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Brent Corrigan
Brent Corrigan, from his collection
Birthdate: October 31
Birth location: Lewiston, Idaho
Birth name: Sean Paul Lockhart
Penis size: 7 1/2inches
Eye color: Brown
Hair color: Brown
Orientation: Gay
Ethnicity: White
Stage Name(s): Brent Corrigan; Fox Ryder
No. of films: 9
Brent Corrigan at IMDb

Sean Paul Lockhart (born October 31, 1985 or 1986), is an American gay pornographic model.

Lockhart started his career in pornography in 2004 at Cobra Video, as a young twink model in Every Poolboy's Dream under the name Brent Corrigan. He quickly became one of Cobra's most famous performers, where his bareback themed movies were critically top rated and commercially top selling. [1]

As Brent Corrigan, his performing career has featured a diverse variety of sexual activity, including semen swallowing, rimming and Cobra Video's first-ever [2] double anal penetration (by actors Chase McKenzie and Brent Everett).

Corrigan has stated that he falsified his identification documents to make his first films, being under-age when his first movies were filmed. This public statement resulted in much controversy, causing many of his films to be (voluntarily) pulled from store shelves while concerns of child pornography [3] in many legal jurisdictions in the United States and abroad are settled as well as creating an on-going legal dispute between Corrigan and Cobra Video.

Both Corrigan and Cobra Video have each created separate "official" websites promoting the performer.

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[edit] Early life

Corrigan states that he was born in Lewiston, Idaho[4], raised in Seattle, Washington, by his step-father and moved to San Diego in 2004 to live with his mother.[5]

"When I moved originally, my biggest excuse was I had serious interest in film," said Corrigan. "I wanted to direct and I had a lot of interest in the artistic side of it. I figured if I'm going to do it anywhere, southern California is the fucking place to do it. That was my big lure so I thought I'd come here, do my two years in high school, get residency established then go to UCLA or something of that degree."[4]

After arriving in San Diego, he states he was all but abandoned by his mother, forcing him to take care of himself. [5]

Brent also stated that, at 16, he met and began dating an older man who introduced him to an unhealthy social scene.

"[My boyfriend] introduced me to a lifestyle that wasn’t very fitting of a 16-year-old. He was nothing but the worst influence on me. But I thought this is what gay people did. I didn’t know that most of the gay community isn’t into drugs and being evil to each other; that there is a side of the gay community that actually takes care of each other."[5]

Corrigan states he's never met his biological father. [4]

Brent Corrigan, on the cover of the Every Poolboy's Dream DVD (2004), the movie that made Brent famous, and continues to surround him in controversy and legal issues.
Brent Corrigan, on the cover of the Every Poolboy's Dream DVD (2004), the movie that made Brent famous, and continues to surround him in controversy and legal issues.

[edit] Alleged underage videos

Corrigan stated that shortly before his 17th birthday, his older boyfriend (same one mentioned above [5]) contacted a Cobra Video producer and showed a nude, sleeping Corrigan to Cobra Video by webcam. Brent then states that he agreed to get a fake ID in-order to do video work for Cobra.[6] (News reports have shown the ease at which fake driver's licenses can be acquired in California.) [7]

He stated in an interview that, at 16, he believed he "knew everything."[5] He also believed his boyfriend's statements that fake IDs were used "all the time" by under-age performers and that he wasn't doing anything wrong. [4][5] Corrigan then went on to do two shoots with Cobra in 2004. [4] The majority of these scenes were receptive, bareback, anal sex, with the exception of those starring both Corrigan and Brent Everett, where a condom was used for Corrigan's bottoming scenes. The scenes from these shoots were spread over four videos.[4] Those videos were both critically and commercially a success, being consistently well reviewed as well as top sellers for Cobra video. [1][4]

During the time these scenes were filmed, Corrigan states he also developed a close relationship with a Cobra Video producer and that the relationship eventually became sexual. Brent stated that he was afraid the relationship would end unless he maintained this sexual part of the relationship. [5]

[edit] Disclosure and its effects

[edit] Corrigan's statement

According of AVN.Com, on September 13th, 2005, Corrigan's attorney announced publicly that Corrigan was underage when he filmed several scenes for Cobra Video. [6] In subsequent November 2005 AVN.com article, Corrigan stated that he'd obtained a false ID to enter the porn industry and that he was 17 years-old when he filmed his early scenes. [6]

In a July / August 2006 GayWebMonkey magazine interview, Corrigan stated that on several occasions he tried to explicitly state to this producer that he was underage, but the producer was not interested in hearing the information or in having the information publicly disclosed. Brent states that "[The Cobra producer] hinted very strongly that if I was underage now or when filming the videos, I’d be the one in trouble, not him." [5] Corrigan also stated that this Cobra video producer emailed him after the public disclosures to say that "traitors would be dealt with accordingly" and to expect lawsuits, embarrassment, and financial ruin. [5]

[edit] Industry responses

A September 2005 press release from 2 private, non-government organizations, the Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection (ASACP) and the Free Speech Coalition (FSC) [8] repeated Corrigan's statements. Both organizations said that until the matter could be definitively settled these videos should be removed from circulation due to the possibility of these videos being considered child pornography in many jurisdictions. On September 13, 2005, the four Cobra Video titles featuring these disputed scenes were pulled from circulation by Cobra, through their distributor, Pacific Sun Entertainment.[9] Copies of these disputed titles can still be found on sales sites such as Ebay.

[edit] Cobra Video response

An Adult Video News article quotes a Cobra Video statement that states it has "color copies of the three State-issued forms of identification that Mr. Lockhart presented, including a birth certificate, all indicating a birth year of 1985." The article further quotes Cobra as stating that "all requests for a State-certified birth certificate of Mr. Lockhart from Mr. Lockhart's attorney have been rejected." [6]

[edit] Lawsuits

Corrigan and his business partners were sued in Federal Court in San Diego, CA by Cobra Video LLC for trademark violations, cybersquatting, breach of contract, and other disputes. The suit also seeks to prevent him from using his stage name of "Brent Corrigan" because Cobra Video claims the name as a protected trademark.[6]

[edit] Drivers license

On March 14, 2006, Corrigan showed a California Drivers License, which he stated was his, to columnist Jason Sechrest (of jasoncurious.com) at the GayVN Awards. Sechrest then wrote on his website that he had inspected the driver's license and "...he [Corrigan] was born in 1986."[10].

The legal veracity of Corrigan's age remains a subject of the continuing lawsuits. Outside of Corrigan's actions through Jason Curious, no other physical documentation of his date of birth has been released or viewed by the wider media. News agencies in California have reported on the ease with which fake drivers licenses can be obtained.[7]

[edit] Current status

[edit] Websites

As of August, 2006 Brent maintains a weblog at his official website, BrentCorriganOnline.com. He has also started his own Adult Video production company (which, he claims, makes him the youngest producer in the Adult Video industry.) Cobra Video also created a website, Brentcorriganxxx.com, which offers free downloads of clips and pictures from all of Corrigan's post-2004 work in a staggered fashion.

[edit] Corrigan's adult website

On October 9, 2006, Corrigan's blog announced the launch of the private, adult, pay-only section of BrentCorriganOnline.com. The entry provided a link to the pay site, discussed the delays and included a humorous video celebrating the pay site's start. It has also been revealed that his webmaster, Jeremy Carrson, is his second business partner in this venture.[11] On October 11, 2006, Corrigan's blog announced that his contracted on-line billing company had cancelled their contract under legal pressure from Cobra Video.[12]

[edit] Films

Corrigan will also be starring in Falcon Studios' Fall 2006 release of "The Velvet Mafia." (Cobra will release the its latest Corrigan feature Take It Like a Bitch Boy at the same time.) He also completed acting in his first non-porn movie "Tell Me" [13] A trailer for this film is available on YouTube.

[edit] Videography

  • Every Poolboy's Dream, 2004 (Cobra Video)
  • Schoolboy Crush, 2004 (Cobra Video), starring with Brent Everett
  • Bareboned Twinks, 2005 (Cobra Video), starring with Brent Everett
  • Casting Couch 4, 2005 (Cobra Video)

The previous four titles have been voluntarily removed from circulation due to Corrigan's underage dispute. They have remained for sale on internet auction sites.

  • Cream BBoys, 2006 (Cobra Video)
  • Naughty Boy's Toys, 2006 (Cobra Video)
  • Brent Corrigan: Fuck Me Raw, 2006 (Cobra Video)
  • The Velvet Mafia, 2006 (Falcon Studios)
  • Take It Like A Bitch Boy, 2006 (Cobra Video)
  • Tell Me, 2007 (non-porn short film.)

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

[edit] Reference

  1. ^ a b ""His movies were Cobra's best selling. He was in four titles for them. And all four were on their Top 10 list of best sellers of all time."" Jason: About Brent Corrigan- final
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ [2]
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Corrigan was born in Lewiston, Idaho and grew up in the suburbs of Seattle" The Traci Lords of the gay industry tells his story; claims the owner of Cobra knew he was underage
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Brent has a past rife with the common experiences of many gay youth, growing up with neglectful parents, raising his siblings alone, with a quite uncommon twist – filming a series of bareback porn films when he was only 17. Yes. 17. Officially underage." Underage but man enough to tell (pdf)
  6. ^ a b c d e "Lockhart and Belville have told GAYVN that Lockhart's birthdate is October 31, 1986, and that Lockhart obtained false ID so he could enter the adult entertainment industry." AVN.com: Cobra Strikes Back
  7. ^ a b SFGate.com Associated Press Wire. Sellers of fake immigration documents dismiss call for new IDs. Retrieved on 4 September 2006.
  8. ^ "The Free Speech Coalition recommends that until the facts in this case are clarified, all above titles and promotional materials should be immediately removed from circulation and distribution, and all content, online and offline, that contains the performer named Brent Corrigan should be removed and sealed for attorney review and consultation." Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection (ASACP) and Free Speech Coalition (FSC) press release
  9. ^ "Pacific Sun Entertainment, which distributes Cobra Video titles, has notified all of its customers to pull the titles from their shelves, a Pacific Sun spokesman told GAYVN.." Possibly Underage Gay Performer Worked for Cobra
  10. ^ X-Rated Exclusives from Deep Inside the Adult Industry. Jason's News Desk: Underage Performer Brent Corrigan's First Interview. Retrieved on 4 September 2006.
  11. ^ http://www.brentcorriganonline.com/blog/?p=141
  12. ^ "A quick piece of back round information: Cobra Video filed for a Pennsylvania trademark on my name. The asshole mislead the state regarding the terms on the trademark and the trademark was granted. Pennsylvania obviously does not thoroughly investigate trademark claims. The trademark was granted." Corrigans Blog
  13. ^ http://www.nakedwriting.com/archives/2006/04/the_short_shoot_3.htmlThird to bat is Brent Corrigan with the key role of Skippy...Skippy wasn't a sex role. He doesn't get naked in this -- though I can't say the same about the other characters." The Short Shoot Diary II #3: Yes, But Can They Act?
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NAME Lockhart, Sean Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Corrigan, Brent (stage name); Ryder, Fox (stage name)
SHORT DESCRIPTION American Porn Star
DATE OF BIRTH October 31
PLACE OF BIRTH Lewiston, Idaho
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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