Porn Stars Who Have Died

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Cover photo from Lexi Rose Forte’s Instagram. 5 minute read. Less than a year after she broke into the industry, porn performer Olivia Nova (real name Lexi…
Less than a year after she broke into the industry, porn performer Olivia Nova (real name Lexi Rose Forte) died, according to her representation at LA Direct Models. She was the fifth porn performer to die in the span of just a few months earlier this year.
Olivia, who entered the porn industry in March of 2017, was just 20 years old. She died earlier this year in Las Vegas from sepsis caused by a severe infection, according to police reports. Our thoughts go out to the family and friends of this young woman.
If there’s one thing the porn industry is good at, it’s distracting people from the real damage their product is doing to both the consumers and those who actually take part in its production. One way they do this by playing the blame game, and failing to take responsibility for the lives they’ve damaged. Of course, there are many factors that are involved with the death or suicide of any one person, but it can’t be denied that this toxic industry has a heavy influence on the lives of its performers.
But Lexi Rose Forte wasn’t the only one to pass this year—she was the fifth. In a scary twist of events, another performer named Olivia Lua (real name Olivia Voltaire) was the fourth porn performer to die in recent months. Before her, August (real name Mercedes Grabowski), 23, committed suicide in December 2017 due to online harassment, while Turi (real name Yurizan Beltran), 31, died in August 2017 from a drug overdose. Shyla (real name Amanda Friedland), 35, died in November 2017, and her cause of death is still unknown. Our hearts break for these young performers, and our thoughts are with their families and loved ones.
While these deaths have been reported on recently, it’s important to note that it’s entirely possible that there have been more deaths of lesser-known performers as well.
And because it’s Suicide Prevention Week, we’re taking a special spotlight on what we know about the women that have passed away.
Derek Hay, owner of LA Direct Models which signed Olivia just before Christmas, described her as a “sweet, mild-mannered girl.”
“We sent her to shoot in Prague and Paris which she completed, returning from that trip just a few days prior to Christmas. I have been speaking to [Lexi] regularly, she lives in Vegas, my office is in Vegas. She wanted to move from one agency to my own and we met several times to discuss the possibility of doing that.”
Hay says she died at a private residence in Vegas, but not her own place, and there was an indication she was depressed despite tweeting she was spending the holidays alone. The exact cause of her death is not yet known but a statement on behalf of her agency blamed a mix of prescription drugs, recreational substances, and alcohol for her declining mental state. In other words, it’s possible she overdosed.
Hay said her death—the fourth at that time in recent months—rocked the industry.
“We’re keenly aware, this is the fourth death in the porn industry in the past three months, it’s incredible,” he said in a Daily Mail report .
On December 3, Grabowski ignited a social media firestorm and massive criticism when she tweeted her refusal to do a porn scene with a “crossover” male performer who also did gay scenes, implying that she was concerned about contracting STD’s.
Two days later, Grabowski was found dead in her California home. The Ventura County medical examiner said she had killed herself. She fought depression and bipolar disorder, according to a Newsweek report .
The 23-year-old, who starred in nearly 290 movies, appeared in a podcast in September of last year, where she detailed experiencing “a lot of sexual molestation” while growing up, adding that the offender was not her father, the Independen t reported .
“It was just awful. It’s still recent where I have to keep myself occupied or else I start thinking about all that s—t and then I fall into a depression,” she said, citing the podcast. “I try to do therapy. I hate that word. I hate therapy.”
Adult Film Hall of Famer Amanda died in her sleep in November 2017 in her mother’s home at the age of 35. She had retired from the porn industry the previous year. So far, there have been no details on how she died.
After high school in rural B.C., she moved to Vancouver where she worked as a cam girl before moving to Porn Valley in California where she performed in more than 400 videos.
Her long-time publicist James Bartholet told Canadian media: “We’re deeply saddened by the loss of [Amanda] and our condolences go out to her family in this very sad time. She went quietly with no pain.”
This 31-year-old porn performer accidentally overdosed on prescription pills, close friend Nick Melillo told Newsweek in a phone interview.
Beltran was found dead in her home on December 13, 2017. The night before, she got into a fight with her boyfriend, whose name Melillo didn’t know. But relationship problems constantly plagued the performer, he said.
Melillo emphasized multiple times that Beltran wasn’t addicted to drugs or struggling with depression, but occasionally took pills, smoked pot or did cocaine when she was upset. That kind of activity for performers is pretty standard, according to industry insiders.
“The adult business is rampant with drugs—especially crystal meth, because it’s cheap—and pills,” Melillo said.
Authorities didn’t immediately know what drugs Beltran took, but Melillo thought it could have been Norco or fentanyl. “Supposedly there was one or two pills left over,” he said. “She died in her sleep… It was just that one too many.”
There are popular perceptions that many people in our society have when it comes to pornography, like what a glamorous and exciting lifestyle it must be to be a porn performer. But the facts tell a different story. The truth is, the porn industry is riddled with violence, drugs, coercion, and disease ( 1 in 4 porn performers contract chlamydia or gonorrhea ). And while active porn performers rarely, if ever, speak out due to fear of not getting work or being discriminated against, the majority of those very same people inevitably end up speaking out on their real experiences once they leave the industry.
These personal accounts are never pretty. And some people, like a couple of the women above, don’t leave the industry alive.
While we are not making the claim that the porn industry directly killed these women, it’s clear that the porn industry has a dark underbelly and a toxic culture that fuels unhealthy lifestyles. This sad truth only seems to publicly show when headlines shine a spotlight on how its performers and employees are in need of help and community that they’re not otherwise getting.
Often, people turn to porn out of financial desperation or coercion , and are kept in the lifestyle because they have nowhere else to go. In support of the women and men around the world who have actually suffered the abuse shown in pornography, we speak out about the reality of an industry that perhaps played a part in their passing. Join us in spreading the word that porn is anything but harmless entertainment.
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There's no doubt that while the adult entertainment industry is one of the most profitable markets in the world, it can take a toll on its stars. Of course, the adult entertainment industry isn't usua
There's no doubt that while the adult entertainment industry is one of the most profitable markets in the world, it can take a toll on its stars. Of course, the adult entertainment industry isn't usually solely responsible for the suffering surrounding one of their actors in the midst of turmoil, but the media is quick to blame the industry should there ever be a tragic death or suicide.
Recently, as the adult entertainment industry expands and diversifies, it seems more and more adult performers really could be your next door neighbor or the classmate sitting next to you. In a particularly high-profile example of the changing tide, it was recently revealed that a student of the prestigious Duke University in the U.S.A., Belle Knox, has been using paychecks from adult entertainment work to cover her tuition fees. Unfortunately for student Alyssa Funke, who found herself in a similar situation, the bullying became too much for her to handle and she took her own life. Knox has, however, been admirably weathering the storm of criticism she's received. But these cases highlight, perhaps, that the ease of entering the adult entertainment industry has caused many young people to overlook the potentially tragic fallout.
Along with great successes in any industry, there is sure to be tragedy, and the adult entertainment business is more volatile and pressured than many. Below, we've recounted ten tales of adult entertainers who have met tragic endings to not only their careers, but also their lives. Despite what your thoughts are on the adult entertainment industry and their actors, there's no question that any premature death is a tragic one. The question we all must ask is, what is the cause? Can all these deaths be attributed to the influence of the adult entertainment industry on performers' lives, or does it merely take a backseat as other circumstances contribute to the tragic way in which these actors' lives ended?
Claudia Fielers was a well-known and popular adult entertainer working in films in Germany, who committed suicide at the tragically young age of 23. Fielers went into the industry to help pay for medical school as well as to support her child as a single mother. She performed in several movies, and during the filming of her last film, she had an argument with the director. Fielers then went to a park called “The English Garden” and proceeded to imbibe poison, which ended her life. Instead of trying to honor her in that film, the director replaced her.
If you’ve ever watched the Lifetime movie, “Shattered Innocence”, then you probably have an idea about the tragic life of Shauna Grant, who took her life at just 20. After graduating high school, Grant moved to Los Angeles with her boyfriend, where she started nude modeling to pay the bills. She eventually transitioned to film, and her career boomed. She earned over $100,000 from her brief two-year stint in the industry. At the time, she was battling a cocaine addiction. After retiring from the industry, she was dealing with turmoil in her personal life with a new boyfriend having been imprisoned for shady business practices, all of which probably contributed to Grant's tragic choice to end her life.
In 1990, adult entertainment star Megan Leigh was found dead in her home in Solano, CA from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Her career started at the age of 18 when she became a stripper in San Francisco, CA. While her bosses didn't think she was much, she became one of the most popular strippers making over a grand in tips per week. She eventually segued into film and photography when she became an overnight sensation. Around the late eighties, she began to abuse drugs, however, which is the decisive factor that's believed to have led to Leigh's suicide.
Kelly Van Dyke-Nance was already a famous name as the daughter of Jerry Van Dyke, the star of “Coach”, and the wife of “Twin Peaks” star Jack Nance - and as the niece of Hollywood legend Dick Van Dyke . So how does someone with such stellar Hollywood connections end up in the adult entertainment industry? It's hard to say, but it seems the pressure of establishing a legitimate career in Hollywood along with apparent Christian guilt were just some of the things tormenting this young adult performer, to the point that she took her own life in 1991, at age 33.
Savannah, also known as Sharon Wilsey, was a well known adult entertainer, most famous for relations with Slash, Billy Joel , and Axl Rose . She was also known for using cocaine, and for having an alcohol problem. On the night of July 11 th , 1994, after crashing her Corvette, breaking her nose, and while in the process of dealing with overwhelming debt to the IRS, Savannah shot herself.
Alex Jordan entered the adult entertainment industry in 1992, becoming a well known star quickly. In 1995, at the age of 31, Jordan was found hanging in her closet from what was initially perceived as suicide. However, adult entertainment mogul Ron Jeremy later stated that it may have been possible that Jordan was in the process of autoerotic asphyxiation at the time of her death. Whatever the circumstances, Jordan had a bright future ahead of her, and it was cut tragically short.
Naughtia Childs’ death has been debated since it occurred in 2002. Some say it was a suicide, while others cry murder. Witnesses also testified that Childs might have been under the influence of acid and LSD at t
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