A sad way to end a bright and promising career.

[Ash]

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AIDS Scare Shuts Down Porn Films

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People On Quarantine List

Apr 16, 2004 12:24 pm US/Eastern

Many major pornographic movie producers, including

the industry\'s largest, have agreed to shut down sets for 60 days because two stars tested positive for the virus

that causes AIDS.

At least 45 men and women were under voluntary quarantine because they had sex with the

HIV-positive performers or their sex partners, said Sharon Mitchell of the nonprofit Adult Industry Medical

Healthcare Foundation.

The first performer to test positive was “conscientious” about having HIV tests every

three weeks, she said. Last week, he tested positive for HIV and a follow-up test confirmed it, Mitchell

said.

Mitchell also confirmed that one of about a dozen women the performer had sex with in films also tested

HIV-positive.

The Los Angeles Times identified the performers as actor Darren James and actress Lara Roxx.

A

list of quarantined performers was placed on the Web site of the foundation, which screens about 1,200 adult movie

performers a month for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.

As of Thursday about a dozen adult movie

companies had agreed to follow a voluntary moratorium on production until June 8, said Tim Connelly, publisher of

the industry news magazine AVN.

Separately, the Times reported that some production companies were continuing to

shoot. The newspaper said these companies insisted that the industry was perfectly safe.

For example, Vivid

Entertainment Group of Van Nuys said it requires condom use and negative HIV tests within 30 days of the start of

production.

Although the quarantine is voluntary, the performers involved won\'t be working for at least two

months, until new tests clear them, Connelly said. It would be “absolutely insane” for companies to hire them

earlier, he said.

Dr. Jonathan Fielding, director of public health and health officer for Los Angeles County,

said the agency did not consider the HIV case a threat to public health “at this point.”

“I think in general,

they\'ve done an appropriate job in terms of the quarantine measures taken,” he said.

However, the discovery

shows that screening programs are not perfect and the only way to prevent AIDS “is not to have unprotected

sex.”

Mary Carey, an adult movie star who ran for governor of California last fall, said she had not worked with

the HIV-infected actor or his co-stars. However, as a precaution she was canceling a lesbian porn shoot even though

she did not consider it risky.

“It\'s very scary,” she said. “This is kind of a wake-up call for

everybody.”

The Times interviewed actress Summer Tyme, 25, who said she had worked in the industry only two

months and was shaken by the news.

\"I\'m going to change the way I do things now — probably just girl-on-girl

shoots. Guys, but with condoms,\" Tyme told the newspaper. \"No money is worth risking your life.\"

It was

unclear how much impact the work stoppage would have on the $4 billion to $13 billion-a-year industry, which is

centered in the San Fernando Valley. Some companies have as much as a year\'s worth of movies ready, said Jill

Kelly, a former adult performer turned producer.

The last industry HIV scare was in 1999, when a male performer

tested positive for the disease. He no longer performs and no other performers were infected. Before that, a male

performer infected five women in 1998.

© 2004 CBS Worldwide Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be

published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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[Elana]

It\'s a nasty industry. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[Ash]

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It\'s a nasty industry.

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Yeah,

I\'m glad I never got involved with it although the opportunities were abundant after I won the LA ToolCheck

competition back in 79. My phone didn\'t stop ringing for two weeks. I sometimes wonder how much different my life

would be now if I had signed one of those contracts back then.... *sigh*.

[EXIT63]

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Yeah, I\'m glad I never got involved with it although the

opportunities were abundant after I won the LA ToolCheck competition back in 79. My phone didn\'t stop ringing for

two weeks. I sometimes wonder how much different my life would be now if I had signed one of those contracts back

then.... *sigh*.

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Well, you\'d probably have really thick shag

carpeting, you\'d wear medallions, and you\'d have a whole collection of sticky bath robes to cover your

shrivelled package. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[Ash]

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shrivelled package

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Freddy is probably much better off for the decision but still I

look back on it with regrets. I sometimes ask myself what my den and office would look like now. Nicely framed

pictures of me with my co-stars hanging on the walls. Schlong-off competition trophies sitting on the desk...*deep

sigh*

[EXIT63]

And don\'t forget your free trips to Mexico for the \"Adult Video News\" Awards.

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[Gossamer_2701]

Damn Ash.... you could have been Dirk Diggler

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[koolking1]

loved that movie. Wondering if it portrayed the \"business\" accurately, Elana?????

[franki]

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loved that movie. Wondering if it

portrayed the \"business\" accurately, Elana?????

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Why are you

asking Elana? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[Ash]

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loved that movie. Wondering if it

portrayed the \"business\" accurately, Elana?????

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[Sacogoo]

Esit writes:
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And don\'t forget

your free trips to Mexico for the \"Adult Video News\" Awards.

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Actually, the annual AVN awards are held in conjunction with the WCES in Las Vegas in early January every year.

[EXIT63]

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Esit writes:
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And don\'t forget your free trips to Mexico for the \"Adult Video News\"

Awards.

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Actually, the annual AVN awards are held in conjunction

with the WCES in Las Vegas in early January every year.

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Yeah I

know. I just confused it with that win a trip to Mexico and be a porn star for a week thing.

[Elana]

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loved that movie. Wondering if it

portrayed the \"business\" accurately, Elana?????

<hr /></blockquote><font class=\"post\">How the hell

would I know? The business that I was in has nothing to do with porn.

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Why don\'t you answer, swinger?

[img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]Isn\'t that the same thing but with no pay and no camera\'s?

OK....maybe cameras...