Mario Romo, aka Rick Romo or merely Romo, was one of my favorite porn models of the last decade or so. He appeared early on fairly frequently with another favorite, Joey Rico, and beyond his rather remarkable physical beauty he seemed to possess an unusually genial character. Though he claimed to be essentially straight, he also showed a very healthy disregard for rigid roles in his sexual performances, by which I mean that he was enthusiastically versatile. About a year ago, in “real life” and under his given name, David Enrique Meza, with the help of his girlfriend, Taylor Marie Langston (who was pregnant with their child at the time,) he appears to have murdered his primary personal sponsor, or sugar daddy, Jake Clyde Merendino. I’ve read that they were due to appear in court in Texas recently, but haven’t heard the result of what occurred there. The details of the murder, as reported, were brutal and bloody, and Meza comes off as pretty naive in all of his machinations (especially in trying to claim an inheritance based on a last will and testament written on a paper napkin,) which is sadly disappointing from every perspective. It sounds like he’ll end up imprisoned for the remainder of his life.
He appeared as Ricky Nova in those early San Diego Boys videos with Joey Rico and others. As expected he was found irredeemably guilty of Merendino's murder and his girlfriend got off virtually scot free, but then she had the baby to care for. I don't know if Joey was the Jose Aguilar whom David tried to enlist as an alibi for the time of the killing, but it wouldn't surprise me if he was and that he didn't corroborate his friend's false claim. It's all a sad bloody tale of poverty, abuse and the lure of quick riches by the emotionally impaired. It is also not at all surprising that his videos remain very popular, considering all the physical beauty and personal charm he displayed during his relatively long career as a porn model and performer.
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