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Originally Posted by pompousjohn
Yeah I am looking at this and thinking, this shit sucks but a line needs to be drawn between whether its a sex crime or a financial crime. Seems like everything he did would have been OK if his checks cleared.
Otherwise we have a situation where suddenly not paying a hooker or a model is considered rape. And don't get me wrong, its pretty bad. But rape is worse. At least I think so. I've never been raped. I've been not paid and it was pretty bad but I still feel like being raped would be worse.
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Originally Posted by Screwed Up
True. I'd leave the sexual assault and "hate crime" out of the story. If the model agreed on the scene and had been paid there would be no problem.
Not paying people for their hard work AND writing bad checks... I hope he gets what he deserves. Bastard.
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Originally Posted by JP-pornshooter
so if you shoot content like these guys where you humiliate the performers and pay them, then you are fine.
if you dont pay them or dupe them with bad checks, then you have sexually assaulted the performers, OK i get it now...
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I've been shooting adult content (porn if you want) for over 12 years, which is a lot in porn years, and I think as a Producer/Director that we owe more to our talent than to equate a serial abuser, with a person that simply accidentally wrote a bad check here and there.
It sounds like Blaise Christie and his accomplice used the lure of pay to actually go far beyond anything consensual, and then to make matters worse, and possibly rise to the level of rape or a hate crime, it appears that these were pre-meditated acts designed to degrade and unfairly exploit other persons (or in this case many persons), who are also people who work in this industry we share, so I think we should all feel a little concerned and want justice for our performers.
For some people, I guess it doesn't sink in until something like this happens to someone they personally know.
I personally know Eden Alexander, and I hope that she and the other girls get justice beyond making Blaise Christie simply paying back the money which he owes to Eden and the other girls whom he swindled.
I find his crimes of a much more serious nature than simply bouncing checks.
Thanks for the bumps to help spread awareness.
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