Wednesday, April 14, 1999

AVN's Gene Ross Is Corrupt

AVN publisher Paul Fishbein and AVN journalist Gene Ross are busting the balls of porners who first give the scoop to Luke. Luckily for Luke, much of the industry thinks the Scoop has more integrity than www.geneross.com.

It's no coincidence that Gene's closest friends in the industry are such questionable characters as John Bowen and Rob Black. All three promote the great con of professional wrestling.

Bone and Ross, according to a source, have double f---ed porn star Kendra Jade, threatening to destroy her if she does not apologize for ratting out the illicit relationship between Bone and Ross. Jade witnessed first hand (she said 12/98) Bone pay Ross cash every Friday. Ex-Cream salesman Mike Barbella can back this up, if he choose to.

From www.geneross.com:

Subject: Re: geneross.com
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 22:40:44 -0700 (PDT)
From: mikebarbella@webtv.net (mike barbella)
To: gene@avn.com

a message from mike
i being an employee of cream ent for approx 7 months have no
knowledge of any money or payments of any sort at any time being
payed out to gene ross nor do i have an oppinion that he was ever
being payed of by cream ent i do think that the fact that john bowen
and gene ross are such close friends that it is easy to make such an
acusation
sincerly
mike barbella

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My source says that Bone and Ross have threatened Kendra that Gene and AVN will destroy her career if she does not apologize for her charges. So on Monday, Kendra apologized to John and Gene. But she did not retract her charges of bribery and corruption on the part of Ross.

In addition to cash bribes, John Bone has handed Gene Ross the tall blonde Cream contract girl Cassidy for sexual favors.

As I reported several weeks ago, when David Christopher pitched the pro wrestling porno Nude World Order to Sin City, one of the major selling points he used was that Gene Ross, the VP of editorial operations for AVN, had written the script and would see to it that it got generous AVN coverage, which it did.

Hey Paul Fishbein, is it not an obvious conflict of interest to have your VP write scripts, then order coverage of them in the magazine? If Sin City verifies that Ross was a part of the Nude World Order package, will you fire Gene? If not, why not?

Ross also wrote the script for John Bone's Too Hot For Porno 2.

Bone also gave generous AVN promotion to Rob Black's wrestling plans, which have amounted to almost nothing. It is obvious to disinterested observers that through Gene Ross, John Bone and Rob Black get disproportionately positive and frequent coverage, not only in AVN but in the new site www.geneross.com.

John Bone's company Cream Entertainment is on the verge of collapse, I hear. Because he couldn't pay the rent, Bone was forced to take on his landlord Martin as his 50% partner. John owes his ex-salesman Mike Barbella about $16,000. Bone owes Zoe about $4000 and a little less to his tall blonde contract girl in Texas, Jenny. Overall, he owes various porners about $60,000 and far more than that to the IRS. Bone would be sunk without his corrupt relationship with Gene Ross. Through it and the power of AVN, John, the master manipulator, can keep his porn girls in line, in his sinking company and sucking on his dick.

Zoe, an exceptional Bone contract girl in that she's refused to have sex with John, returned to Cream through Bone manipulation that he'd use Gene Ross to destroy her career if she did not, Luke's heard.

John has frequently told Zoe that he's not promoted her career as much as that of Kendra Jade because Kendra sleeps with him while Zoe will not.

Typical porn girls, Cream's contract players Kendra, Zoe, Jenny and Cassidy are in an abusive relationship with John Bone, and must find the inner strength to break free. And then they can get therapy to figure out why they like to be abused.

Highlights from www.geneross.com:

Hell hath no fury like Luke F-rd scorned. Apparently. Kendra Jade, calling from the airport this morning, said she told Luke F-rd, in no uncertain terms in a chat room last night that she didn't want to talk to him. Ford said something back to her about him feeling "betrayed."

...[A]ll of a sudden, today, Luke F-rd proclaims in banner headlines that Gene Ross is corrupt. Read on Ford's site how Gene Ross is out to destroy the careers of Zoe and Kendra Jade! Read about Gene Ross' coercive love nest with Cassidy! Read how Ford drags Mike Barbella into the picture about secret Cream cash deals to Ross! Read how Ross takes cash from John T. Bone even though Ford writes in the same breadth how Bone owes thousand to everyone including the IRS! Read how Paul Thomas is covering up for Gene Ross! Read how Ross' magical touch with a keyboard supposedly seals deals with Sin City for David Christopher! Read how Ross writes Kendra Jade scripts even though he's out to destroy her career! Read how Ross covers up for Rob Black, an unconvicted felon!! Read about Ross' secret wrestling deals!! Read about Ross' some sinister connections with John T. Bone's Hardcore Championship f---ing video!! Read how Ross spends Monday nights watching wrestling!!

Then, read geneross.com and find the real truth about the adult business.

Through all the crap, the question still remains, why is Ford so afraid of this background "dossier" that leaked out? Forensic analysts are welcome to examine it because there's something in there that Ford is very much afraid of.

Gloria Leonard writes about the Mike Ross controversy: "Gene, I find it amusing that the two most self-aggrandizing and possibly the most loathed individuals around, find themselves in each other's company with their singular claim to fame being their attacks on FSC...

"As for Luke and his  allegations of interest conflicts with you, Paul and AVN, perhaps it might be well to point out that Disney owns studios, tv stations, magazines, theme parks, theatres, ad nauseum, as do many other megamedia conglomerates. How come this isn't viewed as being a conflict of interests? Frankly, the pissing contest between you and Ford is becoming boring - you'd never see Peter Jennings taking Tom Brokaw to task. No wonder most outsiders think of this business as "unprofessional."

Mike Albo [editor of Hustler Erotic Video Guide]: "[W]e've been waiting all week for you to "bury" Luke F-rd with the secret information you hinted at last week. What the hell happened? Is there no stopping this Australian dick-head? Are you going to let him bitch slap you with impunity? Just curious."

Gene Ross sez: "It's a matter of laughing last and laughing the loudest. I will have the last word on the Luke F-rd matter, you can rest assured."

Charges Against Rob Black

Various sources confirm that Rob Black has been selling movies by Tiffany Mynx and Van Damage without proper authorization. A source with knowledge of Colorado Satellite Broadcasting regards Rob Black as a man of questionable character, and says that Rob sold movies to CSB without proper authorizations - meaning both models releases and proof of ownership.

Rob Black's attorney Adam Stull has sent out letters reading, in part, "Extreme Associates is not authorizing Colorado Satellite Broadcasting to broadcast any of Extreme'smovies that are currently signed by Lisa Schmidt, except "Asswoman in Wonderland" and "Lewd Behavior II."

Later, Stull writes: "My account of the fee arrangement between "Asswoman in Wonderland" is correct. There is no agreement for $3,000. The price for this movie is considerably more than $3,000 because it is not a "Gonzo" movie."

The Lisa is the fast talking sales agent who got fired by Rob.

Apparently, Extreme Associates gave CSB the masters to some of "its" videos, but with no releases, at least not for Tiff and Van's vids.

Luke understands that Asswoman in Wonderland is Tiffany Mynx's movie and she has the model releases for it. It is not Rob's movie to license.

Called at 3:43 PM, Black's attorney Adam "Stall" Stull had no comment.

Luke received this unsigned letter:

Hey Luke,

How would you like to be the man who puts Rob Black in jail? I read your posting Update 4/9/99 about Extreme Associates, and it was absolutely true. How in the hell did you find all these things out? I have an insider's view at what goes on at Extreme, and you stumlbed on some real sensitive s---!

Rob Black is releasing Tiffany Mynx and Van Damage titles without proper model releases. Van Damage has ll the original (and only existing) model releases for all seven of his titles released by Extreme Associates. From what I understand, Damage also copyrighted all of his titles through a Beverly Hills copyright attorney while he was still at Extreme, because he feared that Rob was hiding money and would try to avoid paying him his due. But I've also heard Rob talk and he is going to try to milk Damage's titles for all he can get out of them, because he doesn't think anyone is going to come around asking for them (model releases). Van Damage was too much of a dumb-ass to realize he should have gotten out while he had the chance. Tiffany Mynx was fired because she wouldn't sleep with Rob, and he is determined that she will never get a dime out of him, even though she was his number one contract girl, and she went without pay because Rob told her the company was barely making it. When he couldn't hide the fact there was money in the bank (i.e., trips to Brazil, Rob's Xmas vacation, and Rob gambling and doing drugs at the CES), he fired her because of some lame excuse that she let Tommy Byron's dog escape while Rob was in Brazil. Everyone knows that the Warehouse manager was being paid extra to feed and watch the dogs during their trip. I don't know exactly how much Rob owes Tiffany, but I've heard that if he paid her what he truly owes her, than the figure would be in the high 40k range. I can only imagine what he really owes Van Damage on seven movies! But Rob doesn't have a care in the world, because he thinks that he is untouchable!

How you found out that Black tried to pass off a forged model release of Tiffany Mynx also amazes me. But it's true. In Rob Black's haste to do away with Tiffany Mynx, he neglected to have her fill out model releases for all of her scenes she performed for him. Maybe because it's a common practice to fill out a model release only after you get paid! So Rob did the next best ethical thing, he acquired a model release that Tiffany had given Tom Byron, and he changed the names of the movie on the release, and it's all fixed. The cable guys were a little too wary of Rob. Mainly because it took several weeks for Rob to produce the paperwork and the obvious white-out sent red flags flying.

Everyone that works for Rob is on pins and needles, because he hates bad press and he hates it when people know the truth about his dirty little business secrets.

So Luke, how about one little phone call to the District Attorney's Office, or even Federal Officials, about the whereabouts of all that missing paperwork? Don't you think they might find it interesting that an adult video company is releasing and rereleasing compilations of movies that are missing documents required by federal law? I'm sure that the video distributors around the country would also be very concerned as well, do you think they know about Rob not having proper model releases?

You really need to call Van Damage and the cable guys so they can confirm these facts. I don't know their phone numbers, but I know that you can get them. While you're at it, try and get a hold of former producer and director, Keith Again. Keith directed Pornoman 2000 and The Adventures of High Fly. Keith was fired from Extreme and Rob still has not apid him for his last movie. Rob won't pay him because he knows that Keith does not have the financial means to go after Rob legally - so Rob threw him out on his ass.

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Luke wonders if Gene Ross, who's friendly with Rob Black, could get a look at the model releases for the movies in question?

Robert Dominguez: "About Liz (aka Bonita) on the Ed Powers radio show [on KLSX FM 97.1]. aka I know personally that she  has been using crystal for quite some time. The night ed sent her  home from the show a couple of weeks ago she was crashing. She stays up for days. She is losing control of her habit. Everyone knows Liz  is a partier but lately she has been getting into crank. How do I know? Lets just say I know who she's getting it from. I am not going any further than that. She is getting to the point of physical addiction. Her erratic behavior on his show is proof enough for you. She is a daily user. Bonita the obnoxious crystal fiend!"

Chloe writes: "I just got done filming the lead in the new Kris Kramski movie that was shot over the last ten days, so I had a lot of catching up to do... reading your site, that is. I just wanted to point out that anybody who knows Sharon Mitchell at all, should know that she has a very unique sense of humor. Does everybody have to be so literal all the time? She was making a joke about it being chlamydia season, and she more than likely said it laughing or possibly completely deadpan, whatever mood she was in at the time. When things people say are printed, you have to guess at how the statement was delivered, and in what context, so having a basic understanding of the person's sense of humor is helpful. And, it does seem like the chlamydia outbreak starts around now every year...but I'm sure that's just a coincidence."

www.geneross.com covers the twists and turns of Cream contract girl Kendra Jade. She  retracts her allegations about Ross taking bribes from John Bone and claims her computer was hacked.

Gene writes: "I have no Luke F-rd log. To my knowledge there is no Luke F-rd log, but there's plenty of paranoia afoot. If Luke F-rd were to print this so-called log, then it would should pretty conclusively where he stands on the Kendra matter and what friend to him she is.

Luke: "I have no log. I've been gone from Saturday to Tuesday night. I usually log IRC chats when I participate in them however."

Email: "Considering that John Bone said that he "knows s--- about wrestling," then how exactly did he come up with the idea to make any movies pertaining to wrestling? And in the same time frame as Rob Black? Coincidence? Or do you think it has anything to do with the fact that Gene
Ross is friends with John and Rob and loves wrestling?

"As far as what Kendra Jade said to you in December... Well,besides the "poor me John took all my money and took my house for no reason," most of it was true. She says it's not now because after she called Elegant Angel and tried to talk to Rob Black about getting into the company and he said "f--- No!" because he has brains. She knew that she was better off just lying once again, and go back to f---ing John and playing these silly games.

"As far as Gene getting paid for *maybe* helping with Too Hot for Porn 2 script, helping John with some new, more exciting box cover ideas, helping John with movie ideas, with new contract girl ideas, with new gonzo ideas, coming in on Fridays and getting paid......well, John's bookkeeper handles the money so nobody exactly saw money changing hands. Just a story from a revengeful pornstar made up of the top of her head?"

Kid Canuck writes Luke: "Check out, www.thatmall.com/yen/.

"After I saw this, I checked out your "females" section. Tricia Yen yikes!

"I'm enjoying following your back-and-forth with www.geneross.com. Great cockfight. Of course, I'm assuming Gene doesn't really have anything on you, and that you're both just having fun putting the screws to each other. If I'm wrong, I recommend you consider Monicagate. How much time and embarassment can a public figure save by coming clean as soon as possible? If he's on to something, you should admit it immediately or risk loosing your site and your credibility (you do actually have credibility to us laymen)."

The latest issue of Gear magazine features an article by Mark Ebner on the ex-porn star Viper.

Stinkfist: "I was listening to the popular radio advice host Dr.Laura Schlesinger this week and she said people in the porn biz are immoral people who are really mentally ill and emotionally disturbed. Her evidence of this was the violation of torah and biblical laws, reckless and unhealthy lifestyles, heavy substance abuse in the industry and the high poverty level of ex performers. I tried to call to voice disagreement with the almighty doctor, but her screener wouldn't let me through." (RAME)

Luke's mommy helps women with premenstrual syndrome. Check out her website at www.hormonesonline.com. Luke just found out on his visit home that his mom reads his site regularly. Oy ve!

Luke's book A History of X goes to the printer today. The back cover reads thus:

The sex industry grosses billions of dollars each year by appealing to our erotic daydreams. Revolving around lust and money, porn springs from the most primal desires and feeds our unspeakable urges.

Pornographers, with varying degrees of success, live out the fantasies that captivate millions. By delving deep inside the porn world and the lives of those who inhabit it we can discover the effects of living the lives others only dream about. Do fame, fortune, and fornication lead to happiness? The lives of such porn stars as Marilyn Chambers, Ginger Lynn, Traci Lords, and Harry Reems provide differing answers.

Although Americans spend billions each year on pornography, most know little about the industry that strokes their deepest fantasies. Despite porn’s proliferation, very little has been written about the genre’s history or about how it acts as a social mirror, reflecting contemporary mores. Luke F-rd’s A History of X finally fills this void.

". . . [a] serious history of the dirty-movie business. It contains frank, nonpejorative descriptions of pornography. . . . Hot stuff or legitimate cultural inquiry, this is a worthwhile book." -Booklist

Flaps:

This in-depth comprehensive history of cinematic pornography is the first book of any kind to detail sex in film by probing the earliest attempts of a century ago and chronicling the proliferation of porn to the present, concentrating on the last quarter-century since the legendary Deep Throat, when porn penetrated popular culture.

Luke F-rd is the best-known source on the contemporary world of pornography—the only journalist writing about the industry, yet not employed by the industry. It is this unique position that gives Ford the objectivity he needs to successfully complete a project such as this.

Bold and compelling, A History of X takes readers on a delicious romp through the back rooms and film studios of the fascinating array of characters who gave porn its start in the 1900s as a daring and risque attempt at sexual freedom, and explains how it transformed into to the closed-door, multimillion-dollar corporate film machine that operates today.

Tracing the origins of pornography to novels written in the 1650s, Ford follows the progression of the genre, providing a close examination of the themes that still trigger male arousal today, and the films that celebrate them: adultery, lesbianism, bondage, and group sex, to name just a few.

Relying on exclusive interviews with major players in the porn world as well as a wide array of printed sources, Ford details the controversial careers of such top stars as Linda Lovelace, Harry Reems, Traci Lords, Max Hardcore, and Ginger Lynn, among others. Ford reveals the great benefits and tragic consequences that sometimes result from the fame--and infamy--associated with porn. Ford also boldly tracks the producers and distributors behind the movies, from the once secret Mafia influences to the false claims of victimization by some porn stars.

Extensively researched and documented, A History of X provides a fascinating exposé of a business few dare to touch.

Luke F-rd has worked as a radio host and journalist, and operates a web sites on the porn industry: www.l-keford.com.

Scoop - God Loves Luke

Hubby of ex-porn star Dallas, DeWayne Whitaker, writes Luke: "My wife and I left Porn less than 1 year ago. Dallas (Adult Film Star) is my wife. We have been married over 10 years now.

"I was just presented your Bio by Dr. Gentry Yeatman, a respected man in the Christian Industry. The Christian Industry in whole is filled with a bunch of hypocrites. But is also feeled with a bunch of good people who never judge.

If you have ever traveled as a Porn Star you know that Christian do nothing but Negative things to you on the road etc.

I'm here to tell you those who judge you and call themselves Christians have a major problem. I really don't care much about Denominations or Jewish religions. We all serve the same God. And the truth is God does not make you feel guilty, that is Satan. So whatever verses you read or were presented with are not wrong but do have counter actions I believe to dismiss anytype of curse you may think is going on. This is what I gathered from your Bio of generations of Sin. It may be true and I may have been cursed to. But I broke through it.

Luke, Dallas and I had one man for a year and a half who stood out of the crowd of Christian's Judgemental attitudes who simply said God Loves You. That's it.

I soon found out that if we got our eyes off man and on God he really did Love us. God really does Love you and does not do anything to hurt you negatively. Satan does however. It's not easy being a Christian but in the last month or so I am learning to constantly release my life to God and I have truly been Blessed. Satan is the author of confusion and that's what we have as man, a ton of confusion over religions and just stuff.

Forget people for now Luke, they will only let you down. God Loves You. John 3:16.

When your ready to talk man, I'll be here and I wont try and push you into the Christian Lifestyle or any of that stuff. I'm not even telling you to leave the Adult Industry. I just want you to know God Loves You.

A porner replies: "Is Dallas's husband Dewayne the same guy I used to see years ago sitting on the set watching his wife get banged every which way but loose by God knows who? Is this the same guy who would offer his own wife's vagina at a discount when rent was due? Is this the same guy who ran a side business selling illegal cloned cellular phones to supplement his wife's income which she earned being sodomized on a daily basis? And God loves this guy? Remind me to write God a strongly worded letter imploring him to raise his standards."