Bestiality trial judge in animal sex pic shockWhat's good for the gooseBy Nick Farrell: Thursday, 12 June 2008, 10:20 AMA LONG-AWAITED obscenity trial has been suspended after a newspaper ran a yarn claiming the Chief Judge in the case had posted sexually explicit photographs and videos on his own web site.Judge Alex Kozinski of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals suspended a hearing over which he was presiding while the prosecution and defence looked into his hard disk.The Los Angeles Times reported that Kozinski, who is seen as as a champion of free speech, had posted sexual material on his web site and then blocked access to the site after they called him up.Onee picture in question was of nude women on all fours painted to look like cows. Another video on the site showed a semi-naked man cavorting with a sexually aroused farm animal, the Times claimedTo be fair to Kozinski, it is clear he didn’t think that the pictures could be seen by the public,. He also did not believe any of the images on the site qualified as obscene.However the matter is a little important when it comes to a trial Kozinski is sitting on.This is the case of Ira Isaacs, a Los Angeles-based filmmaker accused of selling criminally obscene sexual fetish videos depicting bestiality and defecation.Even Isaccs admits his videos are a bit extreme, but claims he is a "shock artist" who claim the flicks would have artistic merits.Kozinski told lawyers he would be willing to stand down but noted the trial had already begun and jurors had already seen two of the graphic movies. And he had loads more they could see.
