Porn Found On L.A. Obscenity Case Judge's Website 393
Stanislav_J writes "In a bizarre revelation, the judge who is presiding over the Isaacs obscenity trial in Los Angeles was found to have sexually explicit material on a publicly-accessible website. Alex Kozinski, chief judge of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, acknowledged that he had posted the materials, but says he believed the site to be for personal storage only, and not accessible to the public (though he does acknowledge sharing some of the material with friends). The files included images of masturbation, public sex, contortionist sex, a transsexual striptease, a photo of naked women on all fours painted to look like cows, and a video of a half-dressed man cavorting with a sexually aroused farm animal. The latter two are especially ironic in that the trial involves the distribution of allegedly obscene sexual fetish videos depicting bestiality, among other things, by Ira Isaacs, an L.A. filmmaker."
Stanislav_J continues:
"The judge has blocked public access to the site (putting up a graphic that reads, 'Ain't nothin' here — y'all best be movin' on, compadre').Isaacs' defense had welcomed the assignment of Kozinski to the case because of his long record of defending the First Amendment, but the startling news about his website (the revelation of which seems to have been interestingly timed to coincide with today's scheduled opening arguments) now have many folks calling for him to be removed from the case. There is no indication that any of the images on Kozinski's site would be considered obscene or illegal. But certainly, one has to believe that most would consider this at the very least to represent a serious conflict of interest given the nature of the trial."
The Ninth Circus Court (Score:5, Funny)
If was up for such charges... (Score:5, Funny)
Hyperlink us FTW! (Score:5, Funny)
- David Stein
huh? (Score:4, Funny)
*blink*
*blinkblink*
*blink*
What?
Re:Can you say (Score:3, Funny)
Today's important legal lesson for budding Judges (Score:5, Funny)
Oh boy (Score:3, Funny)
Re:huh? (Score:5, Funny)
Thank you. Thank you. I'll be hear all week. Try the veal!
Re:Oh boy (Score:5, Funny)
Is there something wrong with enjoying your work?
"Eh" (Score:5, Funny)
Don't get too titillated now
Re:Oh boy (Score:1, Funny)
First time in history (Score:5, Funny)
Re:huh? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:reaction of the community (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Can you say (Score:2, Funny)
Re:huh? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:huh? (Score:5, Funny)
Just be careful not to milk this joke for too long...
What are you talking about? We'll be milking this joke until the cows come home.
Re:The Ninth Circus Court (Score:5, Funny)
(Ducking behind a cow painted to look like a woman in a blue silk dress.)
And now the punchline... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Animals. (Score:5, Funny)
You don't know enough Republicans.
Re:"Eh" (Score:3, Funny)
Re:The Ninth Circus Court (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Animals. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:What conflict of interest? (Score:3, Funny)
Just an FYI for future dates.
Lets all pretend that we dont have sexual thoughts (Score:3, Funny)
Oh yeah... and dont forget... We do not wipe our own asses... that is dirty.
Re:Animals. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:huh? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Ignorance is no defense... (Score:3, Funny)
Y'know... every time I come across the acronym IANAL, I have the same thought. It's particularly apt in a thread about pornography.
Re:Can you say (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Ignorance is no defense... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Car analogy (Score:3, Funny)
Re:The Ninth Circus Court (Score:2, Funny)
Re:huh? (Score:5, Funny)
Never! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Obscenity wtf (Score:2, Funny)
Re:The Ninth Circus Court (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Animals. (Score:3, Funny)
There are easier ways to get free porn than to post on slashdot and get lots of goatse or who knows what.
So following your example, I've never had anyone send me money out of the blue to my paypal account.
Re:Ignorance is no defense... (Score:1, Funny)
Hahaha, I see what you did there!
Re:Animals. (Score:5, Funny)
Well, I guess I'm a prude!
I came here hoping someone would post a link to a woman painted like a cow on all fours.
Until I heard about it I had no desire to see this... but now I must.. and I will not rest until I see this bovine sirine. Her tempting moo-call beckons me!
Oh.. and yes, you're a fuckin prude.
Re:Never! (Score:2, Funny)
I wonder which email address this was: home, work, or family communication?
Re:Animals. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:"Eh" (Score:5, Funny)
Re:The Ninth Circus Court (Score:3, Funny)
Quick! (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Animals. (Score:5, Funny)
Can't you post some links or something?
I'd post my email address, but I'm worried that people might fill up my inbox with something other than beastiality porn.
Re:huh? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Animals. (Score:4, Funny)
I've never had anyone send me money out of the blue to my paypal account.
Re:The Ninth Circus Court (Score:4, Funny)
FOUND THE PIC (Score:3, Funny)
This is the picture you want. [hame.ca] It is almost certainly the pic on the judge's computer. Two women on all fours, body-painted like cows. They are completely nude and the camera angle is from behind, so it's extremely NSFW.
And while I'm at it, pictures one [magyver.com] and two [erosblog.com] of individual nude women pained like cows. I suspect the bodyart in all three pics is from a single artist (notice the distinctive black collar on the wrists/ankles/neck, the bare-nipple holes, and the similar spot patterning).
And what the hell while I'm at it... during the cow search I came across a collection of 12 photos of women from PETA [omsex.com] protesting the treatment of circus animals - the women are all caged, nearly nude, and painted like tigers. I think I'm going to have to start attending PETA rallies - apparently almost all PETA women are either really hot or really cute.
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