#352696 - 08/23/0802:21 PMRe: Margold speaks on Max
Darrah
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Did Traci ever say she was a victim of the industry? She said of her stepfather and an older boy at school when she was much younger. But I always heard she always said no one ever put a gun to her head and she did it because she was young and needed the money and hated being poor.
Alexandra Quinn wasn't as famous as Traci. So there really wasn't that much of a scandal with her and didn't cost the industry that much in pulled videos and that's why they took her back after she turned 18.
Traci said she started using another name and was getting work as a model. One, possibly Japanese, company hired her here in the U.S. but then found out who she was and threatened to sue her for fraud. So she decided to stay with Traci Lords and not run and hide anymore. Harry Reems, who is really religious, kept the name Harry Reems and it's not his birth name. Just saw an old interview of his where he says he didn't want people to think he was hiding.
Of course at first she got the jobs she did because of her name. But she did say that most auditions never worked out and she found out she never had a chance and they just wanted to meet her. But after 22 years now, she gets work because of her resume and not because of teen porn star. That whole gimmick would have worn out 20 years ago if she didn't have the talent to pack it up.
I believe Jenna ruined whatever chance that movie had of making any money. The star of the movie, Robert England, didn't even show up for the premiere of the movie. The movie did so bad that it didn't even crack the charts at all. I tried finding out how much it made but couldn't. I forgot the name of the movie but one movie I remember barely got in the top 100 and it only made about $30,000. The movie got so much publicity and she went on The View and it couldn't even get onto the charts. She ruined the movie because she is not a likable person.
Jim South who spent alot on his trial but was later acquitted made Traci look like a bigger victim. On her E! True Hollywood Story, Jim said Traci stepfather brought her into his studio and told him I'll get her into porn movies one day. Traci has claimed her stepfather waited in the car outside. Now why would Jim lie when she is the reason why he was put on trial? Tom Byron said that he was never allowed into her home because she told him someone from her past was staying there and holding something over her head. It was probably her stepfather. Many people including her own family knew how old she was and kids in her former school. And she said the government had a three year file on her. She was in porn for three years. I always thought that the FBI knew right away how old she was but never did anything waiting for the right time to come in and arrest people and having more porn credits to her name so it would cost the industry more money after being made illegal.
She also said after the scandal broke, men came over to her apartment and attacked her boyfriend and kicked Traci in the face. She also had a hard time trying to convince the IRS she had only made $30,000 throughout the time she did porn. Ron Jeremy said she got about a thousand dollars for her first movie I believe. They said no and she turned to walk away. They stopped her and paid her the thousand. She says she made about 20 movies. So the $30,000 seems about right and also considering that she spent most of it on drugs. And don't anyone say she didn't do drugs. Everyone then did drugs except for Ron Jeremy. You're telling me Traci was the only other?