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Fed. judge had sexual images on Website
(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-06-12 10:04 LOS ANGELES -- A federal judge overseeing an obscenity trial exploring the extreme fringe of pornography posted explicit photos and videos on his personal Web site, a newspaper reported Wednesday.
Alex Kozinski, chief judge of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals, said he thought the material on his Web site couldn't be seen by the public, the Los Angeles Times reported on its Web site. The images included a video of a "half-dressed man cavorting with a sexually aroused farm animal," the newspaper reported. Kozinski, who has since blocked public access to the site, said he didn't believe the images were obscene. "Is it prurient? I don't know what to tell you," he told the newspaper. "I think it's odd and interesting. It's part of life." The revelation about Kozinski came as opening statements were under way in the trial of Ira Isaacs, a businessman accused of breaking US obscenity laws by distributing pornographic movies that depict extreme fetishes, including bestiality. |
