I had a quick phone chat with the producer who shot the talent with forged test. The interview was cut short by a phone call and I doubt I will get a return call. However this is what information I was able to gather:
1. Patient emailed a copy of the test first.
2. Talent showed up on set with a black and white copy
3. Producer tried to scan it but was having net issues at shoot location
4. Under the section that says syphilis instead of reactive or non-reactive the letters N/A appeared
5. The female that was booked allegedly was romantically involved with the male positive talent
6 Producer was told they traveled together
7. Because of this the producer went ahead and shot
8. After shoot he logged in using Q code due to the poor quality of the test
9. Patients email was dated July 23rd and shoot was July 25th.
10. Producer says there’s little doubt test was altered
11. I have name of scene partner but at this time I am not releasing it
According to Xbiz he tested on July 21st
The female talents STD status hasn’t been confirmed yet
Other things of interest — producer says both parties really wanted to do the shoot. Producer only checked TTS later due to the poor quality of test.
I spoke with the producer today, as well. According to the Xbiz report, “The performer admitted to Hay he was feeling ill in mid-July and underwent tests with his personal physician, at which time the syphilis was originally diagnosed. He was also given medication at the time, Hay said.” “Then he tested on July 21, approximately a week later, at Talent Testing Services.” The shoot date was July 25, which — according to the Derek Hay/Shy Love timeline — was at least 10 days after his treatment from his private physician. The good news is, under the facts as alleged… Read more »
So once again, I have some questions. 1) If they figured that the test was altered by July 25th, then why didn’t the producers of this shoot immediately notify TTS and immediately halt the shoot and force the performer to take a more comprehensive test?? 2) The claim is that the performer engaged in two other shoots between that particular shoot and when he was finally outed last week. Yet, LACDPH is now reporting that they have obtained 9 verified syphilis infections as of tonight. How do we know that all those infected were the byproduct of that particular performer,… Read more »
1) It’s not clear who was notified or when.
2) There is no data yet that links the other infections to this performer. It may exist, but we don’t have it yet. This performer may have been infected by the same person who infected other performers.
3) That’s the most important issue. Why does the TTS business model put performers last?
I thought under the TTS database for the performers security that if you tested positive for something, they lock you out of the dashboard? You cannot obtain a hard copy of your test and they call you with the results. If so, how would this producer have been able to log in or have a test with a current Q-code? Did he create an entirely altered test, date and results?
It’s my understanding that at some point (after he could get online) the producer found he was locked out. That’s how he concluded that the test, which appeared altered, was indeed altered.
Still though…why would he go to the trouble of an altered test and possibly getting caught? He could have just gone to CET that didn’t test for syphilis and been good until September during Syphilis Month.
I mean, thank goodness this didn’t stretch out that far..but if you’re trying to beat the less than perfect system out of greed, that would have been the way.
Because Mr. Marcus is cocky, has a huge ego, and is a moron. He thought he was too smart to get caught tainting the cookie jar.
Yes, if the performer’s plan was to avoid detection, it was a very poor plan indeed.
Shy Love has said TTS didn’t notify her of the performer’s syphilis status. The performer may have booked the shoot directly simply to pocket a little more money. The whole story is very odd.
Also, July 23rd email would match up with having tested on July 21st (a Saturday).
I believe I read in the AVN article that TTS just started testing for Syphilis in July. With CET only testing for it 2x a year, and the outbreak in Europe, it is no surprise that there were others running around with it unknowing. The fact that others are infected IN NO WAY makes the test alterer responsible for all.
He should be punished though. 12 scenes bottoming for trannies, and 3 scenes w/ fat broads, including eating their asses.
Worker safety issues! A guy alters a test and infects the performer pool!!! Naw! Not in porn!!! Those people are so above board and they are soooo close and they would never do that to each other! WRONG! They need the money and they can’t afford to go to the doctor so instead they self medicate with antibiotics from Mexico and work while they’re ‘healing’, passing an even more potent std on to their partners!!! Then the best part is when they brag that they have NEVER caught a disease in the adult film industry! One last thing. I know… Read more »
Aw man, now we getting clowns blocked from LIB. Shouldn’t you be allegedly harassing Germy?
If they don’t like doing condom free porn, they can go get a real job, you schmuck. I never read the rule that after you fuck on film once, you can’t do anything else w/ your life.
Dianne Duke says, “I don’t think he cheated the system.”
If altering a test is not cheating the system, that system needs to be abandon. Let the spin game begin.
No one should ever, EVER alter a test, but not because the paper is some holy document, but because the very purpose of the system is to provide notice to fellow performers. This goes to their CONSENT to work with that performer. They have to feel comfortable enough to work with that performer, and they must be informed of the medical facts they wish to know, to the fullest degree that the other performer knows them. Then they decide whether or not to do the scene with the performer. So, if — IF — this performer only worked with talent… Read more »
Here’s the timeline, according to an AVN interview with Mr. Marcus himself (yes, he outed himself as the patient): According to Mr. Marcus’ timeline, he saw his personal physician July 11 after not feeling well. The next day, July 12, the physician told Mr. Marcus that he tested positive for syphilis. On the subsequent day, July 13, he went and got a penicillin shot and was told to abstain from sexual activity for 7-10 days, which he reports he did and even cancelled shoots within that timeframe. On the eleventh day after he received the dose of penicillin, July 24,… Read more »