Obscenity Trial Suspended After Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge of US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, Report of Judge Posted Sexual Pics on Web (Cow Porn???)

Just file this one under … WTF!!!

Judge Alex Kozinski, you can take your name off any list or any chance that you ever had of being on the US Supreme Court after this incident. An obscenity trial has been suspended because of a report that Federal Judge, Alex Kozinski, had sexual images on his web site. Define irony or is it hypocrisy,  a judge presiding over an obscenity trial exploring the extreme fringe of pornography posted explicit photos and videos on his personal Web site that might be viewed as the same.  The judge thought the material could not be seen by the public. Question, does it matter? If Judge Alex Kozinski wanted to hide them from the public eye then he knew the pics were wrong.

The revelation about Kozinski came as opening statements were under way in the trial of Ira Isaacs, a businessman accused of breaking U.S. obscenity laws by distributing pornographic movies that depict extreme fetishes, including bestiality.

Exclusive: Kozinski’s Porn — Images from Judge Alex Kozinski’s Web Site (WARNING … WARNING … WARNING: Some if the links in the post are not suitable for children or work. They are pics that were on the Judge’s website) BTW, the judge’s website has since been taken down. However, that has not stopped others from getting screen captures.

Obscenity trial suspended because of Judge’s cow porn

A closely watched obscenity trial in Los Angeles federal court was suspended Wednesday after the judge acknowledged maintaining his own publicly accessible website featuring sexually explicit photos and videos.

Alex Kozinski, chief judge of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, granted a 48-hour stay in the obscenity trial of a Hollywood adult filmmaker after the prosecutor requested time to explore “a potential conflict of interest concerning the court having a . . . sexually explicit website with similar material to what is on trial here.” In an interview Tuesday with The Times, Kozinski acknowledged posting sexual content on his website. Among the images on the site were 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. He defended some of the adult content as “funny” but conceded that other postings were inappropriate. (LA Times)

Judge in porn tempest has distinguished career. No, correction … the title of article should be “had” a distinguished career.

Wake Up America: Judge Presiding Over Obscenity Case Has Similar Private Pornography Accessible To The Public

UPDATE I: Judge declares mistrial in LA obscenity case

Judge Alex Kozinski said he would ask that the case be assigned to another judge.

Kozinski is chief judge of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals but was serving as a trial judge in a federal obscenity prosecution of a man who distributed videos showing bestiality and extreme fetishes.

“In light of the public controversy surrounding my involvement in this case, I have concluded that there is a manifest necessity to declare a mistrial,” Kozinski wrote in his order.

UPDATE II: Judge’s Wife Says that Internet Porn Story was a Lie, But Pictures do not Lie