Exploitation and Mental Health in the A***t Entertainment Industry

 

Andi Rye and Derek Hay

The impact statements submitted by the five female porn performers who worked for Amerca's pimp, Derek Hay all tell you there's a class action suit in the works.

Hay, 60, is scheduled for sentencing August 2. In late May, Hay pleaded guilty to felony counts of perjury and conspiracy to commit pandering as part of a plea agreement in the case against him and two co-defendants.

Andi Rye [photo], also known as Jane Doe #3, stated that in 2017, she was a “naïve and vulnerable” 24-year-old with cardiac health issues and medical bills, which influenced her decision to seek employment as a webcam model. After being scouted online by LA Direct, Rye said she was “led to believe I could trust Derek and his agency to do the best for my career.”

Rye said she was manipulated into performing extreme sexual acts that ultimately damaged her mental and physical health. As bookings for video work declined, she said she was pressured into escorting jobs. Rye said she believed this was a strategy used on her and other clients of Hay, as part of a conspiracy to coerce models into escort work.

Her experience with the case, she said, has led to “lifetime damage,” which included cardiac arrest requiring hospitalization, anxiety, treatment-resistant depression and PTSD, as well as ongoing “fear of retaliation” by Hay and his co-defendants.

Fear of retaliation was a common thread in each of the five actresses’ stories. Rye described an interview she gave to promote a content scene for director Pierre Woodman. Encouraged to be as “depraved” as possible during the interview, her quotes were later used to mock and bully her on social media, after she joined the labor violations case.

Woodman has been linked to an ongoing case in Europe involving a director who sexually abused and trafficked women for prostitution.


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