Brent Corrigan
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Brent Corrigan, from his collection
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| Birthdate: | October 31, 1985 or 1986 |
| Birth location: | Lewiston, Idaho |
| Birth name: | Sean Paul Lockhart |
| Height: | 5ft 7in |
| Weight: | 132lbs |
| Eye color: | Brown |
| Hair color: | Brown |
| Orientation: | Gay |
| Ethnicity: | American |
| Stage Name(s): | Brent Corrigan Fox Ryder |
| No. of films: | 9 |
| Brent Corrigan Official Website | |
| Brent Corrigan at IMDb | |
Brent Corrigan (born Sean Paul Lockhart) is an American gay pornographic model and actor.
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. 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]
[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 underage 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 Cobra Video owner, Bryan Kocis, and that the relationship eventually became sexual. Brent stated that he was afraid the business 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 13, 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, which was seeking damages of $1 million, also sought to prevent him from using his stage name of "Brent Corrigan" because Cobra Video claims the name as a protected trademark.[6] Kocis and Lockhart were reported to have reached a settlement on their legal dispute, with documentation to have been mailed on January 25, 2007. [10]A final hearing in the matter was scheduled for February 21st, 2007. [11]
[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."[12].
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] Adult Websites
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 of Corrigan's pre-2004 work in a staggered fashion.
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.[13] On October 11, 2006, Corrigan's blog announced that his contracted online billing company had cancelled their contract under legal pressure from Cobra Video.[14]
In February 2007, with little publicity, Corrigan's membership site re-opened. CCBill, the site's billing service, re-authorized the site's account as a direct result of Corrigan and Koics reaching an agreement over the rights to the name "Brent Corrigan." According to Corrigan's most recent blog entries, plans are underway to re-design the site and add more content. Commenting on the pay site's present state, Brent has explained he does not yet feel the site is suitable for active promotion until planned improvements are completed.
[edit] Films
Corrigan also starred in Falcon Studios' Fall 2006 release of "The Velvet Mafia." Cobra Video released its latest Corrigan feature Take It Like a Bitch Boy at the same time.) He has also performed in two non-porn films: Tell Me [15] and the rock musical short Didn't This Used To Be Fun? Trailers for both films are available on YouTube.
[edit] Kocis death
Bryan Kocis was found dead in his Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, home on January 24, 2007; police said he was a victim of multiple stab wounds and that his home was set on fire to hide the murder. John Yates, a California lawyer for Lockhart, said his client was one of several people to be questioned and that Lockhart was cooperating "fully" with the police investigation.[16] Yates later said Lockhart had information about a man who met with Kocis that day, but they are looking for the services of a criminal lawyer before talking to police.[17] Police are now searching for a "person of interest" named in the investigation.[18]
[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.)
- Didn't This Used To Be Fun, 2007 (non-porn musical short)
[edit] References
- ^ 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
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ 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
- ^ 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)
- ^ 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
- ^ a b SFGate.com Associated Press Wire. Sellers of fake immigration documents dismiss call for new IDs. Retrieved on September 4, 2007.
- ^ "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
- ^ "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
- ^ Kocis Timeline. Retrieved on January 28, 2007.
- ^ Liebacki, Ron. Kocis Firm Suing Actor for $1M. TimesLeader.com. Retrieved on January 28, 2007.
- ^ X-Rated Exclusives from Deep Inside the Adult Industry. Jason's News Desk: Underage Performer Brent Corrigan's First Interview. Retrieved on September 4, 2007.
- ^ http://www.brentcorriganonline.com/blog/?p=141
- ^ " The legal problem was that Cobra Video had previously filed for a Pennsylvania trademark on Brent's name and was awarded the trademark. According to Corrigan, the company mislead the state regarding the terms on the trademark in order to get a favorable ruiling." Corrigans Blog
- ^ 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?
- ^ Kalinowski, Robert. Cops seek driver seen near Kocis murder scene. citizensvoice.com. Retrieved on January 28, 2007.
- ^ Dobo, Nichole. Attorney says two men have information about Kocis’ guest. CitizensVoice.com. Retrieved on January 31, 2007.
- ^ Buynovsky, Sarah. Person of Interest in Kocis Murder. WNEP.com. Retrieved on February 4, 2007.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Brent Corrigan at the Internet Movie Database
- Brent Corrigan's personal official website
- Cobra Video commercial website about Brent Corrigan
- Teaser for short film featuring Brent Corrigan's first non-porn role.
| Persondata | |
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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 | |
