Free Cobra Killer by Peter A. Conway, Andrew E. Stoner

attorneys determined to maintain control of the Brent Corrigan name.
    The billing contract stalled and with no way to create a members-only site, Kocis had successfully stymied LSG Media with their newest venture. Further complicating matters would be internal struggles within LSG Media. The fight centered on who made the decisions about the site and how each of the partners was being paid.
    In a March 2007 interview with www.Gaywired.com, Lockhart claimed he had filmed more than twenty scenes for the new website, but was only a thirty percent owner of the overall project. Lockhart explained that he started the company in which he was a part owner in order to have “something to show for continued adult work in the industry.” Lockhart told Gaywired.com that “Grant (Roy) and I want to take pride in producing wholesome adult work where no one is degraded, embarrassed or exploited,” he said. “We pay attention to good pairing and we only produce condom work.” (66)

    Does Cobra Video live on?
    In June 2007, less than six months after Kocis’ murder, “Jeffrey” at Cobra Video sent an e-mail blast to Cobra’s fans from the King Cobra e-mail account addressing the murder of Bryan Kocis and a new “transitional period” for the company:

This year we lost Bryan to a senseless crime. Bryan devoted the last six years to developing Cobra Video into what you know it to be today. Bryan kept working and making movies as that is what he loved to do. He had a vision and as devoted Cobra fans, you were loyal to his product. (67)

    With that, the beat seemingly went on uninterrupted at Cobra with fan e-mail noting that “the company and the website will live on” with re-releases of Take It Like A Bad Boy and a slightly reworked later version, Take It Like A Bitch Boy becoming available within days. “We welcome you back to the website and we invite you to visit us often for news, upcoming sales, and new titles from Cobra Video” the e-mail added. “And don’t forget about our Cobra Models! Fresh new faces are on the horizon!” (68)
    No new Cobra Video titles were created or released after 2007, however, with the company’s websites still listing previously released titles and about a dozen photo shoots of Lockhart (many shot during a trip to Hawaii by Lockhart and Kocis) advertised on the site. (69)
    The publicity surrounding Kocis’ murder apparently did serve to drive some further interest in Cobra Video. Eurocreme USA, a New York City-based retail and wholesale distributor of adult content, announced in June 2007 that it would distribute the “last Cobra Video production by director Brian (sic.) Kocis before his death,” Take It Like A Bad Boy. (70) “We’re happy to put this movie out because we’ve always been fans of Brian’s (sic.) work,” Eurocreme’s sales manager Hugo Harley said. “His movies have always been best-sellers.” (71)
    In July 2007, the Adult Entertainment Broadcast Network (or AEBN) announced it was becoming the exclusive “video on demand” home for the Cobra vehicle, Take It Like A Bad Boy, reported to be Kocis’ twenty-second video overall. (72) AEBN offered the video through its PornTube.com website and noted it had enjoyed “a longtime relationship with Cobra Video” and that the murder of Bryan Kocis “has affected me deeply,” said Chris Baker of AEBN. “I feel honored to have a chance to showcase his last work this way.” (73)

    Kocis’ murder doesn’t end the controversy
    Although the “collaboration” of Lockhart and Kocis had produced some of the best-selling gay videos of their time, it also produced a vicious and very personal fight between them that would prove difficult to reconcile. Despite that reality, Lockhart took the high road upon news of Kocis’ unexpected death in January 2007. In a February 2, 2007 posting on his site, www.brentcorrigan.com, he wrote a brief statement under the heading “Pay your respects to Bryan Kocis.” In it, he reported he