Brent Corrigan
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Sean Paul Lockhart is a model
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, actor
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 and gay
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Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....

 pornographic actor
Pornographic actor
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 best known under his stage name
Stage name
A stage name, also called a showbiz name or screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, wrestlers, comedians, and musicians.-Motivation to use a stage name:...

 Brent Corrigan or his pseudonym Fox Ryder. He is best known for his roles in Schoolboy Crush with Brent Everett
Brent Everett
Brent Everett is a Canadian gay pornographic actor and director. Since 2003, he has appeared in over 14 pornographic films for a variety of studios in the United States.-Biography:...

 and Velvet Mafia with Erik Rhodes. He has won six GayVN Awards
GayVN Awards
The GAYVN Awards are presented annually to honor work done in the gay pornography industry. The awards are sponsored by AVN Magazine, the parent publication of GAYVN Magazine, and continue the recognition for gay pornography which was part of the AVN Awards from 1986–1998.The award recipients...

 including the "Best Bottom" award two consecutive years.

Corrigan started his career in pornography in 2004 at Cobra Video
Cobra Video
Cobra Video is an American company involved in the production of gay pornographic films.- History and methods :Since its establishment in 2001 by Bryan Kocis , Cobra Video produced movies starring "twinks", exclusively in the 18-23 age category...

, as a young twink
Twink (gay slang)
"Twink" is a gay slang term describing a young or young-looking gay man with a slender, ectomorph build, little or no body hair, and no facial hair. In some societies, the term chick or chicken is preferred. The related term twinkle-toes, which implies that a man is effeminate, tends to be used in...

 model in Every Poolboy's Dream. He quickly became one of Cobra's most famous performers, where his bare-back-themed movies were critically top rated and commercially top-selling. Corrigan's performing career has featured a diverse variety of sexual activity, including semen swallowing, rimming and Cobra Video's first double anal penetration ever by Chase McKenzie and Brent Everett.

In September 2005, Corrigan made the claim that he falsified his identification documents to make his first films, being under-age when these were filmed. This public statement resulted in much controversy, causing many of his films to be (voluntarily) pulled from distribution channels while concerns of paedopornography in many legal jurisdictions in the United States and abroad are settled. The statement has been a major part of a continuing legal dispute between Corrigan and Cobra Video
Cobra Video
Cobra Video is an American company involved in the production of gay pornographic films.- History and methods :Since its establishment in 2001 by Bryan Kocis , Cobra Video produced movies starring "twinks", exclusively in the 18-23 age category...

, and of much debate amongst fans.

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

Corrigan heads up his own production company and enjoys writing in his spare time.

Early life

Corrigan was born in Lewiston, Idaho
Lewiston, Idaho
Lewiston is a city in and also the county seat of Nez Perce County in the Pacific Northwest state of Idaho. It is the second-largest city in the northern Idaho region, behind Coeur d'Alene and ninth-largest in the state. Lewiston is the principal city of the Lewiston, ID - Clarkston, WA...

, raised in Seattle by his stepfather and moved to San Diego in 2003 to live with his mother.

After arriving in San Diego, he further states that he was abandoned by his mother, forcing him to take care of himself.

At sixteen years, he says he met and began courting an older man who introduced him to what he referred to as an unhealthy social scene.

He further claims he never met his father.

Alleged underage videos

Corrigan claims that shortly before his 17th birthday his older boyfriend (mentioned above) contacted a Cobra Video
Cobra Video
Cobra Video is an American company involved in the production of gay pornographic films.- History and methods :Since its establishment in 2001 by Bryan Kocis , Cobra Video produced movies starring "twinks", exclusively in the 18-23 age category...

 producer and showed a nude, sleeping Corrigan to Cobra Video by webcam. Corrigan then states that he agreed to get a fake ID in order to do video work for Cobra.

He stated in an interview that, at 16 years, he believed he "knew everything." He also believed his boyfriend's statements that fake identification was used "all the time" by underage performers and that he wasn't doing anything wrong.

Corrigan then went on to do two shoots with Cobra in 2004. The majority of these scenes were receptive, bareback
Barebacking
Bareback is a slang term to describe acts of sexual penetration without the use of a condom.The term comes from the equestrian term bareback, which refers to the practice of riding a horse without a saddle...

, anal sex
Anal sex
Anal sex is the sex act in which the penis is inserted into the anus of a sexual partner. The term can also include other sexual acts involving the anus, including pegging, anilingus , fingering, and object insertion.Common misconception describes anal sex as practiced almost exclusively by gay men...

, with the exception of those starring both Corrigan and Brent Everett
Brent Everett
Brent Everett is a Canadian gay pornographic actor and director. Since 2003, he has appeared in over 14 pornographic films for a variety of studios in the United States.-Biography:...

, where a condom
Condom
A condom is a barrier device most commonly used during sexual intercourse to reduce the probability of pregnancy and spreading sexually transmitted diseases . It is put on a man's erect penis and physically blocks ejaculated semen from entering the body of a sexual partner...

 was used for Corrigan's bottoming scenes. The scenes from these shoots were spread over four videos. Those videos were both critically and commercially a success, being consistently well reviewed as well as top sellers for Cobra video.

During the time these scenes were filmed, Corrigan stated that he developed a close relationship with Cobra Video owner Bryan Kocis
Bryan Kocis
Bryan Charles Kocis , also known as Bryan Phillips, was the founder of and director for the gay pornographic film studio Cobra Video.-Early life:...

 and that the relationship eventually became sexual. Corrigan stated that he was afraid the business relationship would end unless he maintained the sexual part of the relationship.

Corrigan's statement

Corrigan's attorney announced publicly in 2005 that Corrigan was under-age when he filmed several scenes for Cobra Video. In a subsequent November 2005 AVN.com article, Corrigan stated that he had obtained a false ID to enter the porn industry and that he was seventeen years old when he filmed his early scenes.

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 under-age, but the producer was not interested in hearing the information or in having the information publicly disclosed. Corrigan 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." 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.

Industry response

A September 2005 press release from two private, nongovernmental organization, the Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection (A.S.A.C.P.) and the Free Speech Coalition
Free Speech Coalition
The Free Speech Coalition is a non-profit trade association of the pornography and adult entertainment industry in the United States...

 (FSC) repeated Corrigan's statements. In the press releases, 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 paedopornography in many jurisdictions.

On September 13, 2005, the four Cobra Video titles featuring these disputed scenes were pulled voluntarily from circulation by Cobra Video, through their distributor, Pacific Sun Entertainment. Though no prosecution or criminal charges have been filed regarding the alleged under-age scenes, copies of these disputed titles are no longer (as of 2007) available through official channels.

Cobra Video response

An Adult Video News article quotes Cobra Video as stating that it was not aware of Corrigan's underage status and that it had been provided "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."

Lawsuits

After the announcement and the subsequent recall of the titles in question, Corrigan and his business partners were then sued in federal court in San Diego
San Diego, California
San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest city in California. The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, immediately adjacent to the Mexican border. The birthplace of California, San Diego is known for its mild year-round...

, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

, by Cobra Video, L.L.C. for trademark
Trademark
A trademark, trade mark, or trade-mark is a distinctive sign or indicator used by an individual, business organization, or other legal entity to identify that the products or services to consumers with which the trademark appears originate from a unique source, and to distinguish its products or...

 violations, cybersquatting
Cybersquatting
Cybersquatting , according to the United States federal law known as the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, is registering, trafficking in, or using a domain name with bad faith intent to profit from the goodwill of a trademark belonging to someone else...

, breach of contract
Breach of contract
Breach of contract is a legal cause of action in which a binding agreement or bargained-for exchange is not honored by one or more of the parties to the contract by non-performance or interference with the other party's performance....

, and other disputes. The suit, which sought damages of $1 million, also sought to prevent him from using the stage name of "Brent Corrigan" because of a claim that the name was/is a protected trademark. Kocis and Corrigan were reported to have reached a settlement on their legal dispute, with documentation to have been mailed on January 25, 2007. A final hearing in the matter was scheduled for February 21, 2007.

Kocis death

Bryan Kocis
Bryan Kocis
Bryan Charles Kocis , also known as Bryan Phillips, was the founder of and director for the gay pornographic film studio Cobra Video.-Early life:...

, owner of Cobra Video for whom Corrigan worked while underage, was found dead at his home January 24, 2007. His throat had been slashed and he had been stabbed 28 times. The killers set his home on fire to hide the murder. Corrigan was one of several people to be questioned. His attorney, John Yates, said that Corrigan was part of the investigation and "fully" cooperating with authorities. Yates later said Corrigan 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. Police then searched for a "person of interest" named in the investigation. On May 15, 2007; two Virginia Beach escorts and rival producers of gay pornography, Harlow Cuadra and Joseph Kerekes, were charged with Kocis' murder. The theory by investigators was that the two men murdered Kocis because they wanted to get Corrigan to work for them at their porn film company. However, police investigating the murder believe Corrigan didn't know these two men would actually go and kill Kocis to get him to work for their company.

On December 8, 2008, Kerekes pleaded guilty to the murder of Bryan Kocis and was subsequently sentenced to life in prison without parole, avoiding a potential death sentence
Death Sentence
Death Sentence is a short story by the American science-fiction writer Isaac Asimov. It was first published in the November 1943 issue of Astounding Science Fiction and reprinted in the 1972 collection The Early Asimov.-Plot summary:...

.

Jury selection for Cuadra's trial began February 17, 2009, and the trial began February 24. On February 27, Sean Lockhart testified for the prosecution.

On March 12, 2009, Harlow Cuadra was found guilty and convicted of first degree murder in Kocis' death. On March 16, 2009, Cuadra was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. On April 7, 2009, Cuadra appealed his life sentence.

Adult web-sites

Corrigan's most recent official website is thenewBrentCorrigan.com. As he stated in his official Twitter account on November 7–8, 2009:
I'm not a part of Brent Corrigan Inc any longer. I'm doing my own thing now...Yes, [this is the] third website I've been a part of developing. The big difference is this one is ALL MINE - no business partners involved.


Corrigan maintained a blog and personal website at BrentCorriganINC.com. This web site began in July 2007. Corrigan aired the new web-site because of difficulty he was having with his old web-site.

Corrigan makes his views about his old and new web-sites known to his visitors:

"Here, you’ll get it all. Just be advised, from here on out, you have absolutely no reason to continue your regular visits to BrentCorriganOnline.com. I wash my hands of that filthy failure, and I beg the same of you. I want to prove to the thieves that BrentCorriganOnline.com is nothing without Brent Corrigan. I want to see the traffic on that website plummet to the depths of hell and never return. I can accomplish that with the help of you."


Corrigan maintained a web-log at his old web-site, BrentCorriganOnline.com. He 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 of Corrigan's post-2004 work.

On October 9, 2006, Corrigan's web-log 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 video celebrating the pay site's start. It was also revealed that his web-master, Jeremy Carrson, is his second business partner in this venture. On October 11, 2006, Corrigan also claimed that a major reason for the delay of the roll-out of the members-only site was due to his contracted online billing company at first, canceling the original billing contract under legal pressure from Cobra Video.

Films

Corrigan starred in Falcon Studios' 2006 release of The Velvet Mafia as "Fox Ryder".

Corrigan has appeared in several nonpornographic films. He has a small role as "Skippy" in the short film Tell Me, a co-starring role (as Sean Lockhart) in the rock musical short Didn't This Used to Be Fun? and a starring role as "Press" in a short film directed by Jody Wheeler entitled In the Closet
In the Closet
"In the Closet" is a song by American recording artist Michael Jackson from his 1991 Dangerous album. The song became that album's second number one R&B single and its third top ten pop single, hitting number six on the Billboard Hot 100....

. In 2009, the film appeared on a gay short film compilation Boys on Film 3: American Boy released by Peccadillo Pictures
Peccadillo Pictures
Peccadillo Pictures is a UK based film distributor of art house, gay and lesbian, independent and world cinema. They have provided distribution for many award winning films such as XXY, Eyes Wide Open, Four Minutes, The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros, Transylvania, Cockles and Muscles and Summer...

, the company that also made it possible for Corrigan to record an album with songs by the Swedish songwriter and accordionist Roland Cedermark.

He plays "Stan the Merman" in the 2008 feature Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild
Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild
Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild! is the 2008 sequel to the 2006 comedy Another Gay Movie. It features five cast members from the first movie: Jonah Blechman , Ashlie Atkinson , Scott Thompson , Stephanie McVay , and Andersen Gabrych...

, and as one of the people on the telephone tree in Gus Van Sant
Gus Van Sant
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's Milk
Milk (film)
Milk is a 2008 American biographical film on the life of gay rights activist and politician Harvey Milk, who was the first openly gay person to be elected to public office in California, as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors...

, based on Harvey Milk
Harvey Milk
Harvey Bernard Milk was an American politician who became the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California when he won a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors...

. He has a co-starring role in the musical The Big Gay Musical
The Big Gay Musical
The Big Gay Musical is a 2009 musical-comedy film directed by Casper Andreas and Fred M. Caruso.The film follows a brief period in the lives of two young, handsome actors starring in a gay-themed musical...

as "Hustler" and he plays "Chad" in the 2011 feature Sister Mary
Sister Mary
Sister Mary is a 2011 American comedy musical film directed and written by Scott Grenke. It stars Ant, James Vallo, Bruce Vilanch, Judy Tenuta, Sean Paul Lockhart and Shawn Quinlan.-Cast:* Ant as Agent Peccant* James Vallo as Mark Rima...

. He will also be starring as "Chris Wachowsky" in the gay coming-of-age fantasy Judas Kiss
Judas Kiss (2011 film)
Judas Kiss is a 2011 science-fiction drama film directed by J.T. Tepnapa and written by Tepnapa and Carlos Pedraza. It stars Charlie David, Sean Paul Lockhart, Richard Harmon, and Timo Descamps...

. Starred as "Ricky" in Chillerama (segment "I Was A Teenage Werebear") a musical, about a "closeted kid who meets these other closeted kids, who when aroused turn into leather daddy werebears". It was directed by Tim Sullivan, due for a November 2011 release.

At the 2009 GayVN Awards
GayVN Awards
The GAYVN Awards are presented annually to honor work done in the gay pornography industry. The awards are sponsored by AVN Magazine, the parent publication of GAYVN Magazine, and continue the recognition for gay pornography which was part of the AVN Awards from 1986–1998.The award recipients...

 in San Francisco, pornographic director Michael Lucas
Michael Lucas (director)
Michael Lucas is an American-Russian-Israeli gay pornographic actor, director, activist, writer and the founder/CEO of Lucas Entertainment, New York's largest gay-adult-film company...

 protested Corrigan's participation in the event. Later, he accused Corrigan's boyfriend of threats and filed a police report, but no charges were ever brought.

Filmography

Nonpornographic
Year Film Role Notes Box Office
2007 Didn't This Used to Be Fun? Sean Lockhart short musical Budget: Unknown
2008 Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild! Stan the Merman
Merman
Mermen are mythical male equivalents of mermaids – legendary creatures who have the form of a human from the waist up and are fish-like from the waist down.-Mythology:...

 
Supporting role Budget: $500,000
2008 In the Closet Press short movie Budget: $3,000
2008 Milk
Milk (film)
Milk is a 2008 American biographical film on the life of gay rights activist and politician Harvey Milk, who was the first openly gay person to be elected to public office in California, as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors...

Telephone Tree #3 Figuration role Budget: $20,000,000
2008 Tell Me Skippy short movie Budget: $10,000
2009 The Big Gay Musical
The Big Gay Musical
The Big Gay Musical is a 2009 musical-comedy film directed by Casper Andreas and Fred M. Caruso.The film follows a brief period in the lives of two young, handsome actors starring in a gay-themed musical...

Hustler Supporting role Budget: N/A
2011 Judas Kiss
Judas Kiss (2011 film)
Judas Kiss is a 2011 science-fiction drama film directed by J.T. Tepnapa and written by Tepnapa and Carlos Pedraza. It stars Charlie David, Sean Paul Lockhart, Richard Harmon, and Timo Descamps...

Chris Wachowsky Supporting role Budget: $500,000
2011 Sister Mary
Sister Mary
Sister Mary is a 2011 American comedy musical film directed and written by Scott Grenke. It stars Ant, James Vallo, Bruce Vilanch, Judy Tenuta, Sean Paul Lockhart and Shawn Quinlan.-Cast:* Ant as Agent Peccant* James Vallo as Mark Rima...

Chad Supporting role Budget: Confindential
2011 Chillerama Ricky segment "I Was a Teenage Werebear" Budget: TBA
Pornographic
Year Title Studio Role/Notes
2004 Every Poolboy's Dream Cobra Video
Cobra Video
Cobra Video is an American company involved in the production of gay pornographic films.- History and methods :Since its establishment in 2001 by Bryan Kocis , Cobra Video produced movies starring "twinks", exclusively in the 18-23 age category...

 
2004 Schoolboy Crush Cobra Video
2004 Bareboned Twinks Cobra Video
2005 Casting Couch 4 Cobra Video
2005 Cream BBoys Cobra Video
2005 Naughty Boy's Toys Cobra Video
2006 Fuck Me Raw Cobra Video
2006 Take It Like a Bitch Boy Cobra Video
2006 The Velvet Mafia: Part 1 Falcon Studios  as "Fox Ryder"
2006 Velvet Mafia 2 Falcon Studios as "Fox Ryder"
2007 Soccer Boys BrentCorriganOnline
2008 The Porne Ultimatum Pink Bird Media Med Student
2008 Brent Corrigan's Summit Pink Bird Media
2008 Drafted 3 Active Duty 
2008 Just the Sex Pink Bird Media
2009 Just the Sex 2 Pink Bird Media
2009 The Porne Identity Pink Bird Media Med Student
2009 Brent Corrigan's Big Easy Pink Bird Media
2010 Brent Corrigan's Working Hard Pink Bird Media
2010 Getting Levi's Johnson Jet Set Men
Jet Set Men
Jet Set Men based in Los Angeles, California, and founded in 1994, is a major adult film studio and producer of gay pornography in the United States. The company produces for its main video line and maintains online properties...

 
Underwear Model
2010 Brent Corrigan's Heat Pink Bird Media

Awards

Year Category Shared with Recipient Result
Golden>Dickie Awards
2008 Best Twink Performer Bottom N/A Fuck Me Raw (2006) Winner
GayVN >wards
2009 Best Bottom N/A N/A Winner
2009 Best Pro/Am Film N/A Summit (2008) Winner
2009 Best Twink Film N/A Just the Sex 1 & 2 (2008) Winner
2009 Performer of the Year N/A N/A Nominated
2009 Best Actor N/A Just the Sex (2008) Nominated
2009 Best Sex Scene - Duo Kaden Saylor The Porne Ultimatum (2008) Nominated
2009 Best Oral Scene Kurt Wild Just the Sex (2008) Nominated
2009 Best Group Scene Adam Wells/Reese Reynolds/Jacob Powell Summit (2008) Nominated
2009 Best Sex Scene - Duo Luke Haas Just the Sex (2008) Nominated
2010 Best Bottom N/A N/A Winner
2010 Web Performer of the Year N/A N/A Winner
2010 Best Amateur/Pro-Am Release N/A Big Easy (2010) Winner
2010 Best Pornstar Site N/A N/A Nominated
Grabby>Awards
2007 Best Three-Way Sex Scene Chad Hunt
Chad Hunt
Chad Hunt is a former gay porn star who performs in pornographic movies. He has also appeared on the cover of Badpuppy, Jock, Honcho, All Man and Unzipped magazines....

/Roman Heart
The Velvet Mafia: Part 1 (2006) Nominated (as Fox Ryder)
2009 Best Twink Video N/A Summit (2008) Nominated
2009 Best Supporting Actor N/A The Porne Ultimatum (2008) Nominated
2009 Best Performer N/A N/A Nominated
2009 Best Pornstar Blog N/A N/A Nominated
2009 Best Pornstar Website N/A N/A Nominated
2010 Best Actor N/A N/A Nominated
2010 Best in Twink N/A Working Hard (2010) Nominated
2010 Best Comedy N/A Working Hard (2010) Nominated
2010 Hottest Bottom N/A N/A Nominated
2010 Best Pornstar Blog N/A N/A Nominated
2010 Best Pornstar Website N/A N/A Nominated
2011 Best Supporting Actor N/A Getting Levi's Johnson (2010) Nominated
2011 Best Duo Casey Monroe Getting Levi's Johnson (2010) Nominated
2011 Hottest Bottom N/A N/A Nominated
2011 Best Porn Star Blog N/A N/A Nominated

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