Lying to a grand jury would not normally be called sleazy, something more like just plain stupid considering the consequences that in all likelihood will follow. Most people would agree, however, that a married man messing with the dancers in a strip club is just plain sleazy. Certainly, John Kenneth Arnold’s wife would agree. After all, he was arrested on related charges on a Thursday morning.
Arnold is a co-founder of Intelius, an online provider of background checks. Susan Kohler, chief marketing officer at Intelius, claimed that the company had just heard of the charges that morning and had no further comment other than that Arnold remained an employee at the company. Co-founder Naveen Jain, commented from Los Angeles that he was shocked by the news, “It is extremely saddening to me because he is a really good guy.” He says he also knew nothing of the charges prior to Thursday.
The charges stem from testimony Arnold gave before a grand jury in an investigation of Frank Colacurcio Sr, the owner of the strip club “Rick’s” where the incident took place. Arnold is alleged to have lied when he denied engaging in certain lascivious acts with dancers at the club. Considering that the investigation on Colacurcio included hidden cameras, ouch.
Ironically, last September Arnold was promoting an iPhone application from Intelius called “Date Check”. This app includes a feature called “Sleaze Detector” that warns of any criminal history on a potential date. In Arnold’s words, “Letting a stranger into your life is a huge risk, and in the age of Internet anonymity, a simple online search isn’t enough to tell you everything you need to know.”
Maybe now his wife is wishing that service had been around when she started dating him.
