ORANGE COUNTY, Calif.—Robert Kovarik, better known as gay adult performer and producer Robert Van Damme, could face extradition to his native Czech Republic depending upon the outcome of a June 7 hearing.
Kovarik, 40, was arrested May 21 on domestic violence and contempt-of-court charges. Initially jailed under a $100,000 bond, he remains behind bars in Orange County, Calif.’s James A. Musick Facility on a detainment order issued by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
“I can’t comment on what he’s wanted for abroad, because that’s not of a public record,” Nicole Navas, a spokeswoman for ICE in Miami, told SouthFloridaGayNews.com. “I can just confirm that ICE special agents placed a detainer on him.”
After taking the nom de porn "Robert Van Damme" in 2003, the married bodybuilder became a popular “gay-for-pay,” “power top” performer. Although “discovered” by Blue Blake Productions, Van Damme made his feature debut in The Hunted (2005) for Falcon Studios' Mustang label.
Ironically, Van Damme has quite a history of portraying law-enforcement-type characters. In Hot House Entertainment’s Grabby Award-winning Justice, he performed a rather energetic cavity search on a young inmate, and most recently he inhabited the role of “The Guard” in Dominic Ford’s 3D gay title Whorrey Potter and the Sorcerer’s Balls.
In February 2009 Van Damme founded his own studio, RVD Films LLC, which streeted its first gay porn title, Robert Van Damme’s Private Party, in March of the same year. The studio reportedly is managed by his wife.
The Orange County booking sheet lists Kovarik’s occupation as “escort.”
