Legal Issues
In 2002, police found a videotape of Bryan Kocis, then 39, and a 15 year old boy in Kocis' home. Kocis, then owner and producer of Cobra Video and owner of a local adult-video store, met the boy on the internet and transported him to Kocis' hometown. 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. Kocis claimed as a defense that the teenage boy lied about his age.
In September 2005, Cobra's distributor, Pacific Sun Entertainment, pulled four of Cobra's most popular videos (Every Poolboy's Dream, Schoolboy Crush, Bareboned Twinks, (bareback sex) and Casting Couch 4) off the market after reports that one of the featured models (Brent Corrigan) was under the age of 18 when his scenes were filmed.
On April 12, 2006, Pacific Sun Entertainment, via an industry-wide email, urged its customers to remove all DVD and VHS copies of Cobra Video titles Campus Boys 1 and Campus Boys 2 from their shelves. "Under no circumstances should these titles be sold, rented or shipped to anyone," the email instructed. "They must be boxed, sealed, and stored at your facilities until further notice." No reason was given, but it is likely that these titles contain a possibly underage or undocumented performer.
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