Chester the Molester

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Chester the Molester was a comic strip by the late Dwaine B. Tinsley (1945-2000), who was Hustler magazine‘s cartoon editor. As the title suggests, the premise of the strip was a tongue-in-cheek take on a man, Chester, who was interested in sexually molesting women and prepubescent girls. The Chester cartoon showed many scenes in which the main character—and later on his girlfriend Hester—tricked or attempted to trick women and prepubescent girls into sexually compromising positions.

Tinsley’s work was criticized by feminist groups and the National Institute of Health (NIH).

[edit] Tinsley charged with molestation

In 1984, Tinsley was accused of molesting his 13-year-old daughter, Allison, over a period of five years. She claimed that her father had raped her over 100,000 times during this period (more than 50 times per day). Tinsley was convicted and spent 23 months of a six-year prison sentence before his conviction was overturned on the grounds that his conviction violated the First Amendment because it was based, in part, on his comic strip. During his incarceration, he continued "Chester the Molester," dispatching new strips to Hustler from his cell to be edited by Edward Kuhnel.