Many of you have asked for an update on Austin Wolf.  As you know, gay porn’s top dog was arrested for sending and receiving child porn images and videos.  He is facing up to 20 years in prison.  At his arraignment (where he mouthed “I’m sorry” to his longtime partner), his lawyer asked that he be remanded to his NYC home and be equipped with an anklet – which I find a rather cumbersome accessory.  The judge denied the request, saying that releasing Wolf “could not reasonably assure the safety of the community”.  I’m not sure if the judge knew this, but Austin’s last social media post said, “Have you seen what happens to little boys that follow me to the lock room?”  Ouch (that’s what he said).  Wolf was remanded to Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center, which is said to be far from sanitary and known for sex offenders to be at risk of harm.  He faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted.

Meanwhile in Russia, a gay male porn star claims that the authorities forced him to participate in a sting operation entrapping gay men.  USSRboy (whose real name is Matvey Volodin) creates content and got an invitation from fans to travel to meet them – all expenses paid.  When he got there, he found the “fans” to be officers from the Centre for Combating Extremism – which is basically a witch-hunt organization.  He claims the officers beat him and took his phone.  Then they forced him to go on his Telegram account (which is the app Austin Wolf was using – note to self…don’t ever use Telegram) and invite men over for trysts which would be videotaped as evidence for indecency charges (second note to self – entrapment is legal in Russia).  After working with the special service offices, Volodin was arrested for “petty hooliganism” – which I bet is a bigger deal in Russia than it is here.  He’s still in prison and being withheld his HIV antiretroviral meds.  He is facing a lengthy prison sentence if found guilty.