According to King County municipal records, Strangercrombie winner Benjamin Exworthy is no stranger to run-ins with the law. Municipal records show that Exworthy received 10 vehicle citations in the span of around 10 years. Violations include tailgating, failure to stop at a red light, speeding, driving without insurance, having expired license tabs, and numerous parking violations. When reached for comment, Exworthy contended that all incidents were committed in his 1991 Ford Festiva. However, there are no records showing he ever owned such a vehicle (records indicate he is the owner of a classic four-door 1957 Chrysler sedan). Exworthy does not deny the parking violations, but as to the five moving violations, Exworthy maintains (despite the records) that "it's all bullshit. I deny all allegations." NANCY DREW

Exworthy's Business Deal

It's been a year since RealNetworks acquired Benjamin Exworthy's GameHouse for almost $36 million dollars, and it looks like the takeover paid off for RealNetworks--a $202.4 million company. According to analyst Alan Davis at McAdams Wright Ragen, RealNetworks "bought a good product that has done well. The price they paid for it was good, considering that games is a growing product and is doing well in general." Indeed, GameHouse's revenues increased nearly three-fold since RealNetworks bought it from $3.1 million in sales to $9.1 million.

However, The Stranger isn't all that impressed. According to an analyst at one high-profile investment firm, the deal was no biggie: "That was such a minor deal ($36M). I doubt our Internet guy even noticed it." NANCY DREW

Exworthy's Secrets

When The Stranger news team contacted James H. Morton, GameHouse's registered agent during the Exworthy years, we were given the slip. "I could not tell you any thing about Ben without his written consent," Morton said cryptically. NANCY DREW

Exworthy's Tenants

What's a millionaire do with his gobs of cash? Well, if you're Ben Exworthy, you pour nearly a million bucks into purchasing the circa-1900 Moses Building on Pioneer Square's Second Avenue. Exworthy bought the place in June 2003 under whimsically-named Ishkabibble LLC; He's renovating the building's upper floors and plans to add two more stories to restore it to the original five.

Exworthy's already got two tenants, a cafe and a wine importer, who report that he's a good landlord. "He's fine, unobtrusive, a pretty nice kid. He bounced down here one day with a skateboard under his arm, with cut-off shorts, a T-shirt, and bleached hair," says Mella, a woman at Riservati who declined to give her last name. "He said, 'Hi, I just bought your building.' He even went to France once to visit our supplier, because we're a wine importer." Aww. NANCY DREW