Underage Gay Performer Worked for Cobra Video

[allboysvideo]

Hi Tombarr,

I noticed your carrying our video titles If your interested in purchasing additional titles direct and cut out the middleman, give us a call! or visit our websites at http://www.dandevideo.com

D&E Productions (you have us listed on your site as D&E Entertainment)
and I available Monday-Friday 9am-6pm EST and can be reached toll free at 1-888-870-8570 or my direct line at (305) 493-4057!!! Looking forward to hear from you.

[EonFilms_Rocky]

Hey guys,

I want to carry your titles, too (once I rebuild my video store).

You have always been nothing but nice to me and it's a way for us to do business together! '

:-0

Rocky

(PS: email me y our address and I'll ship you out a copy of "Ashton's Eleven")

[allboysvideo]

Hey Rocky!

Its always great to hear from you!!!! I sent you a private message.

Talk to you soon!
-David
D&E

[tombarr]

Hi Tombarr,

I noticed your carrying our video titles If your interested in purchasing additional titles direct and cut out the middleman, give us a call! or visit our websites at http://www.dandevideo.com

D&E Productions (you have us listed on your site as D&E Entertainment)
and I available Monday-Friday 9am-6pm EST and can be reached toll free at 1-888-870-8570 or my direct line at (305) 493-4057!!! Looking forward to hear from you.

Hi David

Having my website manager for wehovideo.com contact you now. Thanks.. we love your line..

[tombarr]

Hey guys,

I want to carry your titles, too (once I rebuild my video store).

You have always been nothing but nice to me and it's a way for us to do business together! '

:-0

Rocky

(PS: email me y our address and I'll ship you out a copy of "Ashton's Eleven")

HI Rocky,

We have that video under the "Miami Studios" studio listing on our website... is that correct or do we need to change that?

[Matt 26z]

What are the actual release dates on these videos?

As was brought up in the 2257 stuff awhile back, what "date of production" do you use when the scenes were not all shot at the same time?

Is it possible that their listed date of production was for the scene shot first (that didn't involve Brent)?

[tombarr]

All of the dates of production on the videos we just deleted from our wehovideo.com inventory are all before his date of birth according to his birth certificate informatin publised earlier by his attorney.

Dates of production: Bareboned Twinks: May 2003, March 2004, July 2004
Schoolboy Crush: July 2003, Every Poolboy's Dream: August 2003, February 2004

Here they are again... and from the videos we had in stock, (3 of the 4 in question) all the dates of production are before the model's 18th birthday as specified on the Birth Certificate date published earlier.

[EonFilms_Rocky]

HI Rocky,

We have that video under the "Miami Studios" studio listing on our website... is that correct or do we need to change that?

Can you call me? 619-885-1013

Rocky

[EonFilms_Rocky]

This old thread should answer your question, too. But call me anyway.

http://forums.gaywidewebmasters.com/...ead.php?t=9595
(scroll down to read my post, then JustMe's post, then more of my posts and Steve from Citiboyz, too)

Rocky

[EonFilms_Rocky]

I notice that "Ashton Ryan's b-Boys" is number 8 on your list of Best Sellers...

Best Sellers
1. Bringing Up Daddy
2. Black Horses
3. Big Black Bananas 1
4. Dripping Cum Extravaganza
5. The Sum Of All Rears
6. Farm Boy Fetishes
7. Nigerian XXL Connection
8. Ashton Ryan's B-Boys
9. 3 Gays And A Girl
10. Double Military Attack

Ashton Ryan works for me now and we are partners in the new film company (Eon flms). Ashton's Eleven is his first new hardcore release in five years, and he stars in it. Unlike B-Boys, he actually performs in the action. So if a non-nude Ashton Ryan could be on your number 8 spot in a video that is 3 or 4 years old at best, then his new release and his triumphant return to porn should shoot straight to number one!

Give me a call. We should definately talk!

:-)

Rocky

[tombarr]

I just had lunch with one of the board members of the FSC and we discussed this issue of the minor in Cobra Videos.

My understanding at this point is that the model may have presented as many as 4 different ID's to the studio during the production of the 4 titles in question. If that is true, then the studio is very much in the lurch as this would be a collossal failure of due dilligence with respect to verifying the model's age.

It was also mentioned that many in the twink video production circle familiar with Cobra Video and this model, already knew this model was underage when filming and that there were even jokes going around that circle about how he got away with the ID's that he presented.

I would be inclined to believe that Cobra video will not have much of a shelf life now with distributors or stores as they have now lost all credibility and believability.

[MisterMark]

Yikes. Bad, bad, bad - for all of us, really.

In defense of the producer, it should be up to producers to have to verify whether or not an identification is legitimate or not. Its one thing to request an ID and keep it on file; it's quite another to turn the producer into a temporary policeman or detective.

[MisterMark]

hrm pardon me for not being as eloquent as some others here but... Cobra fucked up. Fuck em. Good riddance.

So, you're just going to assume they're guilty, huh? Have you considered getting a job with the Bush Administration's Department Of Justice?

[citiboyz]

It's really disturbing to hear that some within the industry knew about this beforehand, and made jokes about it rather than take it seriously. This affects all of us, not just Cobra... not just the twink studios. It gives us all a black eye.

[tombarr]

The producer is the one who is specifically charged with INSURING that the ID is correct and this is one of the biggest reasons the ID issues were raised in the new version of 2257 so there is accountability for the accuracy of model's ID's. This is exactly why 2257 has sought to limit the acceptable forms of ID's for adult productions.

It is very much the producer's responsibilty to police himself, his company, all models, and all ID's presented as evidence of work eligability. (sp?)

And I am sorry, but you KNOW your models, especially one that is your star....and one that you use in repeat productions.... and when the same model presents 4 different ID's to the same studio.....it definately IS the producer's responsibility to see this and call the model on it, and demand more proof of the model's age...