The Boy Scout, the hustler, and the porn queen

As far as the criminal charges against Len Baxley, she refused to sign an affidavit he recently prepared because it stated that she had performed a nystagmus test on his prisoner one night at the jail while she was in plain clothes waiting for Kastler to get off work. Baxley had hoped to make the affidavit part of his appeal to the 5th Judicial District in Dallas, but she said that it just wasn't true. What is true, she claims, is that Baxley has a vendetta against her because she rejected his advances. "He came on to me repeatedly. I told him I was involved with Jerry, but he said Jerry was no good."

She doesn't know how all this is going to end and gets teary just thinking about it. She's in the middle of a bitter custody battle with Jerry Kastler, says he's the real drug user in the family, and claims he's an abusive husband who broke her nose, forced her to stay in their porn business, then cheated her out of her share of it. At least that's the position she's taking in California Superior Court.

She calls herself Gloria Fish now, she's in therapy, and she's going around the country trying to make peace with her past, hoping to reclaim the shards of her fractured life. She has asked her father, her brother, and her friends to forgive her. But she's done so much damage, told so many lies, that the forgiving comes hard. She says that her California criminal charges are nonsense and that once they are behind her, she plans on returning to Dallas to make a life with her ostensible husband Martin Fish. Her brother has promised to find them both work with the railroad.

Two weeks ago, Gloria phoned Michael Garofalo. She was in Dallas and wanted to see Patrick, now 9 years old. It had been three months since their last visit, and no matter what, she always loved him. She even had Patrick's name tattooed on her ankle to prove it.

At first, Garofalo thought about saying no. Hell no. She was charged with child concealment and kidnapping--he had every right to fear for his child's safety. Yet he didn't refuse and let his son decide for himself. After he thought about it, Patrick chose to see her. The boy wants a mom. Even one as twisted as Gloria Phyllis Samantha Jordan Grimes James Gardner Garofalo Kastler Lee Fish.