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Alright, alright already. Brett was just trying to be friendly.
— Joseph Kaplan.

Joseph Kaplan is a minor character in Grand Theft Auto IV.

History[]

Background[]

Joseph is a Czech immigrant who lives in Hove Beach, Broker. He is a known associate of Mikhail Faustin and other Russian criminals in the area. Although he has only one conviction (in 2003 for sexual assault) he is suspected by police of running a prostitution ring in a Hove Beach Sex Shop and also making low budget pornographic movies in its basement. Several young women have filed reports against Kaplan, including prostitute Marnie Allen, claiming that they were conned into appearing in his films.

Events of Grand Theft Auto IV[]

Kaplan is seen in the mission Do You Have Protection? in which Niko Bellic shoots his employee Brett as a warning for not paying Faustin a cut of his profits from the movies he makes and he is knocked out cold with a hit to the head with a gun by Dimitri Rascalov.

Optionally, Joseph can be killed only after Dimitri knocks him out with his gun, otherwise the mission will fail.

LCPD Database Record[]

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SURNAME
Kaplan
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FIRST NAME
Joseph
AGE
33
PLACE OF BIRTH
Czech Republic
AFFILIATIONS
Known Associate of Mikhail Faustin and Russian Organized Crime in Hove Beach.
CRIMINAL RECORD
2003 - Sexual Assault
NOTES
- Czech immigrant.

- Suspected of running a prostitution ring from a Hove Beach sex shop.
- Believed to be involved in making low budget pornographic movies from his basement.

- Several young women have filed complaints about him, including prostitute Marnie Allen, claiming they were conned into appearing in pornographic movies.

Mission Appearances[]

Grand Theft Auto IV[]

Trivia[]

  • There is a random character model of Joseph Kaplan that can be found in Middle Park East.
  • Despite originally being from Czechoslovakia, Kaplan speaks with an American accent, suggesting that he has lived in the United States for a number of years.
  • There is a line of dialogue Joseph speaks that is usually cut off due to Dimitri knocking him out with the gun. The line is "Fine, here you go. We ain't gonna have the resources to make any more movies, but here!" The line usually cuts off after "the". Even if the line is said in full, the subtitles still shorten the sentence. Niko standing in the way of Joseph's walking path is one way to hear the full line.

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ProtagonistNiko Bellic
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GirlfriendsAlexandra Chilton | Carmen Ortiz | Kiki Jenkins
Random charactersBrian Meech | Mel | Real Badman | Hossan Ramzy | Sara | Pathos | Jeff Harlingford | Marnie Allen | Eddie Low† | Cherise Glover | Clarence Little† | Gracie Ancelotti | Ilyena Faustin | Ivan Bytchkov
Petrovic BratvaAnton† | Boris† | Georgi† | Igor | Ivo† | Kenny Petrovic | Lenny Petrovic† | Mrs. Petrovic | Rami Yalon | Sergey† | Vanya | Vasil
Most Wanted criminalsAlonso Goralski† | Antonio Rivette† | Barry Lamora† | Bert Reker† | Christov Mahonvic† | Danny Hatmaker† | Darren Covey† | Fernando Tisdel† | Freddy Paparo† | Frederick Harrison† | Glenn Lushbaugh† | Jimmy Kand† | Juan Haimo† | Keenan Burdett† | Leo Brodell† | Lino Friddell† | Marty Boldenow† | Maxwell Caughlin† | Mervin Eskuchen† | Noel Katsuda† | Phil Bacerra† | Preston Pecinovsky† | Rodrigo Stavnes† | Rodney McEniry† | Scott Guzowski† | Sergi Szerbin† | Shon Kikuchi† | Simon Nashly† | Tommy Francovic† | Tyler Pickrel
Mentioned charactersChan Jaoming† | Fifteen Man Squad | George Lawton | Hsin Jaoming | Huang Lee | Joe Lawton | Lester Arnold | Lester Leroc | Marko | Mr. Wong | Niko's Brother† | Phyllis | Rudy D'Avanzo† | Rudy D'Avanzo's Father† | Thomas Piretta | Wu "Kenny" Lee† | Zhou Ming
Other charactersRob | Vicki | Yusuf Amir | Troy Harder | Lola Del Rio | Jase | Milica Bellic | Roman's Child | Mila Tadic | Jerry Kapowitz | Horatio Humboldt | Gloria Hole | Steve | Kelly
Beta charactersAlyssa Funke | Bradly Narlock | Cletus Luzell | Dick Godley | Marcel Hevas | Marty Connor | Raymond Alberga | Tommy Francini | Wilbert Wetterer
† denotes Deceased, Italics denotes a status determined by the player's choice
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