More than 20 people ( a whole 20?)who lined up to hear a lecture by a former pornographic actress near San Jose were disappointed to learn that the long-awaited event was canceled at the last minute. According to a news report filed by entertainment reporter Ariel Chaves Gonzalez of daily tabloid Diario Extra, those who were stood up by the former adult film star did not wish to be identified, but they were visibly upset.
As previously reported by The Costa Rica Star, Shelley Lubben was scheduled to deliver a lecture at the Wyndham Herradura hotel and Convention Center, not far from San Jose, in mid-November. Before 9:30 pm on Tuesday, long after the lecture had been scheduled to begin, the event organizers explained to those who arrived to hear Ms. Lubben that she left a message at the hotel’s front desk; the message explained that she left in a hurry because her husband suffered a heart attack in the United States.
On November 12th, Ms. Lubben posted a Twitter update that indicated she was on her way to Costa Rica, and she linked to the previous report by The Costa Rica Star. Organizers indicated that the admission fee to the lecture will be refunded in about a month. This would have been Ms. Lubben’s first appearance in Costa Rica.
By her own account, Ms. Lubben had sex with hundreds of men and dozens of women in her prior life as a pornographic actress in the United States. These days, however, Ms. Lubben is one of the world’s leading reformers in the anti-pornography movement.
As a born-again Christian and director of the Pink Cross Foundation, a faith-based organization that reaches out to the public and to people who work in the pornographic industry. Through the Pink Cross Foundation, Ms. Lubben explains that she intends to provide education about the realities of the adult film industry.
During her tumultuous time as a pornographic actress, Ms. Lubben also worked as a prostitute. She was addicted to drugs and alcohol, became pregnant more than once, fell victim to cervical cancer after contracting the human papilloma virus and had part of her cervix surgically removed. She compares the adult film industry to slavery.
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