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We would need to know more of the facts before anyone can really say more -- was she an amateur and not a pro....was it one scene she did for you or was it her 100th scene or did she have a website with you... ect... But based on her being an amateur model with few scenes under her belt...
If its a hardcore scene and your scene was shot in the US but not in California and/or New Hampshire and I was her attorney I would challenge the validity of the model release. At the heart of the release is a contract for sex on camera for money which puts it dangerously close to prostitution/solicitation. Remember you will be seen by a judge as a pornographer and her a innocent model.
The model release may be determined to be void ab initio. She can then come after your profits because it is as though you never had a release to begin with and she will have a valid Right to Publicity claim. In California, the Right to Publicity code section (Cal. Civil Code 3344) allows her to get profits and attorneys fees.
Get a lawyer or take down the content. To litigate this issue be prepared to spend more than $50,000. Is her scene worth that ?
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