One year ago this weekend, Harlow Cuadra and Joseph Kerekes set off to Las Vegas for the GayVN awards, and to have dinner with Sean Lockhart and Grant Roy. Now one year later, it seems apparent that Bryan Kocis' fate was probably sealed, even before Harlow and Joe flew back to Virginia Beach.
We already know the two were in the early stages of a financial breakdown... yet they still fly out to Vegas and purportedly spend thousands... strange.
It would also appear, based on the affidavit and testimony given at the preliminary hearing, that Harlow and Joe likely had this whole murder Bryan plan in their minds before they even went to Vegas. If they didn't, why would Harlow just come out of the blue and say "What if Bryan left the country, and what if he went to Canada?"... with Joe adding that "Harlow knows someone who would do anything for him".
Since there hasn't been any evidence presented to prove that Sean and Grant made any mention of them wanting Kocis 'gone' during the dinner conversation... why would Harlow and Joe even make these comments?
Then we have the infamous emails sent by Joe to Grant, with the most telling being: "and we all know what u said to us at the avn in vegas and have it on tape recorder and out conversation at le Cirque is recorded as well don't fuck with us"
Surprisingly ( or probably not ) this tape recorded conversation has yet to surface. Believe me, if it really did exist, Harlow and Joe would have handed it over to the authorities by now... wouldn't they?
With Joe sending out announcements immediately after they got back from Vegas, stating a "partnership" with Sean and Grant ( even though there wasn't one )... it makes me wonder if the Vegas trip was nothing but a ruse, and that Harlow and Joe had planned to use the dinner against Sean and Grant if they decided not to work with H&J. Based on Joe's threatening comments to Grant, it would sure seem that way.
By all accounts and purposes... it looks like Harlow and Joe's plan really backfired. I can only guess that Harlow and Joe truly did believe that old saying: "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas".
