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Actritele porno acuza un agent puternic al industriei de frauda si abuz sexual

Unul dintre cei mai importanti agenti ai industriei porno a fost acuzat de femei pe care le reprezinta de frauda, abuz sexual si legaturi cu o afacere ilegala de escorte – acuzatii care includ constrangeri de executare pentru a plati taxe si penalitati „nerezonabile” fie in numerar, fie prin efectuarea de acte sexuale pe l.

Derek Hay, proprietarul LA Direct Models din Los Angeles, este numit intr-o plangere depusa la oficiul comisarului muncii din California in iunie.

„Cel mai neregulat, el ii constrange pe unii dintre interpretii sai in” escortare „si apoi, in cazul in care incearca sa-si rezilieze contractele (ilegale), ameninta sa le„ scoata „pentru efectuarea de munca sexuala ilegala”, se arata in plangere.

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Daca nu se conformeaza, Hay isi distruge carierele refuzand sa le rezerveze pentru munca, chiar daca au fost solicitate in mod specific, spune acesta.

Mai multe actrite reprezentate de LA Direct au descris la NBC modul in care au fost manipulate financiar si puse in prostitutie de catre Hay intr-un documentar de 75 de minute produs de NBC.  

Hay, in cadrul unei audieri in fata Biroului Comisariatului Muncii, a negat orice fapta gresita si vreo legatura cu escorta ilegala. Hay a refuzat sa comenteze la NBC, dar a postat un videoclip de 50 de minute online, dupa ce NBC a publicat aceasta poveste in care a refuzat sa oblige clientii sa efectueze acte sexuale sau sa ii imbuneze in prostitutie. 

„Evident, intrebarea in sine este de natura jignitoare”, a spus Hay, in videoclip, la acuzatiile potrivit carora a constrans clientii sa efectueze acte sexuale asupra lui in schimbul rezervarilor mai bune sau reducerea sau renuntarea la datorii. 

Femeile care au adus plangerea sunt identificate doar ca Jane face de la 1 la 4. Ei spun in plangere ca se tem de vatamari fizice sau psihice de represalii si de ruina carierei lor de catre o persoana puternica din industrie.

NBC a vorbit cu 26 de actuali si fosti interpreti de film pentru adulti si alti agenti care au facut afirmatii similare cu cele continute in reclamatiile adresate Biroului Comisariatului Muncii. Multi au spus ca le este frica sa se prezinte, deoarece se tem de represalii.

Adria Rae s-a inscris ca client al LA Direct Models si, desi nu a depus o plangere impotriva lui Hay, a descris experiente similare. 

„Ma ingrozeste faptul ca o alta tanara ar putea cadea victima a ceva de genul acesta”, a spus Rae, folosind numele ei de ecran. 

Heather Berg, lector in domeniul studiilor de gen si sexualitate la Dornsife College de la Universitatea din sudul Californiei, a declarat ca legislatia privind ocuparea fortei de munca a fost prost conceputa si a pus sarcina aplicarii asupra lucratorilor individuali. Statul nu va actiona decat daca lucratorii individuali aduc o plangere oficiala, un proces scump care ii deschide spre represalii, a spus Berg, autorul unei viitoare carti despre industrie, „Lucrarea porno”.

Potrivit plangerii, stigmatul impotriva lucratorilor sexuali ingreuneaza actritele sa solicite ajutor juridic atunci cand sunt supuse hartuirii, constrangerii si altor comportamente ilegale, in ciuda miscarii #MeToo.

„Cu toate acestea, in aceste perioade de schimbare, un grup mic de femei – curajos – a decis sa se prezinte, sa isi riste cariera si siguranta personala, in efortul de a-si revendica drepturile de actori si fiinte umane si de a-i proteja pe ceilalti”, plangerea spune.

Berg a spus ca miscarea #MeToo nu a facut o diferenta uriasa in ceea ce priveste disponibilitatea interpretilor si a remarcat ca artistii criticau presupusele practici ale lui Hay de ani de zile.

„Dar a facut mai usor pentru straini sa auda acele critici si sa le plaseze intr-un cadru familiar”, a spus Berg.

Ea sustine ca un obstacol in aducerea miscarii #MeToo catre industriile sexului este ca feministele anti-pornografie au convins oamenii ca toate performantele porno sunt violente.

„So when workers come forward about actually exploitative practices, outsiders assume it’s normal, almost something workers sign up for when they enter the industry,” she said.

The complaint accuses Hay of signing multi-year, multi-page contracts with his clients but then submitting only one page for approval by the Labor Commissioner’s Office. He requires producers to pay more than his clients’ agreed upon fees but fails to pay his clients their share, the women say.

They charge that Hay is affiliated with an illegal escort business called The Luxury Companion, allegedly owned by Dwight Cunningham and Karine Michmichian, and that they exchange secret referral fees. Hay has used The Luxury Companion to book sexual encounters with his own clients, they say.

„Hay, Cunningham and Michmichian are willfully involved in prostitution and sex trafficking,” the complaints alleges.

They also accuse Cunningham of threatening and engaging in physical violence against those who challenge Hay, with Hay’s knowledge and under his direction.

Earlier cases filed with the Labor Commissioner’s Office contain some of the same charges. One woman accused Hay in 2017 of withholding at least $1,955 from her for three modeling engagements, which he denied. In October, Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su ordered Hay to pay her $3,500 in unpaid earnings and interest plus attorney fees. Another woman, in 2013, said Hay required her to provide escorting services. She said she later dropped her complaint because she was losing money.

Berg said that support for workers who try to organize could improve conditions in the pornography industry. Performers have attempted to unionize at different points over the last 30 years and have been met with employers fighting hard to quash their efforts, she said. Employment law must better fit the needs of independent contractors and not place the burden of enforcement on individual workers, she said. Finally, prostitution should be decriminalized and laws meant to fight sex trafficking — the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act and Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act — should be overturned because they make it harder for performers to work independently and give power to abusive managers, she said.

Hadley Viscara is another Hay client who is speaking out but who also has not brought a formal complaint against him.

„Nobody should have to have sex with someone in power to get better work and to be treated better,” said Viscara, who is also using her screen name. „And in this case you do.”

„I’m speaking out now because there have been so many other girls who were in my exact same situation that couldn’t speak out,” she said. „And his time is up.”

Editor’s Note: Following publication, Dwight Cunningham told NBC that he does not own or run the Luxury Companion and he disputes that NBC attempted to contact him for comment in connection with this story.

An earlier version of this story misidentified the California Labor Commissioner’s Office.

Noreen O’Donnell contributed to this story.

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