Hustler Fined for NO Condoms

NL- While this really sucks that they got fined. I’d have to say that Larry Flynt will be the one to help us all get this crap thrown out. Because we all know that Mr Flynt stands up for what he believes in, and as corny as it sounds, I believe in him!

By Dennis Romero  from http://blogs.laweekly.com  Larry Flynt’s Hustler Video was slammed by the state this month for — get this — failing to require condoms for its adult performers.
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which filed a complaint against Hustler, a.k.a. LFP Video Group LLC, planned to cheer on the state’s enforcement at a press conference this morning.

Among the accusations cited by the state: Failure to control exposure to bloodborne pathogens, failure to provide physical protection against such pathogens, and failure to have an injury and illness prevention program.

The Division of Occupational Safety and Health, better known as Cal/OSHA, has stated in the past that condoms are, in fact, required on porn sets to prevent the transmission of bloodborne pathogens, but that it doesn’t always have the resources to enforce the rules.

But with AHF stepping up and pointing out major porn-makers like Hustler, Vivid Entertainment and 14 other video productions houses, Cal/OSHA has a focus for its enforcement.

AHF wants Cal/OSHA rules to more-specifically target the porn industry. The porn industry says if condoms are enforced, production will move underground and out of state — where things will be even more dangerous for performers.

Larry Flynt just says no to condoms.

The foundation argues that condoms could save lives, period. AHF president Michael Weinstein stated late Wednesday:
Larry Flynt and his LFP Video Group join the ranks of a growing list of adult film producers and distributers cited by Cal/OSHA for failing to properly follow workplace safety regulations on their adult film sets with regard to condom use and other safety precautions. One area Flynt was cited and fined for under Cal/OSHA’s Bloodborne Pathogens Program, Personal Protective Equipment–i.e. for failing to use condoms or other barrier protection. We thank Cal/OSHA officials for stepping up to enforce state regulations designed to protect the workplace safety of adult film workers by citing and fining LFP and other adult film producers in California.
Larry Flynt has said himself that condoms ain’t gonna happen — not in his films.

Worst case scenario for Hustler? $14,000 in fines that, we’re sure, Flynt would gladly pay. Call this chapter California vs. Larry Flynt.

44 thoughts on “Hustler Fined for NO Condoms

  1. Ruh Roh,they might have just waken up a sleeping dragon.

  2. Larry will certainly go through the OSHA appeals process. The real question is will he take it to COURT after he looses the OSHA appeals.(every single time OSHA fines have been appealed by adult industry production companies, the industry has lost, but never has any company then appealed to the COURT OF LAW.) Will he risk setting the precendent in COURT that performers are employees, or will he just swallow the $14,000.00 and chalk it up to ‘just the cost of business?”

  3. jeremysteele11 says:

    This is bullshit. OSHA has lowered themselves to AHF’s level, which means this is all about money/extortion. Porn CAN NOT provide prevention from “exposure to bloodborne pathogens” unless EVERY part of the skin, face and mouth is “protected”. And, with that, “protection” is still not guaranteed. What do you do to protect performers from staph infections, found on the bottocks, thighs, etc? What about the fact that 80-90% of people have the oral herpes virus? If LFP doesn’t fight this then they and everyone else can get fined repeatedly.

  4. Jeremiah,
    OSHA’s regulations are about exposure to ‘mucous membranes’ NOT intact skin. Educate yourself Jermiah, EDUCATE!!!

    What do you do about protecting performers from staph,,,nothing,,,but you offer the remedy of having the EMPLOYER pay the cost of the infection or disease. You STILL dont get it do you?

    A construction company canno teliminate all injuries, but when a guy gets hit with a hammer the EMPLOYER or the EMPLOYERS INSURANCE pays for the injury. What about this dont you get, or are you just makng these ridiculous arguments for the sake of argument itself? Its about PRODUCERS taking responsibility for CHOOSING to hire people to take risks. If I CHOOSE, (and the porn industry is all about freedom of choice), to make porn, then I choose to take on the responsiblity of an EMPLOYER.

  5. jeremysteele11 says:

    That’s what I say, Joe. EDUCATE!!! EDUCATE!!!

    Mucous membranes are located at the nostrils, mouth, lips, eyelids, ears, genital area, and anus. Watchu talkin’ bout, Willis?

    And how would you prove which employer was the source of the staph?

  6. LOL There you go again Stool.

    The ‘mucous’ membranes are INSIDE the mouth, INSIDE the nostrils, INISDE the ears, INSIDE the vagina, and INSIDE the anus as prescribed the the ACTUAL regulations themselves. Have you ever read them.

    And prove which employer was the source of staph. IF the porn companies also followed the OTHER parts of the 5193 regulations, you would see that the employers are REQUIRED to offfer, at no cost to the employee, testing AFTER the exposure. When the tests done ‘within a reasonable time frame’ AFTER the workplace exposure come back positive, the employer is ON THE HOOK. THE burdenof proof for workplace injury is not the same a court of law. As is evidenced by this very article, your petty, nitpicking arguments are loosers, always have been and always will be.

    Jerry, you never even knew about the 5193 requirement of EMPLOYER provided testing AFTER exposure did you? EDUCATE!!! This part of the statute also requires the employer to pay for any necessary treatment.

    But if you really must know, and obvioulsy you dont, the only things specificaly mentioned in the5193 regulations are Hep. B, Hep C. And HIV. You didnt even know that either did you,,,becuase you have NEVER mentioned it before. There is no specific mention of testing for gonn/chlam or staph, or anything else. But by ‘requiring’ these test pre employment,(illegally I might add) producers MAY be setting themselves up to have to pay MORE costs than they would otherwise have too.

    xposure to blood borne pathogens to any part of the body that is NOT a mucous membrame does NOT have to be reported to OSHA, hence, the external ejaculation is no problem. But having it all on film sure does make it easy for OSHA.

    Youre welcome for the education Jerry. When you have some to offer I would be more than happy to accept it.

  7. jeremysteele11 says:

    What about oral condoms or condoms during oral sex?
    Not required?

    This OSHA decision by the way is just going to make things worse for the California economy. Nice move.
    Its a good thing OSHA never got a hold of Evel Knievel’s career.

    “Safety” is an interpretation, a relative term and a fiction. No matter what you’re do, you’ll never be safe. One day you’re gonna meet your maker. And to quote Mel Braveheart Gibson, “Every man dies. Not every man really lives.

    Go put a helmet on your head, Joe, and play in traffic.

  8. I don’t care about Larry Flynt. Let’s think about this here. What is the right thing to do? The right thing to do is to promote a SAFE environment on adult sets. So long as the Industry refuses to take any action in making performers safer, why should I give a fuck that Hustler got fined? Karma’s a bitch.

  9. jeremysteele11 says:

    You wanna be safe? Go play baseball!.. & wear a mask on your fuckin’ face when you’re at bat because ya never know…

  10. The proper and logical thing is for Larry Flynt to counter sue OSHA for failing to protect him while he was working. Exhibit 1: the wheelchair. Put the system on trial!

  11. jeremysteele11 says:

    I think OSHA stands for: “Oh Shit, How Asinine”!

  12. Jeremy, I’ve never contracted a STD a day in my life. I’d rather take my chances with a baseball than risk getting a sore on my precious cock.

  13. jeremysteele11 says:

    Congratulations. I’ve never sky-dived out of a plane but would rather play baseball, as well.

  14. I’m sorry, I don’t understand your analogy…what does skydiving have to do with extreme pain of the cock?

  15. jeremysteele11 says:

    We both mentioned something we each haven’t experienced. The fear of it makes it seem worse than it is. But don’t worry, the Boys of Summer are here!

  16. Okay.

    Name the adverse effects of properly skydiving and contrast it with the adverse effects of getting a sore on my manhood. In skydiving, there is a RISK something might go wrong but by the time you’ve had a sore on your cock you can be sure something HAS gone wrong.

    Your analogy is fucking lazy.

  17. jeremysteele11 says:

    Sores, while ugly are just the body’s process of eradicating a disease and don’t last. Technically the body still may “have” the virus, but every body has lots of viruses. Normally the immune system fights it off and it, in time, it disappears. Sasha Grey was brave and honest enough to tell a journalist on national t.v. that she caught an STD (anal warts). That means she still technically “has” the virus, although, as she says the symptoms have gone away. It didn’t stop her from continuing to work, overall, and it hasn’t at all stopped guys from working with her or fans from buying work she is in. Technically we all “have” chicken pox if he ever had it (which is also a form of herpes). Its not the fuckin’ end of the world. There is no need for mandatory condoms. It doesn’t guarantee safety but it is a violation of our civil rights. Risk and rewards go hand in hand. As far as production companies paying the bill, if they’re provably liable I have no problem with that. Condoms are not necessary for anyone! If pregnancy is a problem there’s the pill. If STDs are a concern, examine the body you work with before you work with it like a doctor, take your medications and time off if you have symptoms, because that’s what everyone does anyway if/when that happens. AIDS has hit a considerable part of the gay population. Its idiotic to assume that, knowing and experiencing that, they are not using so-called “protection” religiously, yet “HIV+” diagnosis continue while it is proven (while not advertised) that condoms slip or break much more often than the liklihood of HIV+ transmission during unprotected sex, as well as the fact that HIV-sized particles are much, much smaller than the void-holes in condoms. These assholes pushing this legislation make tons of money off the problem. But do you really think they want to solve the problem and put themselves out of business?

  18. Jeremy, you are downplaying some very serious STDs here. Sasha Grey’s anal warts are not harmless just because every other porn actor is also infected and therefore don’t mind working with her. In fact, Human Papillomavirus can be deadly.

    Persistent HPV infections are now recognized as the cause of essentially all cervical cancers. It was estimated that, in 2010, about 12,000 women in the United States would be diagnosed with this type of cancer and more than 4,000 would die from it. Cervical cancer is diagnosed in nearly half a million women each year worldwide, claiming a quarter of a million lives annually.

    HPVs also cause some cancers of the anus, vulva, vagina, and penis. In addition, oral HPV infection causes some cancers of the oropharynx (the middle part of the throat, including the soft palate, the base of the tongue, and the tonsils.)

    It has been estimated that HPV infection accounts for approximately 5 percent of all cancers worldwide.

    So it is indeed very, very serious and doesn’t go away just because you remove the visible warts.

  19. But the industry also has to own up and make some changes and no one wants to do that. They want to keep doing things the way they always have and not invest in anything or do anything to make porn safer except to exploit and work the talent for all they can get out of them before kicking them to the curb.

    A week or so ago I mentioned Larry Flynt as possibly someone that could unionize or organize the porn industry to make things safer for the talent and help the folks to better manage their money and how this industry treats its talent. Maybe now that he is really pissed off after being fined he will get his lawyers involved?

  20. “Sores, while ugly are the just body’s process of eradicating a disease and don’t last. ”

    That’s a baldfaced lie. Many STD’s are with you for LIFE. HPV, Chlamydia and Herpes are with you FOR LIFE! Herpes sores are like your future mother-in-law, she can come and go whenever the fuck she pleases.

    “Technically we all “have” chicken pox if he ever had it (which is also a form of herpes).”

    You are manipulating evidence. Whereas Varicella zoster virus (VZT) has a LIFETIME re-occurence rate of only 20%, HSV-2 has a MONTHLY re-occurence rate of 43%. (Ann Intern Med. 1995 Jun 1;122(11):883.)

    “There is no need for mandatory condoms. It doesn’t guarantee safety but it is a violation of our civil rights.”

    I’m not talking about fucking condoms! I’m talking about a safer set with more rigorous talent screening. If you have herpes, you need to be on drugs that prevent transmission of the virus. There should be more frequent testing, more expansive testing and performers should not foot the bill. If the adult industry doesn’t start self-policing the government would come in and mandate that all productions require condoms. And no Jeremy, that is NOT a violation of your civil rights. You can still do whatever the fuck you want–just know that an employer can’t pay you with the EXPECTATION that you will fuck without a condom.

    “Sasha Grey was brave and honest enough to tell a journalist on national t.v. that she caught an STD (anal warts). That means she still technically “has” the virus, although, as she says the symptoms have gone away. It didn’t stop her from continuing to work, overall, and it hasn’t at all stopped guys from working with her or fans from buying work she is in.”

    I swear that’s the first time I ever heard that Sasha Grey had anal warts. I suspect I’m not alone. A lot of fans are not aware about the level of disease in the Industry and your masochistic approach to working in your profession. Are you seriously saying its ok to contract herpes while working in the Adult film industry? Having painful sores on your genitals is just part of the job?

    FUCK NO! Open up your mind and realize you can still do what you do but be clean!

  21. see above…When talking about the re-occurrence rates for VZT and HSV-2 I meant the PROBABILITY of re-occurrence for those two viruses…

  22. chichiladouche says:

    Just a few things to clear up (so to speak). Chlamydia is treated with antibiotics and is not with you for life. As far as HPV goes there is over 150 different kinds of HPV. The form that Sasha Grey had (HPV 6 or 11) is not the cancer causing kind. The ones that can lead to a number of different kinds of cancers is asymptomatic. As far as it being with you for life, actually in most people the infection clears within 8-24 months and many infectious disease experts will tell you that the body has eradicated it. That being said, there are a lot of girls in the industry that have had cervical cancer/abnormal cell issues that nobody ever talks about.

    In a perfect world, yearly pap smears would be part of the required tests. It also appears that the industry has accepted the fact that contracting herpes is inevitable working in the industry and no one cares about it.

    Is OSHA going to go after Porno Dan? I mean girls are snorting semen up their nose, taking it in their eyes, and in their vaginas and anuses.

  23. jeremysteele11 says:

    For years they were also pushing the virus causes cancer THEORY prior to AIDS. Scare tactics are what they use to sell their symptomatic drugs. And we’re not understanding the root of cancer. Its only become big as pollution in our industrial society has, and the fact that we live in the most toxic age in history.

    Also, from the book “How To Prevent And Gain Remission From Cancer” from 1975 (before the advent of AIDS, but still very relevant):

    “Cancer has been known only as long as man has cooked or otherwise manipulated his food”.

    Remember that what the establishment pushes in their own words “Do not cure”.

    Medical fascism feeds off illness, hypes up hysteria and pushes drugs that cause the problems they’re supposed to help prevent.

    There’s an article on the net called “The Gardasil Scam: HPV Does Not Cause Cancer”

    One part reads of it reads: “Gardasil appears to increase disease by 44.6 percent in certain people”…

    I’ve got to go now, got things to do… but I recommend as I always do to research more than just one side of things if you really want to know what’s what… stand up for what America’s supposed to be about instead of allowing yourself to be manipulated by ve$ted interests… later…

  24. My mistake, ChiChi, but the effects of Chlamydia (e.g. pelvic inflammatory disease) could be felt for life.

  25. Jeremy, the biggest fascism I’m concerned about is the fact the it is basically ASSUMED that a performer will contract genital herpes in his or her adult career. Why does one need to suffer a disease in order to be successful in the Industry?

  26. jeremysteele11 says:

    The biggest medical fascism you should be concerned with O-Man, is the hypocritical violation of the hippocratic oath doctors commit by pushing drugs that cause more problems than they don’t even claim to solve.

    Clark Baker shared the facts with us about how Big Pharm makes huge payouts which count for but a small percentage of the mega-huge profits they make off your unwellness.

    Unless you don’t own or watch a television, I’m sure you’re extremely familiar with the bombardment of commercials pushing chemical drugs which list an aggregiously long list of highly problematic “side effects” (diseases)- ideal for them because it gives them the excuse to sell you even more drugs.

    They AIDS “treatment” model is the standard; drugs which cause the problems they’re supposed to manage, while causing a bunch more. Hey, nothing personal, it’s just business!

    What about that fuckin’ depression drug peddled on t.v.- side effects include suicidal tendencies, depression, etc, etc, etc… No thanks… I think if I was the patient I’ll just stick with my ol’ depression.

    And those fuckin’ cunts now push a whole slew of drugs on CHILDREN because their normal mood swings and boring curriculum and bad-diet (sugar, etc) causing ADD has them, thanks to their diagnoses and treatment, fucked for life!

    WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  27. There are simple things that can be done right now to at least start on making things safer. For one there should be NO MORE CROSSOVER TALENT! If you do gay scenes then you are DONE also doing hetero scenes.

    Of course that won’t cure everything thats going on in the porn industry but it will for sure lessen the chances of the girls getting +HIV from a boy/girl scene.

  28. Whatever you say Jeremy. I’m not getting a sore on my cock and neither should any responsible person who chooses to work in adult films.

  29. jeremysteele11 says:

    “Whatever you say Jeremy.”

    More people should think like you in this regard. The world would be a much better and funnier place.

  30. Nah Jeremy, thanks to you I’m getting a HPV vaccine and placing all my hope in ACAM-529. I don’t want to end up like you…

  31. jeremysteele11 says:

    Like me? Not sure what you mean by that.

    I suggest you read this ( excerpt from below: “The HPV vaccines are the most expensive vaccines ever brought out, despite the fact that studies show that most HPV infections resolve completely by themselves, and that the vaccine is a potential health risk”…):

    Parents Warn of HPV Vaccine DangersBy Susanne Larsson
    Epoch Times Staff Created: Sep 14, 2010

    Many reports have emerged of severe side effects following Gardasil injections. Despite thousands of young girls’ accounts of severe side effects from Gardasil injections, the manufacturer, Merck & Co, Inc., continues to make and sell the vaccine, which is supposed to protect against cervical cancer. Now the girls’ parents warn about the vaccine on their own websites.

    According to Natural News Magazine, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Gardasil for the American market in 2006, and by February 2009, more than 40 million doses had been distributed worldwide.

    Gardasil is a vaccine that’s supposed to prevent cervical cancer caused by the human papilloma virus (HPV). The virus spreads through sexual intercourse or skin contact.

    According to the website Truthaboutgardasil . org, thousands of young girls who have received one to three injections of the vaccine have reported severe side effects, such as seizures, strokes, autoimmune diseases, chronic fatigue, hair loss, chest pains, muscle weakness, menstrual cycle changes, temporary vision and hearing loss, and paralysis. Deaths have also been reported after receiving the vaccine.

    The force behind Truthaboutgardasil . org is Marian Greene, the mother of a girl who had an adverse reaction to the vaccine. Greene hopes that the website will help raise awareness of the dangers of Gardasil and vaccines in general. By sharing experiences and news of injuries caused by the vaccine, she hopes to eventually rid the market of the drug.

    Merck now also recommends Gardasil to young boys. The company also hopes to reach developing countries, with the aid of new campaigns, Natural News reported.

    In Sweden, parents have mobilized against Gardasil. Ann-Britt Axelsdotter from Gothenburg has created a website of her own: Mothers Against Gardasil. She decided to get involved after she received an advertisement in the mail offering Gardasil to her teenage daughter.

    Other countries are following suit.

    “There are concerned parents in Holland, Great Britain, and Australia … who want to give more in-depth information about the vaccine and what it contains,” Axelsdotter told The Epoch Times.

    She is concerned that a vaccine has been approved that hasn’t been properly tested and has caused numerous side effects in girls all over the world.

    “Also, there are no studies indicating how long this vaccine is effective, which means girls have to have booster shots while still in their teens. If you are already infected with HPV, the risk of cervical cancer actually increases if you are given the vaccine,” Axelsdotter said.

    Axelsdotter said that modern vaccines are made of so-called recombinant DNA, which means that it contains substances that can penetrate the blood-brain barrier and cause severe injury. HPV vaccines are not tested to see if they are carcinogenic.

    Axelsdotter is critical of the rapid way HPV vaccines are distributed throughout the Western world.

    “There has been immense lobbying from the pharmaceutical companies in all the countries, and they now assume that the vaccine will be part of the current child vaccination programs. This is the case in Sweden, too.”

    She also considers the expensive vaccines unnecessary.

    “The HPV vaccines are the most expensive vaccines ever brought out, despite the fact that studies show that most HPV infections resolve completely by themselves, and that the vaccine is a potential health risk. This has even been said by Dr. Diane Harper, a leading researcher in the field.”

    In Sweden, two HPV vaccines are available: Gardasil, from Sanofi Pasteur, and Cervarix, from GlaxoSmithKline.

    All Swedish girls between the ages of 9 and 12 were supposed to have been given HPV vaccine beginning January 2010. However, there is an ongoing legal dispute between Sanofi Pasteur (who are the retailers of Merck) and GlaxoSmithKline, regarding the process of deciding which vaccine the Swedish government should invest in, Axelsdotter said.

  32. Define the potential health risks of inoculating young men with a HPV vaccine.

  33. ..and by “like you” I mean getting getting painful sores on my cock several times a year and not caring about it and about infecting other people.

  34. jeremysteele11 says:

    Where did you get that idea, Origen? You’re falling into Donkey/Tara/Sophia territory now, making shit up. This is the thanks I get for sharing some info with you? Go vaccinate yourself then!

  35. Take it easy, Jeremy. I’m sorry.

  36. I’m just saying, your Industry needs to be safer. That’s all I got to say.

  37. Fuck me. Really, I’m sorry Jeremy and I was out of line. I don’t know if you have herpes or not. I just made a dumbass assumption.

  38. In regards to the Gardasil statements above; Since when does being a parent qualify you as a HPV expert? Silly. I rather listen to the medical scientists. Whatever the outcome might be.

    In regards to herpes, let’s not kid ourselves here. It is a common STD among the general American public as it is. It’s a very safe bet so say that all porn actors have it – if they didn’t already have it by the time they entered porn, they will have it after a month of doing scenes. Even if they no longer suffer from visible outbreaks, they still carry the virus.

    But honestly, there are many worse STDs than herpes, which is unpleasant but not potentially dangerous – and those STDs are also spread every day on set.

  39. Origin, you should take a break, man. Reading you insult Jeremy, beg his forgiveness, than call his name out like a lost child in the dark is deeply, deeply disurbing and surreal. It’s starting to look like LIB is just a little too important in whatever kind of life you are living. Ease up, it’s only a porn comments thread, man.

  40. jeremysteele11 says:

    Just say three hail marys Origen and all will be forgiven. I’m currently developing a Volkswagon car which resembles a big blister in order to encourage abstinence amongst our youth; its called Herpe The Lovebug!

  41. That’s what the Lohan remake should have been called…….

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