Saturday,
April 10, 1999
Rob Black Scandal
Earlier this week, Extreme
Associates owner Rob Black told www.geneross.com
about recently fired star Tiffany Mynx: "She is a lazy, f---ing dope-smoking
f---. That can be attested to by everybody including Patrick Collins
who she tried stealing $20,000 from. We had to get the
attorneys, and we had to pay the f---ing bills to get her out of that
f---ing mess. Patrick will attest to that. Our attorneys had to spend
hours on the phone with the furniture people to get her out of that
mess. The bill alone for that was over five grand which I paid for."
But according to a letter sent February 17, 1998, Rob Black's own lawyer, Michael Kerry Burke of Goldberg, Burke & Stull, totally denied Rob's claims.
Luke has a copy of the letter sent to Patrick Collins of Elegant Angel regarding the "Tiffany Mynx Gift":
Dear Mr. Collins:
Our firm represents Shannon Prince (also known as Tiffany Mynx), until recently an employee of Elegant Angels Productions.
I am in receipt of your letter dated February 16, 1998, apparently distributed to the industry as a press release today, accusing Ms. Prince of stealing approximately $20,000 from you by charging furniture and other items on her company charge card. This false statement and false implication is defamatory.
As you know, Elegant Angel held a Christmas party on December 16, 1997. At that party, you presented your directors with Christmas gifts, a bonus for their performance, productivity and profitability for Elegant Angel over the past year. As was reported in both a press release and in Adult Video News magazine (February 1998, pages 86 and 100), you presented Tom Byron with a Mercedes Benz; Rob Black with a Porsche; and Van Damage with a Corvette.
Tiffany Mynx, who had produced and directed "Cheek to Cheek" and "Cheek to Cheek II" was told by you that her Christmas bonus was the first and last months' rent and security deposit on a new townhouse or condominium, and any furniture she desired to purchase. You specifically told her that "there is no limit, just don't go crazy in Beverly Hills." There were several witnesses to this conversation, and to this gift. (Apparently, you decided on this gift to Ms. Prince because Ms. Prince had recently filed for divorce, and was looking for a new place to live.)
As you know, Ms. Prince has been either professionally occupied or out of town ever since that Christmas party. For instance, she spent the holidays with her family, and thereafter worked for Elegant Angel in Las Vegas, Nevada; Pennsylvania; Fort Lauderdale, Florida; and Atlanta, Georgia before finally returning to Los Angeles last week. This past weekend was the first opportunity Ms. Prince has had to purchase the furniture you authorized and instructed her to buy as part of her Christmas gift and bonus for last year's performance. Your gift was irrevocable at the time it was made in December 1997, that she was, by work and circumstance, forced to wait this long to obtain her bonus does not make it revocable.
Your press release does not mention that the furniture she purchased was a gift, nor does it mention that it was a bonus. Further, your press release fails to mention that you had authorized her to purchase furniture for her new place. The comments and implications made in your press release, as well as the tone and tenor of the letter, imply that Tiffany Mynx is a thief, that the money was taken from Elegant Angel, and that she was not entitled to it. Further, it implies that her decision to buy such furniture was unilateral and unauthorized. Given the true facts and circumstances, these statements are defamatory and libelous. They constitute libel and slander per se, in that they accuse Ms. Prince of a crime, and tend to injure her in respect to her office, profession, trade or business.
I will address the subject of your purported agreement with Tom Byron by separate letter. However, your February 16, 1998 letter also states that:
"You may hear rumors that all three of these gentlemen [Tom Byron, Rob Black and Van Damage] have been planning this movie for quite some time, and that they were shooting extra scenes with my money to prepare for it. I can tell you that, to the best of my knowledge, these rumors are untrue."
Though pretending to deny these allegations, your very letter raises (and republishes) libelous, defamatory and slanderous allegations against Tom Byron, Rob Black and Van Damage. You may be liable for the republication of such slanderous allegations. To my knowledge, no such rumors have been circulating; if they have, they certainly have not been published to the industry at large, as your letter was intended to do.
I must caution you that my clients take quite seriously their professional reputations, and reserve the right to protect their reputations by all means, including but not limited to legal action to enforce their legal rights.
Regan Senter, Jim South, Scott Schwartz
Child actor turned porner Scotty Schwartz earlier this week told www.geneross.com that while at World Modeling, he never had sex with any of the talent. Luke's heard from agent Regan Senter that this is not true. Regan says that porn girl Dalny Marga says Scotty did her in the World Modeling hallway while he worked at Jim South's agency. Regan says Jim South had Dalny give his friend Lance Kincaid a blowjob.
Regan asks: "Is it true that Jim South implied to Dalny that Jim and Lance used to get regular BJs from the porn girls?"
Regan: "It might be a good idea to investigate Jim's current female employee [Chaz]. She's too goody two shoes. Is her husband not a male performer? What is her drug background? What about when she was a babysitter for Patti Rhodes? Any truth that Patti Rhodes was involved in the crowbar that went through Jim South's arm? Why does Reb like to imply credibility for it? Does it give him a power trip?
"What about the sexual escapades of [FSC President] Gloria Leonard? I love the way she curses you [Luke] out. You might want to imply something about her and Kat Sunlove, the Free Speech Coalition lobbyist? You might want to imply that she offers sexual favors to senators in Sacramento who go her way. You could put, 'how many people have f---ed our representative in Sacramento?' And don't you think she'd f--- for votes?'"
FSC President Gloria
Leonard fails to see the humor in Regan's remarks. She writes: "This
sort of s--- is beneath contempt. Why would it be necessary for 40 industry
people (including a number of men) volunteering to schlep up to Sacramento,
at our own expense, take days off from otherwise
income-producing jobs, to visit our legislators if it could be accomplished
with a blowjob or two? Can't you ever think on your own or is the word
"think" unavailable in your vocabulary? I guess when your own work is
so insignificant, all you can do to make yourself feel better is to
denigrate those who are trying to accomplish something worthwhile. You
don't even have a clue as to what is going on within our state and federal
governments that aim to shut our industry down, so put a sock in it,
you creep, because you too, can be affected. You ought to be thanking
us, you ungrateful geek!"
Regan Senter to Luke: "And why haven't you investigated Krysti Myst with Jim South? Ask her, 'Did you have sex with Jim South? Did Jim South foist you over to Jim South Jr. 'Well son, here's Krysti Myst. My little f---. I'm giving her to you as a present.'' Think about it. If you had a son, and you loved your son, wouldn't you want to give him your better f---?"
Luke: "Yeah."
Regan: "I tried to get you [Luke] a scene with Allison Kilgore. I think she'd do a scene with you."
Luke was blown away by Allison's great performance in the Kris Kramski documentary for Sin City Porno, a non-explicit two-hour black-and-white production featuring Regan Senter, Rob Spallone, Ron Sullivan, Jim South, Max Hardcore and Ron Jeremy.
Allison says the Kramski production was "fun, different and exciting."
Kilgore entered porn in July of 1998. "I only did a few scenes because I wasn't 100% into it, yet. [She resembled her character in the documentary.] I had a fiance but now I've left him. I'm now more into it than ever."
Luke: "Regan is straight forward. He doesn't hide what he wants, unlike some of his peers. I've been talking with him for ages and I've never caught him in a lie."
Allison appears in about 25 videos. "I don't know which are my best. I haven't seen them. I've read reviews in magazines."
A Las Vegas resident, Kilgore dances regularly at Crazy Horse 2.
Luke: "You say in the Kramski tape that Max Hardcore wanted to urinate in your mouth."
Allison: "I did want to leave the industry... I was tired of the BS. You show up to a set assuming you're doing something, and the next thing you know, they want you to do ten million other things. Max Hardcore wanted to pee in my mouth. And I wouldn't let him. So he got a big plastic bag full of water and put yellow food coloring in it, and had a little tube that run right under his penis to make it look like he was peeing on me... Then he fakes his cum scenes. He cums, but because he does not cum that much, he uses White Rain to make fake cum.
"I was going to leave the industry because I wanted to be with my fiancée. But we broke up, which makes it easier [working in porn]."
Luke: "So you chose between your fiancée and the industry?"
Allison: "Yeah, that's what it came down to."
Kilgore is 25, stands 5'6", and measures 36D-24-36 with real tits. She entered porn through Las Vegas photographer Johnny Castano who shot her for Hustler's Busty Beauties.
"I've chosen to not expose myself yet to the big companies like VCA, Metro, Wicked, etc... I'm holding off. I'm waiting. I'm doing things like Rodney Moore. When I'm done with that, I'll go down there. I don't want to overload myself.
"I want to get into feature dancing. I've worked lots for Annabolic, Randy West and Jim Lane. I was supposed to be his White Trash Whore... I did two DPs for him and a regular anal. I was supposed to do Lewd Acts for him but I chose not to do some of the things he wanted me to do.
"I did Byron Long and Dave Hardman (in the ass) for one DP. Then JJ Michaels and Herschel Savage. The worst [most painful] anal scene I've ever done was with Lexington Steele [whose penis measure a foot] for Annabolic. I'll never do that again."
Kilgore's ex-fiance informed her family about her new career. "They didn't believe him but I came out... They're not mad. They support me. 'Do what you have to do, we just don't want to hear about it.' They know that I don't have a drug habit and am not crazy... I'm not easily influenced and I won't put up with BS. I quit on Max Hardcore twice.
"The first time I worked for him, I quit. I didn't want to work for him anymore. He paid me and I left. The next time I said, I don't want to work for you but I want more money. He gave me more money but I had to quit on him again. It was ridiculous the s--- he would try to do.
"I was nice, friendly girl in high school. I had a boyfriend but we just played around. We didn't have sex. I don't think either one of us knew what to do. I didn't have sex until the summer after my graduation (at age 17)."
Born and raised in Houston, Allison, like Luke F-rd, lived in Sacramento for ten years. She moved to Vegas in late 1997 to live with her boyfriend. She plans to go to school soon and feature dance on the weekends. "This business does not last forever. I don't want to last until I'm 35 or whatever age you start looking like hell, or be full of plastic surgery because I want to f--- on film forever. I don't. It's fun for now but when I get older I know that I am going to view it differently. When I start maturing, I'm going to think, 'I need to sit in an office or in a court room and be a lawyer.'"
Kid Vegas Does Jerry Springer
Kid Vegas phoned. "I just got back from Chicago where I was on the Jerry Springer show. These two girls were fighting (in chocolate pudding) over me. I got all scratched up. My girlfriend Priscilla James fought Amia More and I ended up picking Amia. More doesn't like her because Priscilla wants me to get out of porn, to go straight and to stop screwing other girls. Amia More doesn't care if I screw other girls.
"Priscilla hates Amia More because she did a whole bunch of scenes, mroe than she should've, for my second movie Viva Kid Vegas. And she's been sleeping with me off camera.
"The girls wouldn't even stop fighting. Jerry had security break them up. Jerry asked me which one I wanted to keep. I said, 'I want to keep Amia More, get rid of her [Priscilla]. And Priscilla flipped out."
Pussyman Joins Legend
Pussyman David Christopher has joined Legend after a few weeks with Odyssey Group Video. He was unhappy with OGV's condom-mandatory policy.
"Jack Richman has made me feel extremely welcomed," says Christopher. "Finally, I'm free from the condom thing. In the European market, condom films put you at a disadvantage. No one wants to see condoms in porn - not there, not here. I think I'll be very comfortable at Legend."
Says Legend General Manager Jeff Steward, "We put out real filth - not htis watered down crap other companies are trying to pass off as porno."
David's first Legend release will be Return of the Campus Sluts.
Look for a killer party at the Playboy mansion Saturday night for Hugh Hefner's birthday.
J.J. Tornello writes www.geneross.com: "Hello Mr. Ross,
"I think it is unfortunate that you have done nothing more than build an internet version of AVN, meaning a trade publication that you have decided to model your website after. I think any aspirations you have of sending Luke running with his tail between his legs are nothing more than "you" having an over active imagination.
You could have actually built a site to compete, and possible even overshadow Luke's site. But instead you chose to bore us with another advertising vehicle for the industry, which had no need for such a site. Surely, with your considerable contacts within the industry, you could have positively posted your fair share of "scoops" that are of the nature that we as readers are interested in. But instead, you wasted our time (yours and the readers) by doing nothing fresh or different than the same crap that has been done so many times, by so many people, yourself included, that nobody outside your little kiss ass group of "porno parasites" (a term Ms. Leonard used to describe Luke, but one that is better suited for you and yours in my humble opinion) even cares about.
We don't buy into any
of the "just one big happy family" bulls--- that you crank out like
robots, day in and day out. It is truly laughable that you have such
a low opinion of the intellect of your customers, readers, parasites,
pick any term you wish, that you actually think people outside
your "one big happy family" group are going to be fooled for even a
moment by the propaganda you are distributing on behalf of the business.
You will never be able to "REPORT" honestly on the business, because you have absolutely no objectivity, and don't have the balls to tell the truth about the business that has allowed you to keep your dick wet for the extent of your time involved in promoting it. You are no more a journalist than Mr. Ford. He may not check his facts and recheck again, but he writes about what the consumer wants to know about. The consumer doesn't want everything to be whitewashed into Ozzie and Harriet before we read it. We want the f---ing truth, and that is something that, as long as it isn't the rosiest of pictures, we will never, ever hear from you.
Mr. Ross, these are not insults, just facts. I don't look down on you for being a trade writer. There is nothing wrong with that, But I do take acception to you insinuating that you are a news journalist, writing about the industry. We both know you are a person paid by industry advertisers at all levels, and that your livelihood depends on you building and keeping those attitudes about the business. Luke on the other hand, can afford to tell the truth about what is going on in the biz. Which I suspect is something you envy him for. I believe that you would love to blow the doors off of some of these assholes, but because of your place in the scheme of things, you simply can't.
I will grant you that Luke isn't likely to become the responsible and thorough journalist that maybe he should be, but by the same token, neither is the despicable Jim South going to stop getting his dick sucked by every girl who has the misfortune of walking through his door either. Which one do you think is worse Gene? That question is not rhetorical.
So Gene, don't you ever have the nerve to call anyone else's journalism shoddy, and reckless when your own is so much fairy tale fabrication that it reduces you to no more than a short story fiction writer. Either start telling the truth about the people in the industry, who you call the movers and shakers, and what they are really like, or be honest for once in your career, and admit that you don't ever write anything of any importance to anyone other than the subjects of your fiction writing.
And before you start your usual tactics of questioning my knowledge of the business that is "ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY" and what gives me the right to make such statements about people like that pile of human excrement, Jim South, let me tell you that I have spent the past couple of years sleeping next to one of Mr. South's victims. She is someone who has had a very hard life, and will always have, even though she left the business in 1991, because of the total absence of anything resembling morality within 1000 feet of dear sweet Jimmy boy.
So, Mr. Ross, save your polished and spit shined response for someone who is stupid enough to give it any validity at all, cause we ain't buyin' your line of bulls--- here. You are gonna have to sell it elsewhere. Sorry, I just calls em as I sees em. I don't for one moment expect you to print this, but be my guest if you wish. It says to many damaging and 100% true things in it to put on your powderpuff cheerleaders site. But if you do print it, do it in full, or not at all.
Gene, I don't hold you responsible for the actions of these scumbags in the business, and you do what you do to make a living. But for you to act like you are a serious journalist is absurd.
Sincerely, J.J. Tornello
Southern California
P.S. I am not anti-porn in the least. I would be a compete hypocrite if I claimed to be. What I am is anti-kiddy porn, and against people using there positions and companies for there own sexual proclivities, and sick games. f--- Jim South, He is a piece of s--- xxx. He may scare people in the biz, but I don't fear him, I pity him. He is everything that is bad about the business in one piss poor excuse for a man.
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Bigfaketits writes Luke: "From your website 3/25: > I'm dying to get the real scoop on Jim South. It's tangled up somewhere in our San Fernando Valley Sheriff law enforcement > system. Jim has altogether too much power and I don't know why. Back in the Adult Video Association Jim was often the > voice of sanity... He's predictable...so are rattlesnakes...but I'd rather have him at my back than Stevie Hirsch!
"It's tangled up somewhere in the LAPD, under whose jurisdiction almost all of the San Fernando Valley is under. Specifically in the LAPD Division(s) where these events took place. Almost all of the SFV is part of the Los Angeles city limits. It smacks of a buy off of the cops by the porners. When that comes out, it's going to be mighty embarrassing to the LAPD. Get ready for a big one Chief Parks...what happens when there's an LAPD corruption scandal connected to porn?
> Email: "It seems indignant
postulating about the Marc Wallice situation is your bag, man, and with
all due respect to you and > your freedom to post whatever you want
on whoever you want, consider the whole big HIV s---hammer from some
other > angles.
>
> "First: The alleged HIV testing facilities. Are they, at the very
least, state licensed and or FDA approved? I thought> laboratories were
under the guidance of the Food and Drug Administration. Sure out there
in California there's a s---load of > FDA inspectors who should be alerted
to these labs alleged screwing up of identifications of patient/client
testing. Consider, > for example, the mess regarding the New York Blood
Center. Not to digress, but the Blood Center...the second largest >
blood banking organization in the country, were the subject of a lengthy
probe by the state attorney general's office regarding > lab testing
procedures and regulations. Apparently some tainted blood got out (there
was an AIDS activist teen named > Joey-his lastname fails me-he was
a high-profile media friendly kid); some people got very sick as a result
and in addition to > the
groundswell of civil litigation, some persons responsible for the operation
are in jail for a very long time. To wit-The > people running these...if
they are screwing up procedures in their labs...should have been getting
something called a 486-a > citation from the FDA.>
> "Many times these result in fines and criminal prosecution which of
course opens the flood gates to civil litigation. I ask you > Lukester,
has the state attorney general's office or the nearest FDA office in
L.A. County been contacted about this?
> Consider if a person got, via a screwed up id profile, the wrong HIV
test result. It has happened over the years where> someone tested false
positive for the virus then later found out they were not infected because
the lab screwed up.
"First, the proper authorities HAVE been notified, but by all means...feel free to notify them as well. When it comes to these types of complaints, the more the merrier. The California State Department of Health and L.A. County Dept. of Health both have websites.
"As far as the FDA, what can you expect of some outfit that allows the inmates to run the asylum. I've heard that there was a major shake-up at the L.A. office recently over their lack of action concerning complaints, some of which involved some goings on in the porn biz. Now that the those that were obstacles have been removed, something might come of it. Hopefully, those in the FDA office that neglected the complaints will be prosecuted for their criminal inaction on serious charges.
"But again, by all means, I urge the e-mailer to Luke's site (and anyone else out there reading this) to contact the FDA...the more the merrier. More complaints means even more attention.
"Gene Ross says he doesn't like breast implants and personally preferred big, athletic Aryan women. I say "Bulls---...in the time since Gene responded that he was against coerced breast implants, he's mentioned boob jobs several times and allowed Sharon "Witch" Mitchell to shill for some cosmetic surgeon quack. I can cut him some slack for simply reporting that so and so got a boob job, but it's the gleefullness, degree and level that it's reported. Those makes it go beyond mere reportage...and then he goes and does the piece with Witchell pimping her quackeroon...un-f---ING-believable!!!.
"Gene, I'll issue you
a challenge based on your comments about being against breast implant
coercion...If you are as against this coercion as you (and Paul Fishbein)
claim...then why not do a story on what's gone on?. Name names...ALL
the names, not just some, being sure to leave out
some to protect friends and include some to out enemies. Name agents,
producers, directors, involved in this. Instead we get these claims
from you, Paul and everyone else at AVN with very little addressing
what's gone on, why it's gone on and who were the prime movers behind
it
happening. If you are truly against this, then put your money where
your mouth is. Instead you post Sharon Mitchell's praise of some quack.
Nice, Gene, nice. And in AVN, you've discussed her AIM "seminar" with
an "implant innovator"...wonderful. What the f--- is a "breast implant
innovator" anyway...do they insert the damn things through the anus?.
Anal Breast Implant Innovators - new from Zane.
"Also Luke, note that Gene didn't deny that there have been porn starlets coerced into getting breast implants...he just says he doesn't like it. Fine, Gene...then DO something to prove it. Do some real tough journalism, exposing some ugliness and some ills in the biz. Name names.
"And no, I won't accept it all being Mark Carriere or Brad Gunches fault, that's too easy. Now I'm just using these names as examples (snicker, snicker), but what if John Bone or Jim South had major roles in breast implant coercion?...would you "report" that?...or is that "off the record". Put it up or shut it down Gene.
"Yeah, yeah...that's right, I forgot...it's all the women's choice. And don't try the bulls--- about the marketplace dictating it...imagine Baskin-Robbins selling only vanilla ice cream and then claiming that's all the public wants...well, then you get the idea what the porn biz tries to pass off. And besides, that still wouldn't excuse coercion."
Porner Mark Webb writes to www.geneross.com and Luke
"Dear Gene & Luke:
"Gene, you and I have never met and I may be out of line here totally and if I am, I accept any public ridicule you find necessary. Luke, you and I have met and you know my feelings on this subject. I have been in this industry all of 6 months and have met a lot of incredible people, however I wake every day ashamed to be a part of it after reading the constant bitching and incessant "he-said-she said" crap on your sites. I originally read your sites to become aware of the major players in the business and find out "what goes on". Now I read it and shake my head.
"You and Mr.. Ford have very powerful weapons that you choose to aim at each other and randomly at anyone in the industry who takes a deep breath. You have found it okay to use to embarrass the industry as a whole, it's performers, it's technical wizards and last but not least, yourselves. I am not saying that the some of the people in this business haven't embarrassed themselves and the industry also, but use your best judgement when reporting it, must we survive on these person's misfortunes and mistakes. Rise up and support them, keep them from making the same mistake twice...or three times...
"What better way (your mediums) to publicize what we do as an industry, the good things that come of what we create, versus the constant back-biting and ridicule that you subject each other and your industry team-mates to. We all realize that there are going to be certain disagreements, arguments and other riff's that need not be made public or be the headlines of this industry on a daily basis. Find a way to promote our talent, people and industry instead of bringing them down to the levels of "National Enquiristic Journalism."
"Shock journalism has been put in it's place by Americana for the most part. The educated facet of society has cried "foul" and said no more. I implore you and Mr.. Ford to use the powers that you have to show this industry in a business and creative light and not a 3 ring circus as you are both guilty of in one way or another. People are laughing at the both of you, not with you.
"Find out what our perfomers are doing, where they are performing, what director's have on the planning table, What the manufacturers have lined up. Do reviews, expand your horizons, be creative....you both have chosen a easy way out and an easy way to achieve the type of attention that I hear everyone in this business complain about. Be responsible for your actions and reporting, if your wrong...admit it and issue apologies when and where necessitated by your need to get a jump on each other. Better yet....don't be wrong.
"Once again, if I'm
out of line, I apologize. I am also aware of the people in this business
who have no lives without the likes of www.geneross.com and www.l-keford.com.
My sincerest hopes for those people, but for god sakes....get over it."
