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Penthouse emperor Bob Guccione, who died in 2010, made his fortune from the skin trade. Now former assistant Jane Homlish wants to prove he was more than just a smut peddler. Getty Images

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Jane Homlish Christian Johnston

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1973 Guccione photographs Penthouse model Avril Lund. AP

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1982 Guccione after winning a court battle. AP

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Guccione ignited a scandal by printing early nudes of Miss America Vanessa Williams, leading to Williams’ resignation and Penthouse’s best-selling issue ever. But the flap came as a total surprise, says Jane Homlish, seen above watching the scandal break on TV on July 23, 1984. AP

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1993 Hovering over the lightbox with then-wife Kathy Keeton. Getty Images

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Jeremy Frommer Christian Johnston

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One of Guccione’s illustrations. Christian Johnston

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An early “Gucci Girl” (above) Christian Johnston

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