Earlier today we broke a story about the San Diego runaway Toyota Prius driver James Sikes recently declaring bankruptcy. Now, a review of records shows a link to a sex site for couples and a series of mysterious thefts. UPDATE!
Following up on a tip sent to TTAC, a search of California Business Records shows the company Adutlswinglife LLC is owned by a Mr. James Sikes of Carlsbad, California. The company operates the website AdultSwingLife.com (NSFW), which advertises that it supports "The Adult lifestyle, wife swapping, hook-up, Swinger clubs, adult social club, booty call, Friends with Benefits, NASCA" with webchats, message boards and other services.
An advertisement on the pro-swinging NASCA (NSFW) website includes an advertisement for the Adult Swing Life, which lists the number for the current real estate business of James and Patty Sikes.
His bankruptcy also shows the theft of a saxophone, clothes and other items from a car in April of last year for which his insurance paid $7,400. There's also an anonymous tip on the site Hobbub.com claiming items were mysterously lifted from his foreclosed home before the bank took control of the property:
We were trying to buy a foreclosed house in San Diego last year. The previous owner (Jim and Patti Sikes….local realtors BTW) lost the house, but before giving posession back to the bank "someone" stole the ENTIRE kitchen out of the house……….Granite countertops, cabinets, appliances and even the lights!
All of this ads to the many questions surrounding the incident, which Toyota has shown they are unable to duplicate and has them mystified.
We sought comment from the lawyers representing the Sikes family but a receptionist at the firm says they would not be able to provide one at this time.
UPDATE: Questions regarding Jim Sikes' character continue to mount as a report from KTXL in Sacramento adds details of more thefts reported by Sikes, including $58,000 in jewelry, cash, and camera equipment. There's also this interesting tidbit:
A neighbor near Sikes' former home in Atwater mentioned the money problems to FOX40 News, adding, "I'm not surprised [if] he'd try to get money."
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The Atwater neighbor says Sikes and his wife Patty had a reputation for other reasons.
"They might've been in the pornography business," neighbors said.
Might've been in the porn business? Isn't it a binary thing? You're in or you're out. Or you're in-and-out and thus in.