Michael Lucas took home only two minor trophies from the GayVNs, but made sure that everyone would be talking about him by picking beef with Brent Corrigan and having his boyfriend arrested.
And, of course, he sent out a press release to brag about it, too! According to all accounts, Lucas rushed the stage during the ceremony and decried the nominating committee for allowing Corrigan to be up for so many trophies when he started his career as an underage performer. According to the Gay Porn Times, some in the audience booed Mr. Lucas while some applauded.
And the drama didn't end there. According to Lucas' press release (really, does this man fart without sending one out?) :
At the after party, Corrigan's boyfriend came up to me and bumped his chest against mine...He then threatened that he was going to kill me and demand that we leave the club together immediately so that he could break my neck. The club's security swiftly came and separated him; he came back and told me that he will splash acid into my face, "which will be the end of your career." I called the police immediately when I reached the hotel and recalled to them what happened. The cops went to Corrigan's room, but the couple was still out partying elsewhere.
I called the police at 7:00 am, San Francisco time, as soon as I found out that they were back in their room (I simply called the room and Corrigan picked up the phone). The police were there within ten minutes. They talked to Corrigan and his boyfriend for about twenty minutes, and then handcuffed th eboyfriend and took him into custody.
Corrigan responded via his blog:
No one was arrested, and no one was threatened with any sort of bodily harm. Michael Lucas did say to my boyfriend, however, that he would "never, ever stop harassing your boyfriend!"
Later in the evening after the show, at the after party, Michael Lucas put himself between my boyfriend and me and the exit of the club. We were on our way home. He forced his body into Paul (my boyfriend of almost one year) and stepped on his toes and shoes. Michael immediately was hostile and a shouting match began. Paul requested the aid of two security officials of the venue. A warning was issued to Michael Lucas. The club was loud, there were many people around but words could not easily be heard over the noise unless you were within inches of the incident like I was. Despite this and what lies have been told, no threats of bodily harm or death were made ever to Michael Lucas. Names were called and threats of social ruin and disdain were made.
Paul and I woke the following morning at 8 AM with several police officers at our bedside. Paul was cuffed and taken out into the hallway so he could be questioned separately from me. Paul is 6 foot, 200 + pounds. There was no resist or hostility from either parties; the cuffs were used as a precaution based on the misleading statements ML had previously made to the authorities.
The whole thing just seems badly timed for GayVN Hall of Fame inductee Lucas. Not only is Corrigan coming off the whole Brian Kochis murder trial thing; the man that had the most to lose from Corrigan performing at 17 was murdered and now Corrigan is a big star who is of age. Not only that, he won three trophies on Saturday night, which only makes Lucas look jealous, no matter if his point is valid or not.
But what we're most pissed about? We have to keep the Fleshbot Police Blotter going until this whole mess is worked out. Can't you boys just pull each others' weaves like drag queens and stop getting the cops involved? As soon as it becomes official, we have to do real reporting and that just makes us cranky.
· For Immediate Release (lucasblog.com)
· The Stuntman (brentcorriganinc.com)