Brad Wagner ( Tim Barnet ) Arrested On Rape Charges
(Boulder, Colorado) A 36 year old Boulder man has been charged with a string of brutal sexual assaults on women in Colorado in the mid 1990s.
Police arrested Brad Wagner following the reopening of a cold case file on the rapes. Wagner starred in more than two-dozen gay sex films under the name Tim Barnett. Among the films he appeared in are the 1994 release Thriller and 1995s An Officer and His Gentlemen, both produced for a major California-based adult video company.
Although his background in gay porn was not widely known, Wagner was well regarded in Boulder where he worked as a real estate agent.
He is being held in Boulder County Jail on a $1 million bond, and police in other areas of the country are now checking his DNA in connection with other unsolved rapes.
The indictment against him says that he assaulted women in the Tantra Lake area from 1993 to 1998 by breaking into their apartments, generally through a sliding glass door. It also says that he has been convicted of burglaries, thefts and DUIs in at least six states.
Sexual assault agencies say the fact that Wagner appeared in gay sex videos should have not bearing on the case.
"Rape is about power and control and manipulation, not about sex," Kathy Kramer of the Rape Assistance and Awareness Program told the Rocky Mountain News.
Wagner's lawyer agrees that the sex tapes should have no bearing on the case.
"I don't consider this stuff relevant to my case," Wil Smith, Wagner's attorney, told the paper. "Since my position is he's not guilty, I just don't think it's relevant."
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Well whatever the outcome of this case i agree with what the guys lawyer said, so what if he did work in porn those tapes have nothing to do with the case :eek:
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Lee
