Wed, 19 May 2010 9:20 p.m. By Jono Hutchison

Kiwi porn businessman Steve Crow has been banned from holding the position of company director for the next four years. He has been served with a notice by the Ministry of Economic Development, but says it’s unfair. Crow is vowing to fight the ban.

“I got served at home on Friday night,” he told Nightline.

“I am banned for four years and it covers not just New Zealand – but New Zealand and Australia.”

The ban is under a section of the Companies Act [s. 385], which is designed to protect the public from directors with a history of unsuccessful ventures. It has been used previously against directors from failed finance companies Five Star Finance and Bridgecorp.

“Personally I don’t believe if I wasn’t Steve Crow and it wasn’t the adult industry, that it would have even raised a flag to anybody.”

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