Porn Actresses Keep Getting Raped

And this is not a price they should pay just so we can jerk off.

Stark Raving

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Four French porn actors were last week charged with rape as a string of women come forward about years of abuse on amateur and professional porn film sets. This is the first time that porn actors in France have been charged with rape, although last year, two porn film producers and two others were charged with pimping and modern slavery. A source close to the investigation said around 50 abuse victims had been identified.

Meanwhile, the website “French Bukkake”, a hub for hardcore “amateur” videos has also been denounced by women who say they suffered violence on set. One actress told AFP that she had been forced to have unprotected sex with a man who had lied about testing negative for a sexually transmitted infection, and that on another occasion a director had made her do practices that left her in pain for days.

A #MeToo Moment for the Porn Industry

Some are comparing the current wave of porn actresses coming forward with a #MeToo movement in the industry, and France is not the only country where this is happening.

In August, US porn star Ron Jeremy was formally charged with raping or sexually assaulting 21 women and girls. He used his celebrity to…

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Stark Raving
Stark Raving

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