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Written by jay
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Tuesday, 04 March 2008 05:05 |
Two bareback titles have been pulled from the shelves in Britain amid allegations that four models were found to be infected with HIV shortly after a December shoot. The actions by San Diego-based Puppy Productions, distributed in Britain by Icreme, were prompted this week by an investigation BBC's Newsnight program. The investigation was spurred by the arrest last week of film director Rufus Ffoulkes on charges stemming from the use of an sixteen-year old model.
Royal Raw Auditions 1 has been pulled from shelves on other occasions amidst controversy about the model's age. (Pictured at right, Rufus Ffoulkes as the adorable Daddy Darby in a different, but equally unnerving, twinksploitation opus.) The distributer pulled the titles voluntarily after receiving journalists' inquiries from Newsnight in connection with their story.
Presumably given the attention from a major news outlet and the potential of legal action stemming from HIV infections, Icreme, the largest bareback producer in Britain has committed to stop producing bareback in favor of safer-sex features. Requisite quotes denouncing bareback films were obtained from Chi Chi LaRue and her British anti-bareback counterpart, Steven Brewer.
The decision of a major bareback producer to use condoms echoes sentiments by US bareback producer HDK to employ HIV testing. This might be seen as a bellwether, but for the fact of the announcement, two weeks ago, by major US producer Dark Alley Media that future productions by their studio will be entirely "condom-free."
As per usual with mainstream press attention, the breathless reporting has resulted in the conflation of facts, and the general confusion of us. We're still sorting out the facts in between covering our eyes, and any one who's able to make sense of it (good attempt JC, but we're still confused-but it could be the jet lag).
Editor's Note: Though nothing about this story is particularly laugh-worthy, we have to note some mild amusement at the BBC's insistence on referring to Chi Chi LaRue as a "he."
EARLIER:
Porn Stars to Producers: Condoms Not Enough!
Dark Alley Goes Condom-Free in Hawk Debut
Bareback Studio Begins HIV Testing
Chi Chi Attacks Bareback Producers
Three British Bareback Twinks Contract HIV the Old Fashioned Way
HIV Scandal in Gay Porn Industry (BBC)
Underage Brit Model: Puppy Prods Speaks Out (GayPornTimes)
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