Scandal is not saved for mainstream entertainment’s top names. In the adult industry, there have been some brow-raising off-set occurrences that range from the bizarre and laughable, to the downright disturbing and wicked.
To begin on a light note, we are taking a look at the most detestable reality “star” Farrah Abraham, who gained notoriety via MTV’s Teen Mom franchise. She has a mouthwatering rack and a bang-worthy body for sure, but her crazy meter buzzes daily alerts! Nobody can attest to this more than James Deen, the prolific porn veteran who found himself caught in her web of insanity.
When a sex tape of them surfaced, Farrah claimed that she never meant for the video to go public and that she sold it to Vivid only after the footage was stolen from her. Vivid has proven this to be untrue. She boasted of having dated Deen, but he says that they were never in a relationship and that the XXX footage is the result of a paid shoot. She even went on to make abuse allegations against him, which he has vehemently denied.
In 2017, gay male porn star David Meza was tried and convicted of the 2015 murder of his romantic partner, Jake Merendino, a 51-year-old retired oil heir. Meza, who had a pregnant girlfriend on the side, lived a double life and wanted to inherit Merendino’s wealth upon his death, so David took it upon himself to expedite the process. Meza stabbed Merendino multiple times and dumped his lifeless body into a ravine in Mexico. After his conviction, he was sentenced to life in prison.
Adult film star Bree Olsen found herself in the midst of Charlie Sheen’s 2011 career implosion when his warlock and tiger blood ramblings, among other unstable antics, made him the butt of jokes and took him off Hollywood’s radar. Olsen, along with model Natalie Kenly, was touted by Sheen as his live-in goddesses, and he welcomed film crews inside of his mansion to capture the triad’s unique dynamic.
While things appeared rosy on the surface at the time, the relationship’s foundation eventually crumbled, and when Charlie went public with his HIV-positive status, Bree took to the media to lash out against her ex. She said to Inside Edition, “It was like playing Russian Roulette, that’s the best way to put it. It was like he was putting a gun to my head and pulling the trigger each time.”
In late 2014, hijab-wearing Arabian hottie Mia Khalifa was an instant success, but this soon led to a series of unsettling events. When her first scenes surfaced, seeing her in the buff, minutes after ogling her in a conservative hijab, lent to the forbidden fruit factor something fierce! However, when these American scenes were picked up by Lebanese media, she received death threats from Lebanese men and the Islamic State. She also became estranged from her family due to her career choice. After a modest three months in the industry, Mia called porn a wrap, but she remains very sought-after, ranking as one of the most popular performers on Pornhub several years after her swan song.