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Originally posted by Trixie Racer
Despite what everyone has said, Darren James has been a total stand-up guy. He got tested every 3 weeks instead of every 4, immediately gave a list of who else he had worked with, and has cooperated completely. I wish we could say the same for Laura Roxxx. People here have been beating down Darren James when he has been a MAN about this whole bad situation instead of running away.
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First thing. Darren didn't provide a complete list of who he worked with. At least one name was added 3 days after the story broke. He didn't remember ever girl apparently and his producers were of no help.
Second. Being tested every 3 weeks is great. Kudos to him. But aparently he was somewhat misinformed about things and believed that having a test the day after having unprotected anal sex with a Brazilian prostitute would give an accurate result. He was VERY wrong.
Third. Lara has cooperated with AIM just as completely as Darren did. At least she had fewer people to remember for her list.
Fourth. Well actually Darren has run away. He has gone missing and even his best friend can't find him.
Don't get me wrong. I personally like Darren a lot. And yes I do know him. But he did fuck up. He's not a demon but defintely not a saint either. Personally I hold him less responsible than his producers but he does have a responsiblity for what happened.
Some of the performers and producers in this industry really are woefully uninformed about the realities of aids. Sad but true. If any producer in LA started shooting using prostitutes, and didn't use condoms or get tests for the prostitutes, he would almost certainly be blacklisted by every other company in the business. Hell he'd probably be blacklisted by most people even if he did use condoms and get tests. Prostitutes have a very significantly higher incidence of HIV. Mark Anthony said he checked on the internet and found that Brazil had no higher rate of infection than the US. Actually they are slightly higher but not significantly. However he apparently forgot that they were shooting with prostitutes and even if they did get tests for the girls they were very unlikely to be reliable. Very unlikely.