Rob Zicari
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Rob Zicari and Janet Romano
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| Born |
8 August 1974 Rochester, New York |
| Other names | Rob Black |
| Occupation | Founder/Co-owner of Extreme Associates |
| Spouse(s) | Lizzy Borden |
Robert D. Zicari a.k.a. Rob Black (born August 5, 1973) is an American pornographer, radio host and former professional wrestling promoter. Together with his wife Janet Romano (a.k.a. Lizzy Borden) he owns the porn company Extreme Associates. Zicari was prosecuted for distribution of obscenity by the United States Department of Justice in 2004. The case was dismissed but was reinstated upon appeal in 2005. Zicari entered into a plea agreement with the government in 2009 ending the case. (See United States v. Extreme Associates.)
Zicari, son of an adult bookstore owner, started out as a porn director in the mid 1990s. His former porn company Extreme Video was started in 1993/1994 and eventually developed into the present-day Extreme Associates.
Appeared as himself (Robert Black) in the documentary film Sex: The Annabel Chong Story (1999).
His work often involved scenes considered egregious and extreme even by other members of the pornography industry, such as adult performers acting as young girls, or a simulated rape of a disabled person in a wheelchair in Miscreants (1997).
In 1998, he founded the porn company, Extreme Associates, together with fellow porn directors Tom Byron and Van Damage and porn star Tiffany Mynx (who have since left the company). Janet Romano started to work for him in the same year, first as an actress and then as a director.
Beginning in 2000, Zicari and AVN Magazine engaged in a "propaganda war" against one another, and as a result, Black's products were not reviewed or advertised in that trade magazine for several years.
In 2001 Zicari (as Rob Black) unsuccessfully ran for mayor of Los Angeles, receiving 789 votes.
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