A Porn Star's Tragedy

There's this story about a young gay pornstar named Brent Corrigan that's very...well it reminds me of Death of a Salesman in a lot of ways. It's a tragedy that follows the downfall of an average 'every-man' instead of someone set on a pedestal. The story goes that a young 17 year old from the Pacific Northwest moved out to San Diego to live with his Mom who ended up not being able to take adequate care of him. He moved to SoCal hoping to follow his interst in film. That's when he met his boyfriend who ended up webcamming Brent while he was asleep and sent it to a porn company. Cobra Sutdios ended up hiring him for a video. Brent emailed a copy of his fake ID...they never questioned it or asked to see the real ID. In fact, they woudn't listen to him when he tried to tell them he was underage. He did some bareback sex in his videos and they sold extremely well. Brent developed a relationship with the Cobra Video owner Bryan Kocis and ended up being obligated to continue his sexual relationship with him unless he wanted to end his livelihood. Bryan ended up screwing him over and taking all his money. It ended up going to the courts and Brent won (albeit not completely), but isn't that such a tragic story? Later, Bryan Kocis ended up being murdered by two men that were later apprehended.

No one understands how much the adult industry can affect the minds of young gay men. Imagine living in a broken home, then coming to San Diego to better your life, getting into the porn industry at 17, then having your life ruined by a creepy gay man that takes over everything you own. I think that Gus Van Sant would make a perfect movie out of this.