New Trial
Following the Supreme Court's denial of the petition, the case was sent back to the district court.
As stated in several adult trade publications including AVN, due to the company's economic failing, Zicari and his wife decided that they were not able to retain the legal counsel needed to successfully fight the reinstated charges with a lengthy court fight. Several attorneys involved with the case denied their lack of interest to represent Zicari. However none of these same lawyers stated they would engage in a long term trial pro bono when asked.
On March 11, 2009 Extreme Associates and its owners pled guilty to the reinstated obscenity charges to avoid trial, effectively shutting down the company. Extreme Associates also apparently took its website down concurrent with the plea.
The couple was sentenced on July 1, 2009 to one year and one day in prison. In late September they began serving their prison sentences, Zicari at La Tuna Federal Correctional Institution in Texas and Romano at Waseca Federal Correctional Institution in Minnesota.
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