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- Joe and Anne Gale ran an adult website (anne34dd.com) between 2000 and 2004
- Live in Grand Rapids, MinnesotaStar Tribune: Porn past clouds day-care owners (April 4, 2009)
- Have two children of their ownStar Tribune: Porn past clouds day-care owners (April 4, 2009)
- Website featured nude videos of Anne Gale shot by Joe GaleStar Tribune: Porn past clouds day-care owners (April 4, 2009)
- Subscribers paid $12.99 a month for access to live videosStar Tribune: Porn past clouds day-care owners (April 4, 2009)
- They have no criminal past and are not under suspicion for anythingStar Tribune: Porn past clouds day-care owners (April 4, 2009)
- The site didn't make much money and they filed for bankruptcy in 2003Star Tribune: Porn past clouds day-care owners (April 4, 2009)
- Changed lifestyle after Anne Gale was treated for depression and anxietyStar Tribune: Porn past clouds day-care owners (April 4, 2009)
- Obtained a child care license in 2005Star Tribune: Porn past clouds day-care owners (April 4, 2009)
- Are licensed to provide day care for up to 14 children; and foster care for up to 3Star Tribune: Porn past clouds day-care owners (April 4, 2009)
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Anne Gale is a former commercial pornographer in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, whose past livelihood may stop her and her husband Joe Gale from gaining custody of two children left in their care by their mother.Star Tribune: Porn past clouds day-care owners (April 4, 2009)
Custody Battle
Between 2000 and 2004, Anne and Joe Gale ran a now-defunct pornography website from their Grand Rapids, Minnesota home. The website featured nude videos, erotic stories and sex toys. They shut down the site in 2004, and in 2005 began offering home day care and foster care for children. A background check was conducted when they went into the childcare business and it found the pornography background, but no criminal past or mistreatment of children. The Gales were given an approved child-care license in 2005.Star Tribune: Porn past clouds day-care owners (April 4, 2009)In 2007, Rachel Voight dropped her two young children at the Gales' home, saying she was unable to care for them. A year later, she decided she wanted the children back; and the Gales asked the courts to give them custody of the children. The court case balances the Gales' history with Voight's, who has pleaded guilty to drug and check forgery charges.Star Tribune: Porn past clouds day-care owners (April 4, 2009)
Quotes
"Hi there, I'm Anne34DD, welcome to my little spot on the Internet! I am your typical mature amateur housewife next door... or am I?! Cum on in and get to know the naughty side of me and why I'm called a MILF! I enjoy modeling sexy Lingerie, wearing Thigh High Boots and Leather, and more!"—Anne Gale, archived version of websiteStar Tribune: Porn past clouds day-care owners (April 4, 2009) WebArchive: Anne 34DD's Erotic Website! (August 28, 2004)"As far as we can find, adults engaging in sexual activity in front of a camera and putting it up on the Web isn't actually illegal."—Jerry Kerber, director of licensing for Minnesota Human Services DepartmentStar Tribune: Porn past clouds day-care owners (April 4, 2009)
