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Sunday, November 29, 1998

FLENSBURG, Germany (Reuters) - Beate Uhse, Germany's largest retailer of erotic merchandise, is wooing investors to finance an expansion abroad.

Beate Rothermund now controls a 180 million-mark ($105.6 million) empire selling porn magazines and videos, sex toys and condoms. In July, Uhse announced that it was seeking a listing, showing that the new German enthusiasm for equity capital had spread into the sex industry.

The group's foreign presence in Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal and Hungary was not enough and Moscow is a particularly attractive location...

Beate Uhse occasionally makes acquisitions but prefers to strike deals with license takers who have intimate knowledge of their local markets. Those partners run sex stores under the Beate Uhse name.

PARIS, Nov 24 (Reuters) - A French prosecutor asked a court on Tuesday to jail the suspected leaders of a high-class prostitution ring for allegedly forcing young models and actresses to have sex with business and entertainment figures.

Prosecutor Pascal Le Fur asked for a six-year term for soft-porn photographer Jean-Pierre Bourgeois, 51, who has been held in custody since January 1997 on charges he ran the network, using 89 girls from around the world.

Bourgeois, a former photographer for Penthouse magazine, has denied charges that he acted as a pimp by introducing young women, including minors, to members of the film world and dignitaries from the Gulf region.

Several of the young women testified that they had gone to the meetings either after being promised an acting or modelling audition or threatened with violence.

Speaking of violence, Kendra Jade has been working out at a boxing gym every day with an ex-boyfriend, a boxer. On Thanksgiving she unleashed an uppercut that knocked a man out clean. Jade wants to rumble with Jasmine St. Clair.

A source: "Kristen has signed two movie deals with Cream Entertainment. One being boy-girl and one being girl-girl. She seems happy, jumping around the office as her usual stoner self. Kristen is involved completely in her movies producing them as well as apearing on camera. Kristen has found a pretty little house in the San Fernando valley with two beautful blondes such as her self and just as horny and fisty. One roomate is another porn girl, Randi Rage, and the other is a UCLA student [stripper]. Kristen also remains single since Matt Zane stormed through her life. In her words Matt is a good guy if you can get his atention for more then five minutes. He has saved my life as well as my sanity more then once. Now he needs to just concentrate on himself and his music."
I talked to Kristen and John Bone late Friday afternoon.
Kristen has changed her porn name to "Justine Hale" as "just inhale". She says: "I did a scene for John last week. This new girl Molina, she has f---ed up teeth and a great ass, requested me. I'm the only girl she'll f---. John liked my attitude and the way I f---ed her.
"My frame of mind is great now after all that HIV BS. The only thing that bugs me right now is that every time I talk to someone, they ask 'what's up with you and Matt.' Matt and I don't talk about it, it's been over for months. But the rest of the world does.
"John's fulfilling my fantasies by giving me a line...
"You've [Luke] never written anything wrong about me. I'm happy with you.
"I prefer girls to guys or guys with small dicks. I've only been with four guys in my life and about 200 girls. So I prefer guys with something unique about them, or who like to f--- as many girls as I do. That's why Matt [Zane] and I were such a perfect team."
John: "I'm impressed [that Luke got the story on Kristen signing with him]. I didn't think anyone knew. I like it that you're working for a living.
"My week's been disastrous. I cooked a huge [Thanksgiving] lunch for ten people. The final thing was putting the marshmellows on top of the yams. The marshmellows caught fire and I had flames all over my kitchen...
"I hired Kristen for a girl-girl scene over the phone. She showed up early. We got along well. She talks like me. She goes through my desk, looks at pictures of girls and says 'f---ed her, f---ed her, f---ed her...'
"She represents the youth movement which is prevalent in the industry right now. She's offered me some inspired movies and we've made a good deal.
"The new kids coming into the business are having much more fun. Look at the names - Daisy Chain."
Kristen: "She's the girlfriend of the lead singer of a new band that lots of young people like called Snot. I brought her into Jim's [South] office. I've probably brought about 15 girls into the business but I don't bring in girls who just do girl-girl. Those girls annoy me. There are already enough girls who just do girl-girl. As long as they take it in the ass, I'll bring them in."
John: "Allison Chains...from the band Alice In Chains. These new kids are having fun. They're all whack jobs."
Luke: "What's John Bone's stand on marijuana?"
John: "I've been clean and sober for 15 years. I don't believe in drugs for me. What other people do is none of my business. My business is to take care of me and to help other people if they ask for my help.
"I associate with people who don't do drugs and alcohol. Now this little whack job [Kristen] is a pot head but that is the extent. She has an incredibly strong anti-hard drug policy. Her brother died from speed. She's drawn her line in the sand. It's only what she does on my dime in my movies that concerns me."
Luke: "Do you think having a contract girl named Justine Hale sets a good example for the youth of America?"
John: "I don't think it is my responsibility to set a good example for the youth of America. It is my responsibility to cram my dick down as many of their throats as possible. I'm a pornographer for God's sake."
Kristen: "This business is for me because it shows we're all whores. Children should not even be watching porno. I'm about fun and f---ing.
"Talking Blue followed Matt and I for a week. One night in a limo we were in a good mood and I sat on top of him. We had ten girls... We were going to one of his gigs. It turned into an orgy.
"I never saw the MTV documentary. I heard that Matt was upset that they did not really include him. That was a bad experience because MTV was there when we found out my [false HIV positive] results. Tabitha [Soren of MTV] was in Sharon's [Mitchell] office. Matt and I had just woken up when we got the call to go to Sharon Mitchell's office.
"He did the [MTV] interview with the mindset that I had HIV and that he might have HIV. I was over in the corner balling my eyes out."
Kristen will make two lines for John, one line (First Crack) specializing in girls who've never gone girls before, and one line with boys (Bobbie Soxer). Kristen does not have a condom policy as yet.
John says that Cream's sales are up 50% since he began distributing his own product.
A girl didn't show to a Bone shoot last week - Candy Daze.

According to www.unchain.com, Leanna Hart was last seen in September at a club in Hawaii being escorted outside by a group of thugs. But a source at Nici's Girls, where Leanna does escort work, says she is back from Hawaii safe and sound.
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Charley Frey says: "Rob Black and Extreme Video are now proud sponsors of the "Nymphomaniacs Ball" at Club Utopia the Friday night of CES in January. All the Extreme Girls will be there including Jasmin St.Clair. Plus, Tommy Byron, and Ron Jeremy will be in attendance, along with some of the wildest times ever experienced.

"Young, blonde, ultra hardbody, Nikki Starr whose movies are out on Metro's Amazing Line; has just won a local Florida award for the "Hottest Porn Actress". It was a Sunday afternoon event sponsored by a local gin mill...Durty Nellies. They had the customers fill out forms after watching a scene from about a half a dozen movies including such porn superstars as Racquel Darrian and Heather Hunter. Nikki won hands down. She's really a hot little number; and when asked if she's shooting more movies; she said "if Charly gets me the deal I want from Rob Black, I will be shooting in January."

A source: "Shanna McCullough is friendly but very professional. No hankey-pankey with her. She is in it strictly for the money. She's great on stage and has one of the most awesome bodies you've ever seen. For 36 she is one fine woman! She lives in L.A. with her actor boyfriend. Her clothing is very dark...in stark contrast to her fair skin and copper hair. She loves to tan and her tan lines make her that much more appealing on stage under the lights. To talk to her she seems like she would have been voted "Most likely to be an Egghead" in highschool...but on a closer analysis you can see a cross between a grunge rocker and the girl next door.

"Rebecca Wild: She had a baby in 1995 by a guy she met while on a dance gig in a club. She was seeing someone at the time, met the father of her future baby, and dumped her boyfriend. Nothing special about her except the way she talks. It will drive you nuts. Sshheee dddrraawwss oouutt every word she says and talks so nasaly that you can only take it in short doses.

"Busty Brittany: Her real name is Robin Ball. She is 28 years old and is from Ontario, Canada. Married for a while but her husband couldn't handle her career. A flirt and a tease who really loves sex.

"Nikki Knockers: Her real name is Scarlett Vita. She's 30 years old and is from Minnisota. She lives in Florida now with her husband who is an ex-New York City cop. She is a sharp business woman who knows how to work an audience and keep them coming back for more.

"Erika Everest: Her real name is Tammy Perkins and she lives in Boca Roton, Florida. She's 25 years old and loves to have sex after taking a dose of GHB.

"Laurel Canyon was born in Oakland California and is 34 years old. She has had some deep personal problems due in no small part to her being a porn queen of the 80's. Her family has all but disowned her and she is married to an extremely jealous man named Jerry. She can't do anything without his permission. She is one of the sweetest, most caring people you would ever want to meet. If you did meet her you would think she was any one of a thousand college educated proffesionals you see everyday. She is bisexual in her personal life but instead of enjoying this, her husband will fly off into fits if jealous rage if he hears that she's been with another woman...Her past really wears on him. When Laurel takes the stage it's as if another person has stepped into her body. Her eyes become ablaze with genuine desire. Once she steps off the stage, she's back to normal. She's not a very sexual person in the sense that she would just sleep with anyone; She really has to care about them. I know that's hard to believe considering her past but it's true nontheless. She lives in Southern California and is still trying to put the pieces of her life back together again."

Damien Michaels says that World Modeling uber agent Jim South called the police on him, trying to shut down the Sicilian American with his powerful connections.
Michaels performed in numerous pornos during the early '90s, until succumbing to cocaine addiction. He returned to New York where he operated a porno talent agency while working in the production of mainstream films and TV shows.
When his agency partner had to flee the country, Damien packed his bags and moved to LA, initially working with Rob Spallone at Star World Modeling. He got fired and moved out on his own to create what appears to be a thriving management agency (Ultima2 at 818-998-6668) receiving plaudits from numerous shooters like David Clark, John Bowen, Steve Drake and David Christopher.
"I just wish that other people would mind their own business," said Michaels about South late Tuesday night. "The cops told me that an agent called on me and so I knew it was Jim.
"I have the things that people need and I run my business like a business. I'm not searching out people. They're coming to me because they hear what is going on. I'm not going out trying to steal talent or clients... I got a call from Steve Drake and he said David Christopher had said that I am the man to see.
"I'm moving into an office. I have four employees. I'm setting up a computer internet operation.
"We're doing mainstream stuff. We want to get lots of adult girls into mainstream because that is where they want to be.
"The police came by and saw that I had all my licenses. I'm a registered talent agent with the state of California and I have a City of Los Angeles business license.
"Jim South is always trying to f--- me. He dismissed girls because they worked with me once, instead of looking out for the best interests of the girl.
"I sign my girls to a non-exclusive contract. If they get work elsewhere, good for them."
Whatever happened to Leanna Hart? www.Unchain.com reports that she left a strip club in October with some toughs and hasn't been seen since.
Mark Davis has decided to not sign exclusively with Metro. They will continue to use him in their productions. Quasarman shoots again Dec. 4th - the fourth installment of the "all d.p plus one extra guy" series "Airtight", the brainchild of Metro General Manager Greg Alves.

Videographer Barry Woods, divorced hubby of the late Trinity Loren aka Roxanne McPherson, writes:

DAMNIT ! Yes she is dead ! I knew Roxanne for 19 years. We were the best of friends, lovers and sometimes bitter enemies. Not to forget that she was the mother of my daughter, Tess. We buried Roxy yesterday, 11/5/98.
Let me tell you abut Roxy. She cared about the poor, not the rich. She cared about people in trouble. If you had no friends left in this world, and met her on the street, she would be your best friend. She tried to give love and help to anyone, and I mean ANYONE, whatever race !
In Roxanne's life, she was alyways looking for something, but she never found what that was. Maybe a house on the beach, a dog, a man to take care of or it could have been a man take of her! A prince, a pauper or it could have been a pair of shoes that she never wore. SH!T She tried. Although a bitter coustody battle over our daughter tore us appart for 4 years, the last 2 years we became friends again. The last 3 weeks of Roxy's life were good. She was winning the battle of her addiction to prescription drugs, not only had she found a new love, she was the happiest Ive seen her in a while. 34 years old, THATS f---ED!
She could have had 30 more ! She never got to the place that she tried so hard to find. I only wish that Tess and I could have known her longer ! Love Barry & Tess
I'd like to thank the following people for all their help and donations:
TRICIA SHERWOOD, VERA ZAY, "MEEKO" Michael Mason, JIM EMERSON, RUSS & BETTY HAMPSHIRE (VCA), STEPHANIE ROSS (VCA), BOBBY RAY & MARTIE (TIGHT ENDS PROD.) KIMBERLY WILSON (VCA), BRIAN VIERRA, TOD ANDREWS (VCA), HARRY WEISS (VCA), MARTY TURKEL (VCA), ED KAIL (VCA), BRUCE BERMAN, MICHAEL J. COXX, WESLEY EMERSON, DAVID KASTINS (VCA), ALEX SANDERS, MORY BLAKE, STEPHANIE HYATT, FOZZI, JACK GALLAGHER, XXX, SCOTTY SCHWARZ, DENNIS WOOD, RON JOHNSON, ANITA CANNIBAL, TONY ARD, TERRY WOOD, FREE SPEECH COOLITION, MISHA ALLEN, TIGHT END PRODUCTIONS, DIANA M. ADRUSKO, MICHAEL DAVID STUART, DAVE CUMMINGS PRODUCTIONS, GERALD J. LA BOUFF,VID-FX, ED DEROO/TERRY FIGGINS, SONIA MCPHERESON......
And to all the people whose donations are still being received !!

James Davenport replies from Texas:

I read the letter by Barry Woods. A couple of weeks before
Roxanne died she called a friend of mine in Houston and asked him
to come out and stay with her. Obviously she hadn't found the love
of her life. She talked about how lonely she was and how much she
hated Barry.

I want Roxanne to rest in peace and I just think it stinks that the
man who brought so much pain and destruction in her life would
now present himself as the sympathetic husband who deserves our
pity. I have never met Barry Woods and know nothing about him
except what hell he put Roxanne through with the courts. I know
that she claims he got her into porn and got her into drugs and then
turned right around and used those issues to argue she was an unfit
mother and fought to take her daughter away. I know how much
Roxanne said she hated Barry Woods.

The lesson of Roxanne's life is that we all have contradictions in our
lives and none of us can be fairly judged by short periods of time.
More than anything else Roxanne wanted a normal family life - yet
everything she did was to extremes. It was those extremes that cost
her most of her friendships and kept her from finding true love. She
either smothered people or would become vicious and drive them
away.

There is a tragedy in the porno industry that leads a lot of young
women like Roxanne to early deaths at their own hand. Many of
these young women are destroyed by the conflicting emotions and
how people look at them afterwards they do porno films. Roxanne
made millions of dollars but ended up broke because she spent it as
fast as she made it. Also, more than anything Roxanne wanted a
normal life but that wasn't possible because men always recognized
her and basically looked on her as a hooker. Maybe the industry
needs to help prepare young women for both the good and the bad
side of the business. How to handle money and what to expect from people outside the industry when they recognize you.