Bryan Kocis
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| Hair color: | Brown |
| Ethnicity: | White |
| Stage Name(s): | Bryan Phillips |
| No. of films: | 20 |
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Bryan Kocis, also known as Bryan Phillips, is the owner of and a director for the gay pornographic film studio, Cobra Video.
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[edit] Cobra Video
Bryan Kocis established Cobra Video in 2001, [1] concentrating on the production of movies starring young twinks, exclusively in the 18-23 age category, engaged in either solo masturbation scenes or, mainly, bareback sex. Kocis has cast and directed all Cobra productions up to date (18 productions as of August 2005).
[edit] Sexual Abuse of a Child conviction
In 2002, police found a videotape of Bryan Kocis, then 39, and a 15-year-old boy in his home. Kocis met the boy on the internet and transported him to his hometown. [2] Kocis pled guilty to one count of Sexual Abuse of a Child. He was initially charged with child pornography, and transportation of a minor for sexual purposes. Since the boy had lied about his age Kocis was given a probation sentence. [3]
[edit] Brent Corrigan
[edit] Videos
In 2004, Kocis cast Brent Corrigan, a young twink model, in Cobra's Every Poolboy's Dream. Corrigan quickly went on to become the most famous, and most lucrative, of Kocis' stable of actors, reportedly accounting for four of the Top 10 best selling Cobra Videos of all time. [4]
[edit] Allegations
On September 13th, 2005, Corrigan's attorney announced publicly that Corrigan was underage when he filmed those scenes for Cobra Video, [5] and had used a fake ID to participate in those scenes. [5] Corrigan went on to state that Kocis was aware of his underage status.[6] [7]
[edit] Responses
Kocis, through Cobra Video, issued a statement saying that it had copies of legal identification proving Corrigan was old enough to legally work in the industry and that their current "...requests for a State-certified birth certificate of Mr. Lockhart from Mr. Lockhart's attorney have been rejected." [5] Kocis went on to file suit against Corrigan and in Federal Court in San Diego, CA, thru 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.[5] The matter is currently being adjudicated.
[edit] Brent Corrigan Trademark
On October 9th 2006, BrentCorriganOnline.com launched a private, members only site. On OCtober 11th, 2006, BrentCorriganOnline.com announced that their billing service cancelled their contract. BrentCorriganOnline.com stated that this was under pressure from Bryan Kocis. [8]
[edit] Pulled films
On two separate occasions, Kocis has voluntarily pulled several of his videos from store shelves. On September 13, 2005, the four Cobra Video titles featuring the disputed Corrigan scenes[9] were removed. On April 12, 2006, DVD and VHS copies of Campus Boys 1 and Campus Boys 2 were also removed. No reason was given in the later case, but an email, issued through Cobra's video distribution company Pacific Sun Entertainment, stated "Under no circumstances should these titles be sold, rented or shipped to anyone. They must be boxed, sealed, and stored at your facilities until further notice." [10]
[edit] Partial 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)
- Take It Like A Bitch Boy, (Cobra Video)- To be released in September 2006.
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.cobravideo.com/compliance.htm Cobra Video required 2257 compliance
- ^ Dallas Township man charged with sexually assaulting teen
- ^ Dallas Township man pleads guilty to sexual abuse of children
- ^ ""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
- ^ a b c d "Brent Corrigan," who appears in at least four titles for Cobra Video, was possibly under 18 when he performed in them, according to information supplied by the performer's attorney, Chad Belville of Tempe, Arizona." Possibly Underage Gay Performer Worked for Cobra
- ^ " Yes. 17. Officially underage." Underage but man enough to tell (pdf)
- ^ "Besides, according to Corrigan, a boyfriend of Corrigan's ex boyfriend Jake, allegedly text messaged Brian to tell him that Corrigan was underage." The Traci Lords of the gay industry tells his story; claims the owner of Cobra knew he was underage
- ^ " This afternoon our billing company cut us off due to threats from THAT FIRST STUDIO. Bullshit threats of copyright/trademark infringement. 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
- ^ "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
- ^ http://www.gayvn.com/index.php?Primary_Navigation=News&Action=View_Article&Content_ID=264720 GAYVN Article
