Gay Porn Star Rape Suspect Hangs Self In JailColorado - A former gay porn actor and real estate agent suspected in seven rapes in Colorado and Texas died July 13 after hanging himself in his jail cell. Bradford Wagner, 37, of Glenwood Springs was found unconscious, hanging by his neck from a sheet in his cell, Boulder County sheriff’s spokesman Lt. Phil West said in a press release. He was pronounced dead at Boulder Community Hospital and coroner Thomas Faure ruled Wagner’s death a suicide. Wagner, who had been held in the jail since his arrest in June 2004, had not been considered a suicide risk, West said. A message left after hours for Wagner’s lawyer, Wilbur Smith, was not immediately returned. The real estate agent was arrested after police said they linked him to four rapes at a Boulder apartment complex during the 1990s by surreptitiously collecting DNA samples from him. An undercover officer posing as a home buyer collected DNA samples from Wagner, his car, his home and his bicycle. Wagner had been charged in a 1994 rape in Lakewood and police also said genetic evidence connected him to an unsolved sexual assault in Lakewood and a 1995 assault in Austin, Texas. Smith criticized the police department’s handling of the DNA evidence in the case. Former officer Michelle Direzza testified that the rape kit containing semen samples from the September 1993 attacker wasn’t refrigerated because there was no room in the evidence refrigerator. Wagner appeared as Tim Barnett in more than 20 adult gay films produced in the early 1990s. A West Hollywood, CA film producer confirmed Wagner’s participation.
Police Beat Former gay porn star to be tried in rapes of four women Friday, August 27, 2004
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A judge has ruled that enough evidence exists to try a Glenwood Springs real estate agent and former gay porn star for the rapes of four Boulder women. Bradford Wagner, 36, appeared before Boulder County Judge Noel Blum on Aug. 20. His arraignment on 10 felony charges, including first-degree sexual assault, is set for Oct. 8. Wagner, who remained jailed on $1 million bond, has also been charged in a 1994 rape in Lakewood. Boulder police arrested Wagner in June after they said DNA evidence linked him to four violent rapes in Boulder’s Tantra Lake apartment complex between 1993 and 1998. An undercover police officer surreptitiously collected DNA samples from Wagner, his car, his Glenwood Springs home and his bicycle. The Colorado Bureau of Investigations said tests showed it matched DNA gleaned from the Boulder rapes. Wagner’s attorney, Wilbur Smith, criticized the police department’s handling of the DNA evidence. Wagner appeared as Tim Barnett in more than 20 films produced in the early 1990s
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