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Warsaw mayor bans sex contest at erotic trade fair

The organizers of a Polish erotic fair vowed to defy a ban on Thursday by Warsaw's mayor and proceed with a contest for women who have sex with as many men as possible.

The four-day "Eroticon" festival, which opened in the Polish capital on Thursday, plans to organize a "test" for women, dubbed the "world sex championships," despite an order from city hall banning the competition.

"The contest will take place," said Krzysztof Garwatowski, a spokesman for the organizers.

"Last year, the fair attracted more than 11,000 visitors. With all this publicity the mayor has generated for us, we hope to do even better this year," he said.

The mayor's office said a day earlier it had contacted the Warsaw public prosecutor's office accusing the event's organizers, an adult magazine publisher, of procuring women, a crime carrying up to a three-year jail term.

"We are not breaking the law. We don't see any reason why we should leave Warsaw just because a municipal official doesn't like what we do," Garwatowski said.

He added that the organizers would sue right-wing mayor Lech Kaczynski for defamation.

"We have nothing to do with prostitution," the spokesman said.

For days, large advertising posters have been plastered around the streets of Warsaw announcing that the "sex world record" will be beaten.

Held in an exhibition center near the center of Warsaw, the fifth annual Eroticon festival includes some 20 stands offering pornographic films, books, lingerie and erotic shows.
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