In October, Austin applied for refugee status in Canada in order to avoid facing sexual assault charges, but his plea was officially denied Wednesday and he was handed over to authorities in New York.
There he will remain until New York officials transfer him back to the small town of Beatty in Nye County, Nev., where the charges originate.
Austin, director of such adult films as “Kid Vegas: Whoremaster” and “Kid Vegas: Trenchcoat Pornographer,” is accused of sexually assaulting two of his co-stars at a private party, one of them allegedly a minor at the time.
Austin was detained earlier this year by customs officials at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport after they ran a check on his passport and discovered he had skipped bail in Nevada shortly before he was to stand trial for felony sexual assault.
However, according to Austin, the reason he left town was because he is being framed by locals who do not approve of this lifestyle, and that he can’t get a fair trial in Beatty, a town of about 1,200 people, where Lt. Frank Jarvis of the Nye County Sheriff’s Office admits, “Everyone pretty well knows everyone.”
Austin could be held in a New York cell without bail for up to 30 days before Nye County officials pick him up.
