The Daily News website is reporting that the obscenity trial of a a Bronx-born porn king was put on hold today after the respected judge presiding over the case was caught with kinky fetish photos on his personal website.

The images on Judge Alex Kozinski’s site included a photo of naked women on all fours painted to look like cows and a video of a half-dressed man cavorting with a sexually aroused farm animal, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Kozinski is presiding over the trial of Bronx-born Ira Isaacs, who has been brought up on rare anti-smut charges for his hard-core videos – which include portrayals of bestiality.

The judge blocked access to the site after he was questioned by the Times and said he didn’t realize the images could be seen by the public.

Kozinski, a Reagan appointee who’s now chief judge of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, granted a 48-hour suspension of the closely watched obscenity trial after prosecutors said they needed time to explore a possible conflict of interest.

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Conflict of interest you say? How about hypocrisy? A “good” judge has porn pictures on his website, yet is presiding over the prosecution of a porn peddler? Now there is nothing illegal with adults watching (legal) porn. But, the good judge should have recused himself immediately before the trail even started, using whatever reason he wanted. It’s definitely none of our business what he watches (as long as it’s not child porn), but by not recusing himself, it adds to the level of public distrust in our government officials.

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