Porn Actor Brian Surewood Facing Attempted Murder Charges
 

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Male porn star Brian Surewood was booked into jail on attempted Murder charges as a result of a road rage accident that severely injured a mother and her two children who were innocent bystanders.

The bond for Surewood, who appeared in over 1,000 scenes, was set at $1.5 million. The charges may be changed to Murder, if as is apparently suspected, at least one of the two children dies.

Here are links:

Video report

LA Times article

X-Biz Article

Luke Is Back blog about Surewood Road Rage Incident

Be careful out there on the road... :2 cents:

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Damn! messed up

Between this and Chico Wang, Porn Valley is having the worst week ever :(

I heard about the accident on the radio this morning but they didn't say the guys name - Holy shit!

The mother lost her 4 year old, one of her legs and the baby is critical :(

damn that sucks, i just watched the video on one of the links, im surprised they didnt mention him being a pornstar.

wtf was he thinking?

Slamming on the brakes could have been self defense against the other driver. Gotta know who started it and who made what moves with the car. Slamming on brakes to try to get behind someone who is threatening you with their car is a valid move.

Also, the guy trailing on his ass would have had the same results if a kid had run out after a ball and Surewood slammed on brakes for that reason. So slamming on brakes on purpose doesn't change the fucked things the other guy was doing. The other driver chose to speed behind Surewood without the proper distance between them (in case of a sudden stop) and it was him who hit the family.

Wow....that sucks.

wwoowww ... just wow

After hearing about Chico Wang's violent past towards women and his possible (many say probable) involvement in the death of Haley Paige, I can't mourn much for the guy (especially if he committed suicide - apparently his body was found in a small town here in the Bay Area).

On the other hand, while Brian might look menacing to some, my understanding was that he was a pretty mellow pothead most of the time. I only knew of him through mutual acquintances in the industry.

I feel bad for the victims of the road rage incident, and it's sad that avoidable tragedies like this occur. As the newscaster in the link above said, hopefully this will cause people in a similar situation to pull over, take a few breaths, and prevent something that they might regret for the rest of their life.

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sad news for everyone involved

That guy has fucked a lot of girls in their assholes.

Looks like the cops have no clue how the whole thing happened, as we all know, when kids are hurt SOMEBODY has to pay, even if its the wrong person. I dont know, I'll wait for the trial. Seems like this one could be bullshit.

Wow that's so fucked up. :Oh crap

I'm guessing you might feel differently if it was your wife and kids who were not even involved in the road rage incident that led up to their injuries and possible loss of life.

If the reports are correct, that witnesses saw the two cars dueling, then they are most likely going to be tried and found liable for negligent homicide/manslaughter.

I witnessed a similar incident back in July where two people behind me were taking turns dangerously threading around traffic in order to cut each other off. I moved over a lane to let them race past me.

It ended with one car slamming on the brakes, causing the other car to break suddenly and lose control. Fortunately I remained calm as he passed me driving backwards before crashing into the median barrier, and I could slip by before his car bounced back onto the highway, narrowly missing my car, which also contained two passengers.

Believe me, if I had have been caught up in that wreck, I would really give a shit who pissed off who, and why either driver felt justified in endangering everyone else on the road over their own petty argument.

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thats messed up....

Brian is in this scene which was shot by Chico Wang:

http://www.iameighteen.com/pt=pimp10...faye_valentine

Hold the applause until all of the bodies are counted... :disgust

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very bad week.. chico and haily page was a very close friends to me and will be missed.. so sad!! sherwood is my boy and should have known better.. love that guy as well.. tough times this month..

Lol, do you think you could speculate any more? We don't know exactly what happened, but if Brian was the victim of a stalking driver, why did he flee the scene?

I sure couldnt tell you..

Hey Dave..

Congrats on Sophia and tell 'nilla I said "hey!"

sad.........all fuked up.................

There was also the recent killing in Oregon, and allegation of attempted rape involving Jack Venice in Washington.

Some very disappointing behavior by people in this industry. I hope it's just an abberation... :(

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this is crazy, i watched this on the news last night and was thinking it is just crazy how things seem to just happen. they were interviewing the husband/father, he was completely devastated. I was thinking to myself it i was in his shoes i'd go after the killers personally. now to hear brian was involved is too lame.. he is such a nice laid back guy..

oh my god

Damn.. someone snaped.

Road rage is ridiculous. Yes, some people drive like jackasses. Flip them the bird, tell them to pay attention, and move on.

That is fucked up

That is sad. However, I doubt attemted murder charges will stick. There was no intent.

Sounds like they were both equally at fault. They should both get wreckless driving and maybe vehicular manslaughter, but from the sounds of things, BOTH drivers should be charged.

People shouldn't drive like assholes, period. But people who drive like assholes with kids in the car are the worst :mad:

Been reading more on the story, looks like the 5 year old died:

http://www.xbiz.com/news/video/85044

Also if you read the newer article both drivers are being charged with attempted murder.

That's crazy, the other driver was only 19, with a wife and 2 kids. Do they have vehicular manslaughter as a charge in CA? Just seems to fit the crime a little better / not as harsh.

You forgot our report - hmmm

http://www.avn.com/index.cfm?objecti...A67ADEEEB08694

wow that's terrible news

So, are you speculating about his motive to flee? :1orglaugh

probably wasnt :(

was it road rage or was it 2 guys acting stupid and racing/goofing around on the road?

The day it happened it was on the news, and they interrupted the report to say they had just gotten word that the little boy died. But then the next day on the news they said he was still alive. They also interviewed an eyewitness, who said the woman's leg was severed and the other one was twisted at an angle that it shouldn't have been, but then the next day in the news they said she might lose the leg and possibly the other one too. I keep hearing conflicting information, but either way, it's so, so sad. I saw the father on the news last night, and he couldn't stop crying.

Sounds like road rage from what I have read. One report said that the kid made a comment to Brian at a stop sign/light. From there, they supposedly played chicken with their cars, cutting each other off, etc.

Too often cars are an extension of the ego for men, so they take it very personally when someone cuts them off in traffic, and feel like they have to teach the other person a lesson.

Unfortunately, this often leads to unintended consequences and sometimes innocent bystanders are hurt.

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Northridge mom, 2 kids innocent victims of road tragedy
Article Last Updated: 10/11/2007 05:43:44 AM PDT

VAN NUYS - Radiant, content and at the pinnacle of her life, Syeda Arif held her 2-month-old daughter in her arms as she plucked out a baby bag from the trunk of her Honda.

It was 3 p.m. Tuesday and she had just pulled up to a friend's home along Sherman Way with her daughter, Ikra, and 5-year-old son, Ayman.

Described as a doting mother who reveled in her Bangladeshi traditions, she and her friend planned to get ready for Saturday's Muslim holiday of Eid. She had bought traditional colorful Bengali clothes for friends and family.

Less than a block away, strangers Armando Gamboa Ayon, a Pacoima teen, and Brian Gilbert Barnes, a porn star and self-proclaimed pot smoker, were taunting each other, zipping west through heavy afternoon traffic on Sherman Way in a show of bravado, pushing the speedometer to 90 mph, police said.

And then, in a flash, Arif's life shattered.

In a chain-reaction crash, Ayon plowed into a parked car, which then slammed into Arif's, crumpling it like a tin can and crushing her and her son. Her daughter flew out of her hands.

Now, she has lost part of a leg and might lose her son, who is clinging to life while hooked up to machines at UCLA Medical Center. Her daughter is in critical condition.

"It is as if I lost my own family," said Ripon Rahman, a family friend. "She is alive, but I don't know how she is going to survive."

Police said they don't know what set off the impromptu street race between Ayon, 19, and Barnes, 44, of Northridge. Both had cut in and out of traffic for more than a mile when they reached Amestoy Avenue and Sherman Way.

Barnes hit the brakes on his red 2000 Camaro hard, and Ayon swerved his Nissan Maxima around him to the lane closest to the curb. But at such high speeds, he couldn't avoid a parked car near where Arif and her son stood.

Barnes sped off, and when police arrived at the scene of limp bodies and pools of blood, they arrested Ayon. He is charged with attempted murder. Barnes later turned himself in to police, and he faces the same charges.

"It does not matter who started this," Los Angeles Police Department Deputy Chief Michel Moore said. "This is not a fight of 5-year-olds on a playground. It's ridiculous. They both should have stopped."

This year in the San Fernando Valley, there have been 100 road-rage crashes, which include high-speed street racing and other forms of aggressive driving, the same number as last year to this point.

Tuesday's crash came one day after an El Monte mother and her two children were killed when a car in a street race spun out of control and smashed into them. Both cases are examples of how aggression behind the wheel can turn tragic, police said.

Word of the Sherman Way crash spread quickly among residents of the Bengali community.

Dozens streamed into the Northridge Hospital Medical Center emergency room, where Arif lay and her distraught husband sat blank-faced with little to say. Friends said the shock is simply too much.

"This has shattered the family. They are so beautiful and she was well-liked," Rahman said.

Arif had come to the United States seven years ago from Bangladesh and moved to a four-bedroom Northridge home with her husband, a computer engineer, to be closer to her friends.

Inside the home Wednesday of her best friend, Shahnaz "Zabeen" Kazi, an April 23 clipping of a local Bengali paper, the Ekush, showed Arif beaming into the camera, surrounded by a dozen women dressed in pink saris at her baby shower.

"It's tragic, just so tragic. We are all so shocked," said Kazi, tears streaming down her cheeks, later adding, "I hate the man who did this."

Little is known about Ayon, but Barnes' arrest record described him as a 6-foot, 198-pound man born June 1, 1963, who works in the adult-film industry. The Internet Adult Film Database lists an actor with the same birthdate and physical description who performs under the name Brian Surewood.

Members of the closely knit business described him as an alternately macho and laid-back man, aggressive on camera but friendly between scenes.

"As far as the porn industry goes, he's an intellectual," porn blogger Luke Ford said. "He likes to smoke pot and watch the History Channel for hours. "

Ford said Barnes, who cultivated an outlaw image, with a scraggly beard, moustache and bandanna, could quickly shift from relaxed to aggressive. News of the crash did not come as a shock, he said.

Others described Barnes as a hippie who was kind to his fellow performers.

"This is a super tragedy," said Bill Margold, an industry advocate who worked on a movie with Barnes. "I ache for him because he's a really good person. This is just indicative that this industry is full of over-aged juvenile delinquents."

In a light-hearted interview a year ago on an Adult DVD Talk podcast, Barnes' assessment of himself was almost prophetic for what happened this week.

"I smoke pot not for my health, but for other people's," he said. "I think I'm generally a violent person. Smoking pot really helps me curb my ways. It makes me very happy and mellow and very easy to get along with, instead of an irate (jerk)."

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THis is just terrible

proberly on coke or something like every other piece of shit on the video side.

Its such an emotional situation when kids are involved....I hope he gets a fair trial

That will be an interesting story to follow.

he looks like the tpye to drive a red camaro.....with an ashtray full of cig butts

Brian Surewood, update. baby dies, now re-booked as second degree murder.
 

Wow. Whole thing is fucking sad.

update

Guess he can look forward to the murder charge then.

Yes they do, but when you are arrested they will alwyas charge you with the highest charge possible. The DA may lower the charge by arraignment.

I would guess that the manner in which they were driving would eliminate the possibility on manslaughter as they should realize that they were putting others at risk.

If I was a prosecutor, that would be my argument.

thats major bad news for everyone involved..i feel mostly for the parents though. thats some major emotional pain to go through...

Although I feel worse for the family, I do feel sorry for Brian as well.

I noticed in the latest AVN article about the murder charge, that Brian has retained Michael Fattorosi as his defense lawyer. Fattorosi is known primarily as an adult industry lawyer - if I were Brian, I would get a good criminal defense lawyer that specializes in such cases instead (unless Fattorosi is also a good criminal defense attorney).

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