Saturday, July 24th, 1999
Chuck Martino Returns From Cancun
Returning from ten days of drug rehabilatation in Cancun, Mexico, porner Chuck Martino sounded fresh, sharp and energetic over the phone Friday afternoon. Meanwhile, AVN is making calls around the industry trying to collect gossip on him.
Because Chuck and I are friends, he gives me scoop first. And Chuck says that Midnight Angel contract girl Farrah, his tall blonde ex-girlfriend, has been secretly feeding his most recent ex-girlfriend, Kristy Castle aka Shay Sweet, the illegal drug Ecstasy.
But other sources tell Luke that Farrah and Shay are drug free.
Here are some photos of Farrah and Shay Sweet from two weeks ago:
Chuck: "Kristy is a good girl.What is the one way that Farrah could get back at me? You don't even have to think..."
Luke: "So she got back at you by getting Kristy on Ecstasy?"
Chuck: "Kristy is a good girl. Kristy is not a porn girl. Kristy is a good girl. Kristy is a sweet girl. Kristy is a good girl. What is the one way that Farrah could get back at me?"
Luke: "Get Kristy f---ed up?"
Chuck: "Thank you. And what I've just heard, from three different sources... Three different people verified that Farrah got Kristy so f---ed up so that she could f--- Chuck over."
Luke: "That's sad."
Chuck: "That's very sad. Because Kristy is a nice girl. Kristy is a good girl. Farrah is a f---ing whore, and you can write that. Farrah is a f---ing whore who I met in Florida who I f---ed 15 minutes after I met her, in a parking structure. She was a prostitute in Chicago at age 15. Farrah never passed sixth grade."
Luke: "Was she a good f---?"
Chuck: "What? Her pussy stunk. She's the s---tiest f--- I've ever had with the ugliest feet I've ever seen in my life. And what could she do to get back at me?"
Luke: "How long were you and Farrah together?"
Chuck: "About six months but Kristy and I have been together two years. We've had the best relationship that a couple could have. You've been around."
Luke: "Right, you guys had the best relationship."
Chuck: "Kristy is THE BEST GIRL IN THE WORLD. I'd have kids with her. I'd marry her. I think she is a great girl. It's my fault that we are not together. But Farrah is white trash scum. You know Farrah don't you?"
Luke: "I'm acquainted with her. I met her a couple of times..."
Chuck: "Come on Luke. Kristy didn't know what was happening until yesterday."
Luke: "Kristy didn't know she was taking Ecstasy?"
Chuck: "Because f---ing Farrah kept feeding it to her."
Luke: "Kristy didn't even know what she was eating?"
Chuck: "What's the one way Farrah could get back at me?"
Luke: "Screwing up Kristy?"
Sources tell Luke that Kristy Castle aka Shay Sweet appears sober and does not display any signs of drug problems.
Thursday night, Shay, Farrah and Gina Ryder rented a limousine to attend Vivid's Bar Fly party on Sunset Blvd.
Chuck: "I know you've heard rumors lately."
Luke: "I read on geneross.com that you were in Cancun for cleansing."
Chuck: "Yep. I'm not embarrassed about it because half of this f---ing industry is drug addicts anyway. At least I have the balls to admit it."
Luke: "I heard the rumor but I didn't print anything about it because it wasn't verified. I thought I should wait to talk to you first."
Chuck: "Farrah is a drug addict and a crystal meth freak. I love Kevin Beecham [Farrah's boss and ex-boyfriend]. Kevin Beecham is the best man beside David Sturman. But Farrah is white trash. Kristy, on the other hand, is probably the sweetest girl you'd ever meet. It's my fault that we're not married."
Luke: "Do you think you guys will get back together?"
Chuck: "I would but I don't think that she would."
XXX: "Chuck can have any girl he wants. But he loves Kristy. And she's the girl for him. He loves her. He won't have sex with anyone else. He loves Kristy."
Luke: "How do you feel?"
Chuck: "I feel great. It [rehab] was the best thing I could've done."
Chuck says he spent $40,000 on jewelry for Shay Sweet.
A KBeech porn producer, Mad Jack, writes: "I don't know what kind of dope Chuck's on now but apparently Cancun didn't do him a bit of good. Making unfounded accusations at ex girlfriends just shows me that this fool is more f---ed up than he was when he checked himself in. Farrah has her s--- together more than ever now that Christian's out of her life and she's NOT USING (I know this for a fact) and is ready to go on tour in the near future. Now that Chuck's history (but keeps popping up to talk s---), Shay couldn't be happier. The guy she's seeing is a very good friend of mine and unlike Chuck, isn't a dope fiend or woman beater. To say that Farrah is plying Shay with Xtasy is to show the true meaning of "misery loves company." Dragging others down is a major trait of a true addict. It seems like everyone in the Martino relationship saga has moved on except you Chuck. Get a f---in' life bro. You claim that you could have any woman you want, well, where are they? If this is true, why are you constantly spewing bulls--- about Farrah and Shay. I truly think if you put as much effort into your productions as you do conjuring up lies about FORMER girlfriends you might still have a job! On a final note, you claim that Kevin (Beechum) is a great guy. If this is the way you treat your friends, I can see why you're alone pal."
Chuck replies to Mad Jack: "Hey Big Mad Jack. If my movies are so bad, why have I never been fired from a company. I've shot over 100 movies in five years, most of them three-and-a-half to four star movies... And yes you are correct, the guy that Shay is dating is a very nice guy. And I wish them all the best. Believe me, I have no problem getting women, as you can see by my former girlfriends... What they look like... I'm not looking to start any trouble but I did hear from three different sources that Farrah was throwing Ecstasy down Kristy's throat... I'm not look to start trouble... We are all in the same industry and we need to stick together. We should concentrate on our own jobs."
Irate Porner Complains About Slutty Ex-Girlfriend Porn Star
A porner [Chuck Martino] phoned me Sunday night [July 11]:Put this on your site... When we broke up over Christmas, she f---ed xxx. She got pregnant by him. I paid for the abortion. I took care of her. And now this slut is dating XX, a general manager... I don't find it very appealing. I found out that she's been f---ing him for a long time. And how could she do that with xxx in the next office. And can give you your input, saying how that is not a very nice thing to do...
Luke: That is not a very nice thing to do.
Porner: She pissed me off. She'll never get back with me. It amazes me what a woman will do to get back at a guy.
Luke: And she's still driving the Mustang that you bought her?
Porner: She put down the downpayment. It's in my name. She's the cosigner. Tomorrow that car is going to get repo'd [repossessed] or it will be reported to the police as stolen.
I also want you to print: What does it tell you about a girl who goes from XXXX over to CCC, gets pregnant by XX, and then starts dating his friend. What does that tell you about her Luke?
Luke sighs. These matters are so sensitive...
Porner: Kinda scum, huh?
Luke: Doesn't make me feel real comfortable...
Porner: Do you think she's doing this to motivate me?
Luke: I don't know what turns women on.
Porner: Well, that Mustang is gone tomorrow. I will call the police... I did not lose my job at VVV. I'm going there tomorrow morning. I'll be doing three movies a month. You gave your input to iii. I'd appreciate it if you could read that to me.
III told me he talked to you. And he said that you said some real nice things about me.
Luke: You've always been straight up with me...
Porner: Print today that ddd from sss has been having sex with rrr from eee behind www's back for sometime... And what does that tell you about a girl?
I made her and everyone knows her. GGG made WWW what she is. And for her to do that, and the pregnancy thing... I don't like her anymore. I'm over it. I've got more girls than I know what to do with...
I will cause no trouble at CCC. I will be very pleasant and do my job to the best of my ability. I will not mess with her. But the party's over. If she wants him, she can have him.
Write this, as far as I am concerned, she's white scum from Texas. And if it wasn't for me, I'd hate to see where she'd be at right now. She was doing anal for $500 a scene. When I got a hold of, she didn't work for eight months because I wanted her to understand the business. Then all of a sudden, for anal, she got $1500. And if this is the s--- she wants to pull with me...
I want you to write what you feel in your heart.
Ari says that you told him that if David got rid of me, that would be the worst mistake he ever made.
Luke: Right.
Porner: And Ari agrees.
www.geneross.com Fights Back
Gene sez: Contrary to what is being written or implied, New Frontier Media was contacted re: the Scott Wussow lawsuit and another pending one which might raise some eyebrows. Those requests were ignored. It's pretty much understood that New Frontier Media will not respond on this site stemming back to the J.P. Lipson lawsuit story which ran in AVN. Nevertheless, we do want their side of the story and will continue to solicit their responses on all future lawsuits. We do not create the lawsuits. We just report on them.
Marc Wallice called Gene Ross Wednesday afternoon. Ross was on the Buck Adams set. Wallice left a message to call him back either at VCA or at home. Wallice was contacted later and discussed the story going around that he and Sharon Mitchell were having sex.
Wallice: "It's my private life. It's between Sharon and me. As long as you have safe sex and take proper precautions, it's no big deal. I'm just sorry I confided in two f---ing idiots and let that come out. They said to me, boy your sex life must be different, now. I go yeah, and it just like slipped out. It's true. I meant to call Sharon and apologize to her. It's not like I was bragging or advertising. What are they getting out of doing this? This has nothing to do with the industry. She doesn't work in the business anymore."
Gene Ross sez: "Is there a cover-up in the good ol' boy network? It might be irresponsible to report as news, gossip from anonymous tipsters. These are the only facts that were known about Wallice/Mitchell. On or about July 15, Gene Ross received the following cryptic e-mail:
John and Linda write: "On behalf of a friend who wishes to remain anonymous at this time. I have no knowledge of how this whole industry works, though I believe I can see the pertainence of this being made known. I do not even know who I am sending this to, but I have to assume you hold a position of importance to the industry and I would urge you to look into this matter and take whatever steps are appropriate. "If push comes to shove, and for some reason you need to contact the originator of this information, feel free to contact me and I will have them get in touch with you."
[Presumably, this is the "friend" now commenting:] "After wrestling with this for a few months, I've decided that the need to know outweighs the respect to privacy. Sharon Mitchell has on more than one occasion f---ed Marc Wallice after knowing he was HIV positive. Have any doubts? Call Marc and I'm sure he will verify it. After all, he has told three people I know on separate occasions, so I can't see him denying it. This needs to ne known if we're to protect the industry from future HIV."
Gene Ross contacted John and Linda via e-mail, and this is what they wrote back: John and Linda: "I am still unable to identify my friend. However we just got off the phone with Rob Spallone and Jimmy Digiorgio who will be glad to confirm this since you are unwilling to check with Marc. [GR: That's totally untrue about being unwilling - it's nobody's business.]
"Both Jimmy and Rob had been told by Marc Wallice on a separate occasions. There is no doubt that this is true, and if, as I have now been lead to believe, you do indeed care about the industry's health, you will at least investigate."
Then John himself called saying the "friend" who's supposed to be well-placed in the industry would call. The "friend" never did. Unwilling to be a party to anonymous tipsters, Ross let the story go for the time being. He did call Sharon Mitchell and this is what she had to say at the time. Mitchell: "Marc and I are close friends. Whether we had sex or not, everyone in this industry gets tested on a regular basis. And that's that. I'm current negative HIV. Current negative everything. I don't know what to say to that. Isn't Marc entitled to get laid? Suppose I did f--- him, so what?"
Lisa Melendez Dies of HIV
I've heard that 1980s porn star Lisa Melendez, who appeared in about 23 videos, has died of AIDS. It may've occurred years ago and she may leave behind a husband and son.
I hear that Lisa was an intravenous drug user and that that is the most likely way she contracted the HIV virus.
Lisa's sister Melissa Melendez was a better known porn star. She appeared in about 70 videos, including several from 1990.
Traci Lords writes: Q: Why didn't John John take a shower before his flight to Martha's Vineyard? A: He figured after he got there, he'd just wash up on shore.
Vivid and Playboy
Jimmy writes: "Hi Luke, What's the deal with these new Vivid channels, THE HOT NETWORK and THE HOT ZONE? THE HOT NETWORK has the same movies and program schedule as Spice I and THE HOT ZONE has the same movies and schedule as Spice II (check listings at http://www.thehotnetwork.com and http://www.cyberspice.com). Two competitors sharing the same line-up of movies and schedules? This seems odd. Give us the scoop before Gene Ross does."
Luke: Left without government intervention, capitalism tends to monopoly. Vivid and Playboy work intimately together. Playboy sold Vivid Spice Hot. Vivid, VCA, Playboy, AVN etc are all in bed together.
Duke Sues Rob Spallone
Porner Sydney Glassberg, better known as Duke, is suing Rob Spallone in civil court for battery. Luke will supposedly be subpoened.
Luke did not see their scuffle but Luke heard about it. Here are my notes on Duke and Rob:
5/25/98
Luke: He says that you beat up Duke, an old cripple.
Rob: I never beat up anyone. I went over to one guy's office and threw the place around. He owed me thousands of dollars. He paid me my money. Duke fell in my office. I did not beat him up. I have seven witnesses. Duke is a 62-year old cripple. If I hit Duke, he would be dead.
I met Duke through Roy Karch. Duke is a pimp. All he wants to do is shoot up, get laid and pimp the girls out. About a year ago I had a problem. Duke was living in this house that we were using for shoots. The cops busted the place one day. He used my name on the permit. I told Duke to stay away from me.
Seven months later he calls, "Rob, it's your buddy Duke. My girlfriend is shooting at your place tomorrow and I want to come over."
I said: "Duke, come over but don't give me a hard time…" He hung around for a few months. He lived in a house through Nitro with a guy Bobbi and Mikey. They rented the place out for shoots. The owner found out and got pissed off. They traced it back to me again. My name was on the permit again. I told Duke to leave me alone. If I see you again, I will kick you in your asshole.
Two days later, we're shooting [3/98]. Duke calls: "Hey Rob, it's the Duke man. I've got my new Cadillac and my new girl, Marilyn Star, sucking my dick. So can I come over?"
I'm standing in the parking lot with my girl Brittany. Duke's got something wrong with his windshield wipers.
Duke tells Brittany: "I got a job for you tonight. $500. You go over and suck this guy's dick."
I yelled at Duke: "I am not a pimp. We don't do that here." Jim South and Reb do. They provide girls for bachelors parties. He comes inside. I sit here and abuse him. I said to his girl [Marilyn Star]. Did you see his house? Yeah. It's nice huh? Yeah. Did he tell you he owned it? Yeah. Owns it? He can't even pay the rent. The landlord gave him an eviction notice.
Duke gets embarrassed and mad. He walked over to the desk. He threw an ashtray of cigarettes at me. I grabbed him by the collar and put his head on the desk and said, 'get the f--- out of here before I kill you.' I went to drag him and he fell right here [side of Rob's desk]. I swear on my kids. I went to pick him up, and he had on stripper clothes. Velcro clothes. Ever see a stripper? I picked him up by the ass of his pants, had him a foot off the ground, when his pants came off in my hand. I grabbed him by the shirt and the same thing happened. Everyone's laughing. He leaves. Marilyn Star ran away from him that night. Later I hear all these stories how I supposedly beat him up.
Detective Toledo phones about Sydney Glassberg aka Duke… Duke makes money by suing guys like Bobby Hollander… He smokes his crack and tries to talk girls into coming over to blow him.
6/2/98
Spallone is laughing over a report in the 6/98 AVN by Gene Ross that he, Rob, beat the old drug-abusing Jewish pimp cripple Duke with a baseball bat.
James DiGiorgio: The talk about him [Spallone] is inflated. He's loud, boisterous and sometimes, maybe, obnoxious… He talks the talk, and walks the walk [of a gangster]… People listen to it, and make assumptions… Rob did not beat the s--- out of Duke. Duke would not be living if Rob beat him. Perhaps some of the guys associated with Duke seem like gangsters, but again this is just Brooklyn extreme. They are just guys who've watched movies like Goodfellas and Casino, watched [actor] Joe Peschi…
6/4/98 Rob: Let's print this… Duke…
Luke interrupts: Did you beat him with a baseball bat?
Rob: A machine gun. Listen. He's going around asking everybody to be his witness [in a lawsuit against Rob, or for criminal charges related to a supposed beating as reported in the 6/98 AVN and on l-keford.com.] He's trying to pay people to be his witness. He's trying to sue me. I told him that I was worth $300 million.
Rob: A guy from New York called. 'Duke wants me to testify that you beat him up.' I know you didn't beat him up and I wasn't even there. How can he want me to testify? The guy is losing his mind.
6/30/98
Talent agent Rob Spallone has a court date of July 6th to face charges of supposedly beating pornographer "Duke" aka Philip Glassman.
7/29/98
On Tuesday, 7/28, Rob went to see the DA over the lawsuit by Duke aka Sydney Glassberg, who alleges that Rob beat him up. "As we walked up the DA office's steps, up comes Sydney…with an oxygen tank and a walker. And Peter Davey says that he came by his office the other day in a new Cadillac, with no walker and no oxygen tank. He has a new job. He drives prostitutes around at night. "The DA had so sense of humor. They called me, Matt Jade and Mark Spiegler in… Then they said, 'call next week and we'll let you know if we're going to arrest you…' "I must've told the DA 50 times that Duke is a pimp, a drug addict and a drug dealer."
8/22/98
11:30AM: I arrive at Star World. Rob rubs his knuckles. They hurt from his fighting in NY. He says that the DA is not filing charges over his scuffle with the cripple pimp Duke.
10/27/98
Luke: "Well, maybe Jasmine's gangbang was so arousing?"
Gene Ross [AVN]: "That is so ludicrous that it isn't even worth dignifying. The man is showing what little intelligence he possesses by making a quote like that. I am not a 75 year old man who can't fight back [Duke?]. If Mr. Spallone thinks that I have offended him in any way, tell him that I have a 14 page lawsuit that I haven't began to think about writing. I was doing him a favor by bypassing this but now I think I will pay some attention to the legal problems he faces in a court of law."
10/30/98
Rob booms into my tape recorder as he drives: "I listened to what Gene Ross had to say. He's still a cunt. I couldn't care if he was 15 or 105. He's a cunt. If anybody ever called me a cunt, oh boy what I would do.
"Number two. He doesn't have the balls to tell me to go f--- myself because he's a cunt. And three... Try and sue me you f---ing asshole. And the Duke lawsuit was dropped. And if they want to sue me, I'll sue them [AVN] for writing s--- about me. And I didn't threaten anybody [Rob has tired of getting phone calls from law enforcement who read my web site]. My opinion of Gene Ross is that he is a queer. I caught him jerking off in the studio. I have it on tape, he's trying to back talk himself that he didn't say s---.
"I'll take a lie detector test over everything I said. Let Gene Ross take a lie detector test over what he said, if he wants to play a cunt game like that I'll swear on anything that he told Jim South to go f--- himself. I did not raise my voice to him [Gene]. In front of eight people on speaker phone, he kept going 'why are you busting my balls, Rob?'"
Kid Sparkle, Kid Vegas Mix It Up
Kid Sparkle and Kid Vegas got into a fight Thursday night after Kid Vegas abused Kid Sparkle on the Harley Fire cable TV show. It was shot live at the TCI Cable studio on Oxnard St in Van Nuys. The two female guests were Tawny Lions and Eden Rae.
Harley Fire said at midnight, Friday morning: "Kid Vegas said that Kid Sparkle's movies suck. That Kid Sparkle is a little dick... Kid Sparkle was watching the show live."
At the conclusion of the 30-minute show at 8:30PM, Kid Vegas left. Five minutes later, Kid Sparkle showed up with his girlfriend Chandler in a separate car. "Kid Sparkle was really pissed off. 'I'm going to f--- this asshole.'"
A few minutes later, Kid Vegas showed up, looking for a tape of the show. Kid Sparkle started abusing him. Kid Vegas fled.
The two kids got into a car chase down Van Nuys Blvd down to Oxnard Blvd. Sparkle, with another guy, drove a Mustang. Chandler, his girlfriend, drove a VW Rabbit. They both followed Kid Vegas. Then Kid Vegas returned to the TCI studio looking for a tape of the show. Kid Vegas and Kid Sparkle started screaming at each other. Kid Vegas said he had a gun in his backseat and he threatened to shoot Kid Sparkle. Chandler yelled at Kid Vegas, "you're trying to act like Kid Sparkle. You're trying to be like Kid Sparkle. You're trying to ruin his name..."
Kid Sparkle said he had bodyguard who'd spent time in prison who had a gun. Kid Sparkle made fun of Kid Vegas's car.
Eventually security showed up and broke up the fight. Chandler screamed at them.
Host Harley Fire, 33 years of age, has now done two sex scenes, one with Sheena Steel. Two girls phoned in Thursday night asking Harley Fire to show his dick.
Marc Wallice Calls Gene Ross
Marc Wallice called Gene Ross early Wednesday afternoon to say it was true - he had had sex with AIM's Sharon Mitchell after testing HIV positive. Gene made no mention of it - could it be another "cover up the good old boys (and girls) network" deal? Instead Gene runs a piece about all the great things happening at AIM.