"Two Pair" Preserved

Sadly, it looks like Julien's Gay Rant Page is no more.

While Julien has not blogged about this case in a while, the dormant blog was still an invaluable resource here in the Kocisphere. I frequently relied on it's archives while doing my own research for my own blog posts and comments.

Stuff like "Two Pair" was posted there, which was the first statements about the murder by Sean Lockhart to blogger Jody Wheeler on 2/13/07 (three days after the SWAT team stormed Harlow and Joe's house). Jody felt compelled to take down the post, as Brent in his understandible zeal to get the truth out had apparantly come too close to compromising the police investigation. Julien posted a copy, however, and Julien's site remained one of only two places where a Kocis researcher could read this online (the other being the pay archives over at Jason Curious).

Also only on Julien's site was the curious incident with Dave's (?) Auction House, which revealed Harlow and Joe frantically trying to auction their household personal belongings, while Kerekes' mom was overheard by the auctioneer trying to sell the Stratum Court house on the phone. This was at the same time "Mark@boisrus.com" was making frequent, bombastic, and annoying blog comments about the soaring financial prospects of both Boisrus.com and Boybatter.com. The auctioneer was eventually stiffed by Joe, who with foul language threatened legal action against the auctioneer should he try to collect the debt. Overall, a nifty little window into the character of Harlow and Joe.

Sadly, it seems to now all be gone.

Fortunately, we can still use Google cache to pull posts back from the abyss. The most important one, IMO, is Two Pair. So, here it is, re-posted here below so as to preserve it in an easily accessable location.

Julien, if you are reading this: Both you and your blog will be missed. Thanks much, and best of luck to you.

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Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Brent allegedly speaks to Jody Wheeler..again?

As JasonCurious did earlier today, I will also post a copy of what JodyWheeler put on his site today. Jody claimed (before this was yanked off his site) that this was an interview that he did with Brent Corrigan/Sean Lockhart. However, the text of this article was later yanked, due to alleged apprehension by Lockhart that he was speaking openly about a case even though he allegedly was advised against it by his criminal lawyer. As I stated in my previous post, this blog-entry should be carefully considered and not bought as absolute fact or an "official statement" by anyone.

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Two Pair
February 13, 2007
Tuesday 2/13

We all go through shit.
Most of it is familiar. Common. Normal. We can relate because its happened to us. But as experienced as I am with the uncommon sufferings of the world -- 12 years as a counselor and social worker and you would be too -- what's happened with Sean Lockhart and Bryan Kocis is new, even for me.
Sean and I spoke a few times today. I messaged him yesterday that his home address was now public information. The MOU from his LSG vs. Cobra settlemen had been posted to the web. I do know how nutty people can be and I wanted him to have a heads up incase something serious came his way. Seems I was a little late.
According to Sean, his neighbors have gotten death threats or what ever it's called when some anonymous soul prints up flyers that say "If you don't want to die with your throad cut and 28 stab wounds to your chest, don't piss off the people [Sean and his partner] who live next door," and disperses them in his neighborhood. Sick? Cowardly?
"When people ask me how I'm doing, I don't know what to say," he said, his voice a bit lost.
We carried on: Sean was upset that the MOU had been posted to the web. "So much more has happened since that was written!"
I knew Sean and Bryan settled a while ago. Back around Christmastime, he flat out told me so -- with a little ambiguous "more or less" thrown in. For a bit after, Sean kept talking about all of the details that still needed to be sorted out. I didn't really understand what that meant until I read the posted MOU's bit about "...and other agreements, contracts, stipulations and / or releases to be negotiated and agreed upon as a package." For everyone to get back to work, for the 15 day clock also mentioned there to start ticking, the rest of the package had to be negotiated. That wasn't happening well into January. Too many chefs. Too much emotion.
In January, after the AVN conference, Sean rang up, more or less happy. He and Bryan had a couple of long talks, without lawyers or business partners, and had resolved things more in Sean's favor. Under the terms of his and Bryan's agreement, he asked me to take down anything negative I'd written about Bryan from my blog. (Pretty easy. I hadn't written anything.) He'd already done so from his. He grumbled a bit about having to "work" with Bryan again, but was relieved that any scenes he'd do for Bryan came either from what he'd already shot for BrentCorrigan.Com, or from anything new he filmed here in California. Bryan would remain on the East Coast.
here's two ironies here today. What follows here is the first: Given the amount of bad blood between them, Bryan did Sean a huge favor right before he was killed.
So many people have posted so many twisted conspiracy theories, creating elaborate scenarios involving Sean, his partners, his lover, the "Mob" and various hired hitmen colluding to kill Bryan. The only reason ever stated was because Sean or someone close to him hated Bryan. Silly, considering no one out there knew what Bryan did and the effect it had on Sean.
Sean hasn't been paid for any of the material he shot for Brent Corrigan.Com. While he owns a part of the company, he hasn't been paid for any work he's done for that company: not for the blogs, not for the photo shoots, the videos, even the late night meetings over what color certain pages were supposed to be. Even with a startup, there's usually a small amount of money set aside to pay the owners while they're getting off the ground. People have to live. Sean had been effectively working for free for the company, temping to make ends meet, and, as the principal asset, working to stay in shape. When Sean and I talked a few days before Bryan died, he told me that Bryan demanded that LSG pay Sean a monthly salary. As a new "partner" in the venture, he used his clout on behalf of Sean. Sean was thrown by Bryan's actions. After they exchanged so much mutual animosity, why do something so...nice? I could hear Sean working through the realization that no one is purely good or purely bad.
Bryan was murdered a few days later.
Back to today.
"Harlow and Joe really fucked it all up," he said.
Puzzled, he told me "Joe" is Harlow's boyfriend. Last year, before Sean flew to New York to film the -other- short, during either an IM chat or a phone call, he mentioned that a company out of Norfolk, Virginia wanted to pay him a huge some of money to star in their movies. While he was interested in the deal, he was also very skeptical. The money would've helped pay the attorney, but the kind of money the outfit was offering was pretty much unheard of. Too good to be true. Sean didn't mention anything more about it. I didn't think anything more about it until the police released a picture of "Drake" and "Drake" turned out to be an escort from Norfolk, Virginia, who turned out to be a Harlow Cuadra who owned an escort agency in Nortfolk, Va, who also owned an adult film company in...Norfolk, Virginia.
"Same guy from last year," Sean confirmed.

Boom.

Now everything made sense. Cuadra spoke with Sean about doing films. Nothing happens but they stay friendly. Sean refers Cuadra to Falcon (according to Cuadra.) Sean and Cuadra chat at AVN. Snap pictures. Sean refers Cuadra to Bryan. Bryan winds up dead with a picture of Cuadra in his email. I think I'd get an attorney too.
Just to be clear, everything after the "Boom" in the above is me. The only other thing Sean said today about Cuadra is that Cuadra and his boyfriend are "on the run." When Sean said that, he and I both knew we were about to talk actively about the case, a big no-no. So I'll just stress again, the above is me figuring out a chain of events based on what I'd already heard over the last few months -- a chain of events any of us would be crazy not to bring an attorney into. Pretty damn crazy.
Though the agreements are still binding, I got the sense today from Sean that "everything" is on hold. The backers of LSG and the heirs of Cobra are trying to figure out what Bryan's death means for the business: Should more films be made? What is the market for Brent Corrigan videos now in light of all of this? Should Cobra buy out LSG, release the footage under its own banner, and put "Brent Corrigan" to rest forever? Everyone wants to know. Especially Sean.
Sean is a tough kid, but this a hell of a lot for anyone, of any age, to shoulder. Despite all of the quarreling, animosity, recriminations, and vitriol exchanged, Sean was ready to get back to work. No matter how favorable or unfavorable the final clauses and stipulations ultimately are, he just wants to make new Brent Corrigan videos. He really just wants to make his site successful. After all, his site, his company, really is his dream.
The second irony here is, for Bryan, wasn't Cobra the same thing?