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Luke's Biggest Scoops

* I reported first on porn's five HIV cases in early 1998 - including Tricia Devereaux, Brooke Ashley, Kimberly Jade. In late April, 1998, I outed Marc Wallice as HIV positive, which stopped him from spreading his infection to other porn girls. In July, 1998, I published the first interviews of Wallice and Ashley which rocked the industry.

* Inside porn's one trade magazine Adult Video News, the dominant power in the sex industry.

* Most in-depth reportage on Carl Ruderman's vicious Crescent empire.

* My sustained coverage of the "Australian Porn Mafia."

* The most comprehensive report on the role of organized crime in porn.

* I'm the only industry journalist to report on the 1998 book which claimed that VCA owner Russ Hampshire tried to have his business partner Walter Gernert murdered.

* I'm the only journalist of which I am aware who reported on Vivid Video's internet scams in the spring and summer of 1998.

* I broke the story on the FTC's bust of RJB Telcom. Wired magazine consequently called me The Most Hated Man In Porn.

* TV producer Darren Star left behind a dead 19-year old blonde in his hotel room.

* The travails of black female performer Tori Coca Flame who tested HIV positive in January, 2001.

* The travails of Earl Slate and his dramas with female performers Jasmin St. Claire and Kianna Bradley.

* I beat back libel suits from Laurie Holmes (dismissed by the court), widow of John Holmes, and Stephen Michael Cohen (he dropped it), who stole the Sex.com domain name.