Lara Roxx is a Canadian porn actress who, in March 2004, became the first known individual in four years to contract HIV while making a US porn video. The film was subsequently released under the title "Split That Booty 2". Pornographic actress Silvia Saint A pornographic actor or a porn star is somebody who appears in pornographic movies, live sex shows or peep shows. ... The human immunodeficiency virus, commonly called HIV, is a retrovirus that primarily infects vital components of the human immune system such as CD4+ T cells, macrophages and dendritic cells. ... Pornographic movies appeared shortly after the creation of the movie technology that made them possible. ...

Roxx, while 19, contracted the HIV virus while doing a double-anal penetration scene with Darren James and another actor on March 24, 2004. She had filmed her first-ever anal scene with Darren James on February 10. Roxx said that she had relied on the industry's HIV standards to ensure she was safe. Because double-anal penetration involves so much stretching and tearing of tissues, conditions were ideal for Roxx to contract the deadly virus. The fact that the scene was her first double-anal increased the risk significantly. Roman men having anal sex. ... Darren James tested HIV-positive on April 13, 2004 from having unprotected anal sex with Brazilian porn star Bianca Biaggi during the shooting of the video Split That Booty 2. As of May 6, 2004, James is suspected of giving the virus to 3 porn starlets: Lara Roxx, Jessica Dee... March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in Leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Other actors in the scene included Mark Anthony and Maxxx Black. Other actresses that may have contracted the virus from James include Rayveness, Banesca and ten other actresses. John Strong, who had sexual contact with Banesca, may have also contracted the virus. All these actors have been placed under "voluntary quarantine" from performing in porn movies until their status can be positively identified (approximately by June of 2004). James and Roxx have been banned from any further porn production in the US. At the end of April 2004, it was confirmed that Jessica Dee, after having worked with James, also tested positive for HIV. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Quarantine, a medical term (from Italian: quaranta giorni, forty days) is the act of keeping people or animals separated for a period of time before, for instance, allowing them to enter another country. ... Jessica Dee (born November 14, 1978) is one of the porn stars to contract HIV from fellow porn star Darren James in March 2004, along with Lara Roxxx and Miss Arroyo. ...

There are also further "second generation" actors and actresses who had contact with actors that James had contact with. One of these is Randi Wright, an 18 year-old, who started appearing in adult films in order to pay college tuition. Randy Wright is an American porn actress who entered the adult film industry in 2004. ... The term college (Latin collegium) is most often used today to denote an educational institution. ... Tuition means instruction, teaching or a fee charged for educational instruction especially at a formal institution of learning. ...

Roxx, on learning about James being HIV-positive, said, "It totally made me realize how I trusted this system that wasn't to be trusted at all, because it obviously doesn't work," and "I thought porn people were the cleanest people in the world."

This outbreak, the first in four years, led to a voluntary moratorium on porn production for 60 days, starting in April 2004, while it confirmed all possible contacts among porn performers. No adult video production companies are required to comply.

This also led to the possible regulation of the industry by the government. Most porn industry insiders oppose this regulation, feeling it could seriously jeopardize their business. Some regulations could force the industry underground, which would only expose actors to increased risk. Since this is the first outbreak in four years, many industry insiders feel that the current regulations monitored by the Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation are sufficient. Some feel that some further voluntary regulations, such as temporarily quarantining actors who appear in adult films produced outside the US, may be sufficient to prevent further outbreaks. The Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation is an organization which tests erotic actors for AIDS on a scheduled basis. ...

Adult Video News is collecting donations to assist Roxx. Famous porn star Jenna Jameson spearheaded a fundraising campaign to help porn industry workers suffering financial hardships from both the quarantine and the production moratorium. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Jenna Jameson (born Jennifer Marie Massoli on 9 April 1974) is an American pornographic actress. ...

External links

• Let them eat HIV: Who failed Lara Roxx? including numerous links to related articles
• Adult Video News: Lara Roxx Diagnosed as HIV-Positive (Warning: Graphic images and popups, not safe for work)
• Filmography Warning: contains explicit pornographic content
• Post-porn plans Lara Roxx in an interview with the Montreal Mirror