“Power top” porn star Robert Kovarik, 40, who performs as Robert van Damme, was arrested on Friday in Orange County on charges of domestic violence and contempt of court. The best part: His booking papers list him as “escort.” [SFGN]
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JonathanHasHasIt
Way to go, another positive portrayal of gays in the media. When will we stop idolizing porn stars and realize that they do not contribute to our movement?
AlwaysGay
Boycott his stuff. Send a message to these pathetic heterosexual males, that they need to find real jobs and stop exploiting gay men. We are not their safety net, their last legal option of getting a ton of money. We want men who love men first and foremost and can do the job right.
onCloud9
@AlwaysGay: What job?
Jimmi
@JonathanHasHasIt: They feed off gay men’s self-loathing.
Jorge
So he’s not actually gay? Weird.
Frozen North
Um. I just dig the body, the looks, and the sex. I don’t know what you guys look at when you are watching porn.
Gay or str8, porn stars are not role models. Stop watching it, don’t discriminate, or get over it; which is it?
Tonic
Whatever. He might be bi – but he’s definitely not straight. The things he does would make a straight guy’s cock soften and hide inside its shell like a turtle faster than lightning.
Gert
@Jorge: Are you kidding? Maybe half of the actors in gay porn are straight – certainly most from Eastern Europe. Who’s to say exactly, but it’s a very large portion.
scott ny'er
yeah. I was a little surprised to find out he’s married, has NINETEEN years olds and is straight.
nikko
You said it best, ALWAYSGAY. Away from me, Gay-for-Pay!! The biggest troublemakers in this world are straight men. The fuckers are evil wherever they go. And pathetic gay porn studios encourage the “I’m straight” bullshit. Not even affirnming of bisexuality, they polarize us all with homophobia. Gay porn has completely lost my respect in not celebrating male love. Fuckers.
dvlaries
Speaking of porn stars with rap sheets, what’s the status of Michael Brandon’s meth troubles these days?
ousslander
@nikko: Porn is for getting off it was never about celebrating gay love or couples. quite the dif view of porn.
Nick
roid rage?
Jaroslaw
Ousslander – porn is about making money; so in one very big way you are right. The primary purpose is not about “love.” On the other hand Gay anything, while more out than it ever has been, is still far and away second class in the USA. Porn fills a nitch otherwise unobtainable for a lot of men and the vast majority of them show romance, kissing and caring.
That aside, with all the VGL Gay men out there, WHY do we have “straight” guys doing Gay for Pay at all? I’d really like to know people’s opinions here. AND you must admit Nikko has a good point about the studios encouraging the “I’m straight” line and not affirming bisexuality even slightly which feeds homophobia.
Wade MacMorrighan
What a shame…aside from Chris Rockway, he’s one of my favorite porn stars! Would watch anything with him in it!
ousslander
@Jaroslaw: I’m not sure how much romance and caring I’ve seen. ok very little. Sad if the only outlet for some gay men’s sexuality is porn. Hope that changes for them.
As for bisexuality don’t want that in my porn either. unless you are saying the “actors” should atleast fess up to being bi. Even than I really don’t care. POrn for me is watchin what i think are hot guys getting it on and getting me off.
Maybe the gays that good do porn are finding more worthwhile pursuits and are not forced to do porn to feed themselves or a drug addiction.
ousslander
also i don’t see the van damme resemblance.
Jaroslaw
Ousslander NO I don’t want bi in the porn – yes I meant the actors should fess up if bi because it feeds into homophobia that only a straight man is “really” desirable etc. Ultimately I don’t care either, but then again is that really accurate? society in general wants to know all about the stars, who they marry, what their hobbies are. If this wasn’t true, to a certain extent, there would be no such thing as a sex scandal. I’m not saying my point is the total answer, but it is a part.
I’m not saying porn is a romance novel either, but most of them kiss pretty well. Or maybe it depends on what you’re watching.
So why do you think we have Gay for Pay at all?
Jeremy
What I found really crazy is: his wife, who also the victim of his violence, manages his GAY PORN production. I almost choked on my tea while reading this.
Jaroslaw
Jeremy – is it really “crazy” if one presumes that money is the main reason it is made?
nikko
I feel betrayed that gay studios promote “straight’ men for gay porn. This does not bring us all closer(gay,straight, bi, but seems to polarize straight men from us, men who have no liking for male intimacy/bisexuality. So I say good riddance, and to the stupid gay men that buy into this lie. how offensive and misleading.
OusslanDer
@Jaroslaw: We have gay for pay because if the myth that some how straight guys are more masculine or butch which is ridiculous but it seems a large portion of gay guys buy into it. Hrnce terms like straightacting that make me wanna puke. You aint straight acti g if ya sucking dick.
Never go all in a tizzy about porn stars that i just had to find out more about them. Don’t straightsdoing gay porn as long as their good and not fucking like automatons.
Bubba
He’s more macho than all gay men that is why he is a star!
jason
Nikko,
I have no problem with bisexuality-practising men like Van Damme performing porn.
The problem is that the grubby porn companies distort things by manufacturing categories – for marketing reasons – that bear little relationship to content. For example, the “straight porn” category, a category which contains female homosexual acts.
Moreover, there is this over-use of the word “gay” when it comes to describing men who have sex with men. Most of the men are bisexual, like Van Damme.
jason
Please, if you think porn should be about romance and caring, you’re on the wrong planet. LOL. For Pete’s sake, go and get some romance and caring in your own life. Stop projecting your needs onto a sleazy medium.
TheWorld
Fed crime is probably that he’s illegally married in this country.
nikko
Bullshit BUBBA! There are plenty of masculine gay men. Not all are effeminate.
Bubba
@nikko: Yeah, mention one? Reichen? Marc Jacobs? Adam Lambert? Lance Bass? Christian Siriano? RuPaul? Sean Hayes? Elton John? Need I go on? Burp.
jason
Porn is not designed to be about romance, you idiots. Porn is about cash-strapped men and women performing sex in front of the camera for a payment. It’s a form of prostitution. Stop pretending that porn is this noble profession.
Sex is free, porn isn’t. Look at all the money you’re forking out for these expensive, pathetic “productions”. Your pathetic porn addictions are further proof of the decline of the gay community.
jason
Oh, and why is it problematical that his wife is managing his porn career? Haven’t you heard of husbands managing their wives’ porn careers?
Look at Jenna Jameson. Her former husband was an integral part of their partnership. He helped to facilitae a career for her in porn movies in which she partook in homosexual acts with other women.
Why is it that you have a problem with a wife managing her husband in male-male porn? Perhaps you’ve got double standards.
nikko
So true,JASON(#29). Erly 80-90 gay porn helped me to come out to myself but it’s become a boring, mechanical gay for pay circus of empty acts. The gay community (what an oxymoron) is so yesterday.
randy
He has to be bi and probably is married for a green card. If he’s arrested is the wife on a break from work or does she keep making money on his gay for pay stardom. I’m not saying he can act, but he sure looks like he’s enjoying what he’s doing. Just watched him again – that boy can spit!
Robert van Damme
Go and read my explain what really happened if you want ,but i think who cares,right?Im was not deported,Feds let me go. My soon to be ex wife just simply robbed me of everything and was hoping I will be deported asap.Now she will have to return everything and also explain some of her moves front of judge.She is just a naive looser fired from AA flight attendant job for stealing money,she survived pregnat her husband heroin overdose death .I was the idiot who was taking care of her and her two children.Believe or not I did love her!
http://www.robertvandamme.net/news.aspx?showarticle=154
Now I dont know whats worst,American citizen with SSN,Work Authorization,great english and US education what is unemployed and unable to take care of her self and her on heroin born damn kids,or one Eastern European Bi sexual without ID,DL,Work permit,with out right english and without US education who is taking care of those 3 American citizens and supporting them and then they let him arrested and try to deport him to take over everything what this guy builded up in US?I think I was huge idiot,you guys must agree with me,huh?
Have great day wish you RVD
mario
escort??
flavio
male porn male?
nelutu5
im gay and i want to play in to muvis
Robert van Damme
I think all of you who is running this cheap and poor blog should be ashame to keep up 2 years old lies about my self placed on internet by my gredy and snaky ex-wife Blanca Gore/aka Mimi Letuska/.All what really happened is one looser woman tried to Deport and destroy my life and used Internet Bloges like this to throw as much dirt OS possible on my self hoping to support her plan.As everyone knows,all case was dismissed,she run away from California to Chicago and now Dallas to hide her front of Justice in California. She stoll all my property and money but I think Karma is seriously taking care of the business because I am doing great now,I am more happy then ever and I think that is how it supposed to be…that’s why it happened to me.Cheers to everyone who like me and also don’t like me,to see,do not be afraid to check my best shape of my life at my website http://WWW.robertvandamme.net or follow me on Facebook or Twitter to get to know me better
Xoxo Robert van Damme
Hahahahahaha
@Robert van Damme: excuse me… But last I checked the only loser here was the one incapable of writing in proper English. Your own family practically disowned you Robert. You screwed my family over. I can gladly say 3 years later, we are happier and better off without you. While you are currently sitting in a jail cell waiting to be deported. The czech republic issued an extradition meaning soon enough you’ll be gone. All the stories you used to tell us about how the Czech republic tortures its inmates..it’s as if you were talking about your future. You’re right.. Karma’s working its magic.. But it’s definitely not to your advantage Robert.
mimi
@BTW, 2 years ago, when you were arrested for Domestic Violence (because you beat me in front of my two young daughters), the case was NOT dismissed. You spent 2 and a half months in jail and you were convicted of assault. I have a restraining order from the Family Court, which also protects my children, and a Criminal Protective Order from the assault conviction. They don’t give out restraining orders unless there was evidence of violence. I didn’t try to have you deported…immigration denied you a green card, TWICE, and you lied to everyone about your crimes. Where is Fr Sloane now? Is he paying for your lawyers? And who will pay for the upkeep on your website when you are “travelling Europe”? Yes, let your fans think that’s where you will be. You are right…Karma is a real bitch.Robert van Damme:
Tired of Blanca Gore lies
@Mimi, not that any one cares you are just a bitter ex who NO ONE has given two shits about since the accusation of DM. Blanca Gore AKA Mimi/stalker, I know for a fact charges were dismissed because the blood on the carpet was NOT yours but Robert’s from you hitting him with a lamp. The charges were dropped I was in court and witnessed this first hand! The Protective Order stayed because Robert never wanted to speak to you or see you again and his lawyer requested it stay in place. The fight started because your daughter during a argument with Robert told him he should have been deported by now. you made your daughter go to her room where the two of you began texting. Robert was asking you what she was talking about, you wouldn’t tell him, he wanted to see the text, you wouldn’t let him and so the story continues. YOU ARE THE BIGGEST LIAR EVER! Robert was released from jail for DM next day you even said so your self in an interview. Robert was on immigration hold for the 2 1/2 months for you withdrawing his sponsership in February 2010 well before the night of the fight. BTW I have a call into his lawyer for you violating the PO by contacting Robert through twitter and your stalking his family , twitter and facebook. Robert is lucky he could be deported otherwise he may have been dead husband #2 for Blanca Gore. How did he die again accidental OD or a bad dose of herion given to him by a angry pregnant wife who was tired of him cheating? Blanca Gore the black widow. Keep spreading your lies Blanca, I will keep stating the truth and I have the court record to show it!
jason
Seriously not again, so bored with the ex, WHO CARES MIMI! GO AWAY!
Sad attention whore
@jason: Obviously this is Denise, again….this doesn’t involve you as much as you’d love it to
Analise
Denise, this is Analise. I witnessed this all happen. My mom was hit before my eyes by a man who didn’t treat us well to begin with. My mom raised us my entire life without the help of a man, and even when she was married to Robert, that wasn’t much help anyways.. You don’t know a thing about the man you’re married to. Actually you may, but you just choose not to believe it because he probably puts on a very fooling facade. Three women Robert has been in a relationship with or married to, have been beaten. What makes you think you won’t be the fourth? Stop commenting on this and talking about MY family. Especially when you don’t know a thing about my father. We’d have to value your opinion to be offended and it is certainly not valued. The only reason my mom persistently is posting on here is to clear her name which you have tarnished with lies. But in the end, the only people that actually matter know the truth. My mother was fooled and it’s a shame that you can’t see you’re being used as well. People like you have a pathetic way of lying and trying to ruin people’s lives..while what you can’t see is that your life is being ruined as we speak because you’re married to a man like Robert. You nor Robert are allowed to talk to my family because of the restraining order. It doesn’t state that we can’t say things to you so please go get an education and some class, divorce your husband, and then you may be socially acceptable.
madamevandamme
Mimi and analise, I’m sorry for your pain but I don’t think It’s helpful to publicly discuss personal issues on blogs. I’m not writing the blogs but know who is. My opinion of you and your mother being liars is based on personal experience, you both came to my office where Robert lived, pretending to have a court order allowing you access to Roberts apartment, while he was in jail, not knowing I was datng Robert. Hi remember me now I was the manager that refused you access to his home. Maybe there is some truth to what your saying but if Robert was guilty of it, then he served his time for what he did. His current situation has NOTHING to do with either one of you and like you both said if you weren’t there you don’t know. I pray you both find peace in your life and i for one will not be responding to any more of your post/blogs. My life with my husband is between me and my husband. @attention seeking whore on the contrary my dear, I unlike Mimi had nothing to do with Roberts business and would prefer to be left out of this disgusting high school he said she said shit.
Tired of INS not doing their job!
I liked the comment on the other blog where Mimi should write a book… Hey Mimi, I know Denise isnt interested in the other side of the story but I think the public would be. Besides, I think in the Czech Republic they allow you to present character accounts. Maybe you should see if you can present what really Robert was doing here in the US during his trial in CR. that would be worth it.
INS should have been doing their job and as a taxpayer this just ticks me off! He should have been deported a long time ago. Anyone who acts like a gay porn star but isn’t gay at all serves no purpose. What a lying loser!
Mimi
How delusional. First of all, when I went to the apt, I said I ha a court order giving me control of the business, which I had. I asked if i could go in and retrieve busines files. You said I had to return w a court order, naming entry into the apt. Get your story straight. This just proves Robert used me, if you and he were having an affair behind my back. And on thesword.com you state you are running his business now. So what is this “unlike me” bullshit.
You deserve each other. Liars and cheaters.