOW the truth.
On a
similar note, unless there were more than one girl with the same story
about chatting in One Model Place with his real name, I am very familiar
with that whole situation. Unfortunately, I was involved in that situation and
her statement on your site is not completely accurate. This is just
information for your knowledge since I do believe you are trying to
project the truth.
You can
post my statement on your web page in its exact content. I have no problem
with that. Please keep it anonymous. John will know EXACTLY where it came
from because of the details that no one else would know about. If someone
wants to know more, you can feel free to let them contact me through my
web site.
Good
luck. Maybe we'll meet the next time I'm in L.A.
****
Other
testimonies
from Models who have shot with him, or friend's of Models:
|
| "trust me i know about John! I was actually on
the Missouri Bikini team a year or two ago. John first claimed he was gay and tried to
hook up with every girl and try to see how much clothes he could take off of them in his
image. He promised me high-rez pictures and never got ANY!...also i drove all the way to
St. Louis for a promo i thought i would get compensated for, i never saw anything but a
thank-you" |
|
"i know exactly what u r talkin about, i shot
with him and i know all about him trying to force models do what he wants and acting like
he is gay and so on.... i know!"...." |
|
"He likes to pretend he's gay but we all know he's totally
straight"
Bethany Bridges
http://www.myspace.com/sexy_bb |
|
| "when i get a
chance (time) i will definitely put up a LONG comment about my experience with the
weasle......... it made me almost STOP modeling all together...." |
|
| "i know him very
well..omg...is he at it again?? doesnt surprise me.... he is messed up.."
|
|
| "...my experience
with him was very unprofessional. He has a shady past (legally) which I can not get into.
I can tell you his real name is not John Apollo and he will never tell you why or he'd be
out of the business. Mnay models have been screwed over by him." |
|
| Do you recall shooting for
Apollo1Media, or John Apollo or Kevin Todd Rew? "Yes,
and it was a mistake. He offered an assignment-I don't shoot TFP-and there was no
assignment. He was just all talk. I have also heard things about a criminal past and read
an article in the Kansas City Newspaper confirming the rumor. The pictures that he has of
me are awful because he was not waiting for me to pose and the light was very poor that
day-lots of shadows. I just have to redeem myself after you saw the ones the Kevin
took....I wouldn't shoot with him again." |
|
| "You told me
about him originally because he was trying to stiff me of the pictures I did with him
because I wouldn't sleep with him. Then I went into a chat room on One Model Place and
mentioned his name, his real name, and he flipped out." |
|
| "I
would love to help. I know that guy is a crook. I never got paid for
the modeling jobs that I did do."
|
|
"Im a friend with a model who
he tried to get her drunk and have sex with him. She was 18 at the
time. He took photos of her and was talking nasty and remarks about
her kitty. I think this guy should be in jail. Also she has heard
the guy now lives in Mexico." |
|
| "I'm friends with
a model he shot. She not happy the way he treated her. She don't want to say anything just
in case the a-hole comes back to the USA." |
|
What's he's doing NOW is the same as what he was charged for above, only now it's with
girls OVER 18! He's selling partially nude images of Models he's shot,
and for his own
profit without their knowledge!!! These include nipples showing when the Model
doesn't know it, and while their eyes were only half open and they were adjusting their clothes
or poses. Being the unprofessional and untalented Photographer he is, he just
clicks, clicks, clicks with hopes that he gets a few good photos from
it. If he was
professional and talented, he would wait for the right shot and then take it, not click
every 1-2 seconds and get 100 shots of one pose. I strongly believe that his reason
for doing this is to capture areola/nipple and
crotch shots of the Models, which he clearly shows on his website where he sells these
photos, and these Models don't even know it. He's now marked those galleries private,
but many of these sexually exploiting photos of various Models have already been saved, before he
marked them private, to show anyone for proof. He posts the entire series of shots,
including eyes closed, blurry photos, and nipples showing when there are no other photos
showing topless or with intentional nipple showing in the entire set of photos he shot of
those Models. Of course the Models who shot nude are different stories, but he takes
advantage of his digital camera by click, click, clicking and then selling those indecent
photos for his own profit. How on earth would any Model know if he sold any of their
photos?
As for his BS story about me on his MySpace profile,
if you scroll down below you will see the actual emails he and I had. His only
response/defense is to say that I am lying and that I edited the emails that I posted, and
then claims that he has the actual emails. Then why doesn't he post them? Because
he's lying. He never told me, or my Model friends he also shot, anything about WEB
SIZED photos until AFTER our 3 days of shooting. What Model on earth would shoot with someone in
exchange for 350 pixel high images with a big yellow logo across it? As for John's
other lie claiming that I said I represented 11 Playboy Models, he is so full of it!
As you can read below, John contacted me only DAYS before he was to come to CA. He
asked me if I could get any female Models for him to shoot. I told him that I had 11
possible Models in the Los Angeles area who are willing to shoot for TFP, but that
I would have to check with them first as it is an incredibly short notice. Out of
the 11 potential Models, only 3 were available and interested at such a short notice, and
for TFP. So afterwards he was all pissed off that he spent so much money and time
coming to L.A., which he was coming here anyway, with only a few Models to shoot.
Was it my job to provide him Models? No! I never promised him ANYTHING, other
than myself and the 3 female Models who showed up. I was doing him a favor by trying
to get him Models, as he didn't have any of his own in CA to shoot, just the two Models
that he brought with him.
As for claiming that he now has another
attorney, well
then who is it? I've yet to be contacted by ANYONE regarding John Apollo, oh sorry,
by Kevin Todd Rew, and you know why? Because if I were to be contacted by an
attorney they would have to say that I am being sued by Kevin Todd Rew, not John
Apollo, which means that he would be proving to everyone that he is in fact Kevin
Todd Rew, which he continues to deny. Not only that, I am doing nothing wrong, I haven't told a single lie, and
there is nothing that he can charge me with or sue me for. I just wish these Models
he has shot who have given me their testimonies above, would not be afraid to allow me to
reveal who they all are, as he can't do anything to harm them now, besides
sexually exploiting them of course. He can't ruin their career as
he has no contacts with anyone to blacklist them, or to spread false rumors
about them. Why do you think I have had
this info posted on my website for the past 5 years and still continue to
add to my resume
with more modeling work? And why do you
think these popular modeling websites listed above have removed his profile from their
databases and has banned him from posting new profiles with them? Try asking him
that question. He has a bad reputation
online, and there are many other people out there who are trying to prove to everyone as
well who he really is.
As for my previous MySpace profile being
removed, that's a
no-brainer, that's because I was posting a photo of his mug shot on it, which you can't do on
MySpace. I'm the furthest thing from a cyber bully, which he refers me as, just
a fellow Model looking out for other Models, and potential Models, so that he doesn't take
advantage of them. You can all go to my website's resume page and see all the
Photographers and Models I have worked with and feel free to contact any
of them for their
opinion of me. His claim that many of my Photographers have contacted him privately
telling him that I have tried to blackmail them is such BS. I have NEVER shot with a
Photographer who has requested, or even asked, me to pay them. Everyone if
completely free to contact any of them, any time you want and ask them yourself.
He claims all these lies, but why doesn't he show any proof of his made-up
stories? He'll post the claim, but not
the proof. I'm offering you to contact any or all of my Photographers personally and ask them
if his BS is true. Would I do that if it was true? Don't let his lies
fool you. Look at the facts and weigh them out for yourself for what sounds more
believable. Why do you think he has had so many new website domain names while the
old ones are no longer up? Why not still use all those domain names and point them
all to his current website? Because those website domain names are all known to be
affiliated with a perverted, scam artist Photographer. Gee, I wonder who that
is??? Add the facts up people. Here's a quick list for you:
1.) I'm showing you that John Apollo is actually Kevin Todd Rew, the
convicted Sex Offender on 2 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor.
2.) He also faced a trial in Jackson County Circuit Court on charges of statutory sodomy and
sexual misconduct involving the same girl.
3.) Revealing his and my emails showing how he scammed me on my images, as well as the images of
my Model friends I arranged for him to shoot.
4.) Four major modeling and public forum websites removed him from their databases and
have banned him from joining again.
5.) His own Model's testimonies saying how he treated them and/or their Model friends
during their photo shoots with him.
6.) His numerous other website domain names that he keeps changing due to a continual bad
rap.
7.) His continual posting of unprofessional, blurry, in-between poses or during wardrobe
changing/altering that show areola and/or nipple and trying to sell them.
He has yet to defend anything I have said or shown. He has yet to show any
proof of anything he is saying in his defense (his attorney, our
emails that differ from what I posted, emails from other Photographer's of mine to him,
proof his real name is John Apollo and not Kevin Todd Rew, why he was banned from those
popular websites, etc.)
His
only defense has been: "Blah, blah, Jimmy's lying, blah, blah, cyber bully, blah,
blah." Cyber bully? Does he really think that I am
just mad about him screwing me over 5 years ago on my images?
Please! I have had dozens of shoots since him, some where I haven't had the chance to even look at and/or post the photos from those
shoots. I don't need the images he shot of me, they're 5 years
old. This page is here to expose Kevin for who he really is, what he
has done to me and the Models I booked for him, as well as what he is still
doing to Models, so that everyone can be forewarned about him, his past, and
his current actions as he is still photographing Models.
MySpace.com hasn't removed him yet: http://profile.myspace.com/5591594
They want a 3rd party to step forwarded to admit these same things I am saying.
Why
the other Models are so scared to come forward is beyond me. Nobody has the power of
blacklisting you from other Photographers, clients, production companies, etc., nor is any
PROFESSIONAL going to rate you on a Photographer's BS opinion/claim about a Model.
If the Model/Actress fits the role, then they're hired. They don't care what
a no-name Photographer has to say. Contact MySpace abuse and report
him as the Sex Offender he is and request them to remove his profile
entirely. Even if you
are one of his former Models who has had all or some of these similar problems with him,
report him to MySpace anonymously to have him removed. MySpace.com and
Models.com
are his last popular public forums to get more Models (victims) from. And as for the
Models he has shot that are friends with him, just because he didn't pull this same crap
on you, that doesn't mean he hasn't done it to others. Don't be so blinded by his
kind ways to you. Does a pedophile introduce themselves as a pedophile?
Does a con artists introduce themselves as a con artist? Does a sex offender
introduce themselves as a sex offender? Of course not... Black sheep in white
clothing ladies.
Over the past several
months, MySpace.com has been hammered by media reports, portraying it as both a safe haven
for sexual predators and a dangerous place for naïve teens who post personal, and
potentially damaging, information for all the world to see. In response, the Rupert
Murdoch-owned company has boosted its security and public relations efforts. In April 2006
it brought on Microsoft veteran Hemanshu (Hemu) Nigam to fill a new post of chief security
officer, and launched an advertising campaign promoting online safety. So contact MySpace abuse
and report him as the Sex Offender he is and request them to remove his profile.
Do you want MORE data??? Go here:
http://geezohpetes.blogspot.com/2005/11/alert-missouri-bikini-team-sicko.html
And YES!... Kevin and John are the same person. He shot me when he was going by his real
name "Kevin", but was also going by John at that time as well, which you can see
in his emails below in how he signed his emails, and in my sarcastic responses about his
two names.
He has relocated many times, and of course
changed his identity in which to do work under. He has also made numerous websites
to post his photos of Models that he is selling without the Models knowing or being in
agreement with him doing so. Every time I list on this web page a new website
that he has made, he has to make a new one again since this web page is at the top of
search engines when you do a search on him.
He's now relocated to Mexico to try to run further; he probably has numerous girls/Models
complaining/filing charges/complaints against him in the States. He is on many Model
forums trying to defend himself by saying that he is not Kevin Todd Rew and never has
been, and also tries to discredit my story of events of what happened at our shoot, even
though I have the actual email dialogue posted here from the events at that time.
I have many Models and mothers emailing me and thanking me for posting this page on
Kevin/John, and many Models emailing me to tell me that they did a search on John after
they shot with him, as he scammed, or was sexually offensive to them, and told me that
they wished they did a search prior to shooting with him.
Many mothers of 13+ year olds are chatting, praising, and wanting to set their daughters
up for photo shots with him, without doing the proper searches or verification of who he
really is. They just take his word when he says that he is not, nor never has
been Kevin Todd Rew.
If you look at my website, and my resume, you will see that I am a well established Model
and have shot with many professional Photographers and many well established Models.
I would not post such a page on my website if it was not factual. I've posted
it to inform the potential young minors he's been lying to, and to reveal what he is and
what he has done and is still doing to this day, to avoid harm and
endangerment to others.
I have had this page posted since August of 2002, when I shot with him, and he has never
legally tried to have my page taken down, even though many people ask him why he hasn't if
what I say isn't true; if he isn't Kevin Todd Rew, and his response is that he has tried,
but the 5th Amendment says that I can post whatever I want. Which we all know is
BS. You can't slander or post lies about someone. So in other words, he can't
file suit because I am just stating the truth and not badmouthing him (slander), but just
stating the facts that took place. He has never had an attorney contact me. If
he had and I was making this up, do you really think this page would still be here?
Wait, there's more!
From another Model Kevin shot:
I've heard the stories
about him, and I've even seen your web page before. When I shot with Kevin, I didn't
have the bad experiences that some others have reported. He was flirtatious and
probably a little more so than would be considered professional, but he wasn't rude or
sexually harassing. My shoot with Kevin was one of my firsts, and we agreed that he
would provide me with a CD of images. I don't remember all the specifics because
it's been a number of years ago, but I do remember that he wanted me to buy some prints
from him, and I remember thinking that I wasn't about to pay the amount he was asking.
I worked on another
assignment that was supposed to involve Kevin, but the project fell through. His
partner in that project told me not long afterwards that Kevin had been convicted of
sexual exploitation of a child. I saw something in the paper to confirm it. (I
don't remember now, but I think someone showed me the article.) I also checked the
court records and found more confirmation. I don't know if this will transfer
through email, but I am sending the records to you.
Around the same time,
his wife of 10 years filed for divorce. She actually filed in July 2001, but like
most divorces, it took awhile to complete. Kevin has this on his record, too...
although it might be related to his marriage. The robbery and harassment by
telephone occurred right after she filed.
Case No |
Division |
Last Name |
First Name |
Middle Name |
Suffix |
D.O.B. |
Race |
Sex |
01CR00957 |
1 |
REW |
KEVIN |
|
|
03/31/1969 |
W |
M |
01TC00906 |
M3 |
REW |
KEVIN |
T |
|
03/31/1969 |
W |
M |
01DV00867 |
18 |
REW |
KEVIN |
TODD |
|
03/31/1969 |
W |
M |
|
