Child porn charges effectively end political consultant’s career
For Enrique Pearce, a top-tier San Francisco political consultant facing felony charges for possession of child pornography, the rule of “innocent until proven guilty” applies only in the courtroom.
Although Pearce was arraigned Wednesday and won’t face a jury for months, his career in politics effectively ended May 7, when police raided his Tenderloin apartment and seized computers that court records say held sordid, gut-wrenching pictures and videos of children being sexually abused by adults.
Within days, his clients abandoned him and political allies began to suggest they hadn’t really been that close to him. Phone calls went unanswered at both his downtown law office and his consulting company, Left Coast Communications. Pearce’s websites were scrubbed from the Internet. He has been released on $400,000 bail.
“Guys like Enrique Pearce disappear from the (political) map and are never heard from again,” said Sam Singer, a public relations veteran with experience in both political work and crisis communication.
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