AIDS Healthcare Sues Porn Agents For Allowing Clients To Bareback

The AIDS Healthcare Foundation in Los Angeles is suing nine porn actors' agencies for letting their clients bareback in movies. The lawsuit was filed with the California labor commissioner.

“These talent agencies are a pipeline for the procurement of young people for the adult film industry,” said Michael Weinstein, President of AIDS Healthcare Foundation. “It is reckless for these agents to jeopardize the health of their clients by encouraging and profiting from the unsafe, potentially life-threatening behavior of the models and performers they represent. Many of these agents are callous enough to describe the unprotected sexual acts their clients will engage in on a checklist on their websites as cavalierly as if one was ordering off a menu in a restaurant. We are asking the California Labor Commissioner to investigate and crack down on the illegal behavior of these state-licensed agencies.” The talent agencies targeted in AHF’s labor commission complaints include: A List Media; ATMLA; Gold Star Modeling; LA Direct Models; Lisa Ann’s Talent Management; Metro Talent Management; Spiegler Girls; Type 9 Models, Inc. and World Modeling. The agencies represent anywhere from approximately 30 to as many as 140 models and performers each, with a mix of male and female performers, however far more female performers appear on each website.

Weinstein told reporters: "If there were a construction employment agency, they couldn't say John Doe is available to dangle 100 feet over the ground without a harness. That would be shut down instantaneously."