Article: 'Shock Artist' Ira Isaacs Sentenced to Four Years in Prison

Published: January 16, 2013

After a nine-month delay, U.S. District Judge George H. King has sentenced online adult retailer and self-described "shock artist" Ira Isaacs to...

Article: Ira Isaacs Wants to Correct the Record

Published: May 24, 2012

Shortly after a federal jury found scat movie producer Ira Isaacs guilty of producing and distributing obscene material, blogger and former...

Article: Jury Selection Begins In Ira Isaacs Obscenity Trial, Round 3

Published: April 23, 2012

Trial began today for adult producer/retailer Ira Isaacs for the third time, with a panel of 120 potential jurors—twice the usual juror pool—bein...

Article: Government Hauls Ira Isaacs Back Into Court for a Third Trial

Published: April 17, 2012

After two failed attempts to nail him for obscenity, the Justice Department is going for a third swing at the Ira Isaacs ball. On Monday, the...

Article: Hung Jury In Ira Isaacs Obscenity Case—UPDATED

Published: March 06, 2012

In a development that should make waves throughout both the adult entertainment community and religious pro-censorship groups, the Los Angeles...

Article: Two Movies Bookend the Fourth Day of Ira Isaacs' Obscenity Trial

Published: March 01, 2012

The jurors involved in the Ira Isaacs obscenity trial were today also witness to a bit of 'Hollywood magic'—and they didn't even know it.

Article: Jury Selection Begins in Latest Ira Isaacs Obscenity Trial

Published: February 27, 2012

Jury selection in the second obscenity trial of producer Ira Isaacs began today, more than a year after the agreed-upon retrial date, and more...

Article: Ira Isaacs Trial Back On Schedule ... Maybe

Published: August 02, 2010

A "status conference" was held this afternoon in the case of United States v. Ira Isaacs, the off-again, on-again First Amendment case where...

Article: Will Ira Isaacs Be Justice Stevens' Last Case?

Published: May 24, 2010

For a guy whom some have described as "not really a part of the adult industry," Ira Isaacs may find himself responsible for a slew of positive...

Article: Ira Isaacs Files for Certiorari with U.S. Supreme Court

Published: May 03, 2010

Roger Jon Diamond, attorney for adult director/producer Ira Isaacs, has filed a petition for certiorari with the United States Supreme Court,...

Article: Ira Isaacs: Prosecutors Stalling in Obscenity Case

Published: March 17, 2009

'Shock artist' Ira Isaacs updates AVN on the status of his obscenity trial.

Column: Why The Ira Isaacs Retrial Is In Trouble

Published: October 17, 2008

Article: Ira Isaacs Stands Before A New Judge

Published: June 23, 2008

AVN's Mark Kernes reports on the latest hearing in the notorious obscenity case.

Article: Paul Thomas Slams Ira Isaacs; Isaacs Fires Back

Published: June 19, 2008

PT on 'shock artist' Ira: 'We at Vivid applaud his prosecution'

Article: The Ira Isaacs Case: The Kozinski Backlash

Published: June 17, 2008

All things considered, Judge Alex Kozinski may come away from the Ira Isaacs obscenity trial worse off than his former defendant.

Article: Is the Ira Isaacs Trial Over?

Published: June 13, 2008

Attorney Roger Jon Diamond says the widely reported mistrial in the Ira Isaacs obscenity case was not properly declared.

Article: Jury Chosen for Ira Isaacs Trial

Published: June 11, 2008

Eight men and six women make up the jury in the federal obscenity trial of "shock artist" Ira Isaacs.

Article: The Ira Isaacs Trial: Day One

Published: June 10, 2008

Mark Kernes reports from the federal obscenity trial of 'shock artist' Ira Isaacs.

Article: Ira Isaacs Obscenity Trial Begins

Published: June 09, 2008

Just days after Max Hardcore was found guilty of federal obscenity charges in a Florida courtroom, director Ira Isaacs is facing a similar trial...

Article: New Developments in Ira Isaacs Case

Published: March 19, 2008

Ira Isaacs, purveyor of such videos as Mako's First Time Scat, has had his trial postponed yet again ... and this time for a reason unheard of...