The party yacht of a retired doctor arrested for drugs and firearms was host to a pornographic film shoot over the weekend, according to newly obtained police documents that reveal more details about the lewd case.
Authorities raided Scott Burke’s 82-foot vessel dubbed the Jess Conn on Sept. 5 after they were tipped off by a man whose female friend was on the boat and contacted her via Facetime, the Nantucket Current reported, citing the Nantucket Police Department’s application for a search warrant used in the case that.
The woman allegedly told the man’s friend that “they had been doing drugs all weekend and the people on the boat had been making pornographic films,” according to documents that shed more light on the wild party.
Authorities responded to the scene after the man reportedly told police he thought his friend had overdosed because the woman told him she wanted to leave the boat before she passed out and the call was disconnected.
Drugs used aboard the Jess Conn included ketamine, Adderall, ecstasy and cocaine, the unidentified man told authorities.
Scott Anthony Burke was held on bail, in Plymouth District Court, by Judge James Sullivan. Boston Globe via Getty Images
Earlier police reports said police got to the Jess Conn after reports that a depressed woman may have overdosed and “didn’t feel safe” on board.
Several prostitutes were also on board the yacht, sources previously told the Current.
Burke, 69, was arrested in Nantucket Harbor on drug and weapons trafficking charges after police found a cache of firearms and hard drugs on the luxury yacht.
People are seen on the Yacht, owned by Scott Anthony Burke, as it docks near Nantucket Harbor on September 11, 2023 in New York City. NYPJ
More people are seen aboard the Jess Conn, as it docks near Nantucket Harbor on September 11, 2023. NYPJ
When police initially tried to talk to the married father, he was “very uncooperative” and was handcuffed and detained for his behavior, police said in an affidavit obtained by a local outlet.
He told officers that the woman who overdosed had worked for him for only a few weeks and that her female friend also lived on the boat, according to the outlet.
The former doctor initially denied knowing illegal drugs were on the yacht, and both women also denied they knew illegal drugs, although one of them claimed she had a prescription for Adderall.
Dr Scott Burke is seen with his wife Ellen in an undated Facebook photo. Facebook/Ellen Burke
A search of the yacht allegedly turned up about 43 grams of cocaine, 14 grams of ketamine, a .380 handgun, three 30-round 9mm magazines, and a 12-round magazine in a 9mm handgun, according to police reports.
Several bullets were also found on the yacht’s cabin floor, the report added.
Burke, whose attorney said he had terminal cancer, allegedly admitted the gun was his.
A luxury yacht owned by Scott Anthony Burke is spotted near Nantucket Harbor on September 9, 2023 in Nantucket, MA. James Keivom
He told police he had a license to carry, but authorities said he has a license to carry in Florida and it expires in September 2022, the Current reported.
He netted $200,000 after his arrest.
He pleaded not guilty to the drug and firearms rape case.
Burke, who has homes in Florida and Colorado, previously ran a spine and rehabilitation clinic, online records show.
He founded Injury Finance, a Colorado-based medical insurance company that provides lien services for third-party liability claims, about two decades ago, according to his LinkedIn profile.
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