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| Black porn star has confessed to starting a dangerous outbreak of the STD known as syphilis. He not only put his life at risk, but gave guaranteed assurance of riling up conservatives and White supremacists. In turn, they'll use this as an excuse to blame President Barack Obama and the Black community for something. |
Mr. Marcus (Marcus Spencer, age 41) is an African American porn star comes out of the shadows admitting that he has put thousands of people's lives at risk of syphilis.
Once again, I stress this story is NSFW (Not Safe For Work). This story will rile up conservatives and White supremacists. They already have a negative opinion about the Black community and President Barack Obama. They are going to paint Black males as sex crazy lunatics. They're going to tie the president to this individual.
As a porn star, many in the adult industry perform sex acts on women, men, and transexuals. Sometimes when they perform sex acts, they are not wearing condoms. They are required to have mandatory STD and HIV-testing.
Mr. Marcus' selfish act of altering his test results has rocked the industry.
According to the Huffington Post and AVN (Adult Video News), he believes he contracted the STD on set but admits that he altered his syphilis-positive test so that he could keep performing. His altered test was what started the scare and initiated the industry's self-imposed 10-day moratorium while actors are tested and treated for syphilis.
"I tried to cover it up… Because I said it was like the scarlet letter. It’s the word. Syphilis, whoa," Marcus said to XBiz. "Mr. Marcus, syphilis? Mr. Marcus, the one I worked with? The one that everybody works with? The one that’s been in this industry forever?"
In an emotional interview that brought the 18-year veteran actor to tears, Marcus said that he only altered the test because his doctor told him he would not be contagious 10 days after taking a shot of penicillin. “I have to live with this, no one else does,” he said. “I’m very sorry. I did not think that this would come out like this."
The porn actor was diagnosed with syphilis on July 12, received a penicillin shot on July 13 and returned to work 11 days later, on July 24, AVN reports. However, he still had the STD. Perhaps most disturbing, the producer of the shoot didn't ask for a paper or digital copy of Marcus' STD test. Instead, the actor showed a copy of the test on his cell phone so that the syphilis portion wasn't visible.
For a subsequent porn shoot, Marcus said he folded his test covering the syphilis portion and photocopied it.
However, a producer noticed this time that the numbers were missing and called Marcus out on it.
As many as nine syphilis cases have been identified among porn performers, and more are expected, according to the Associated Press. Marcus said that the three women he performed with after his diagnosis have all tested negative for syphilis.
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| Hungarian porn star Aletta Ocean contracted the disease. |
Los Angeles County officials have approved a ballot initiative that will ask voters to decide whether porn actors should be required to wear condoms in sex scenes.
According to The Daily Mail, Porn star Aletta Ocean, 24, said on Tuesday that she contracted syphilis while shooting movies in Budapest, Hungary.
Her revelation led to speculation that the outbreak of the disease came from Hungary.
According to porn industry blog LukeIsBack.com she tweeted: 'F****** siphilis problem… In Budapest many people got it..Me too…’
Sex workers are supposed to undergo regular blood tests to ensure they are free of sexually transmitted disease.
It was reported that one of the labs frequented by porn stars does not test for syphilis.
Syphilis is a treatable bacterial infection that can be spread by both bodily fluids and contact with infected skin.
Its causes skin lesions and rashes. If left untreated, it can permanently alter and damage internal organs and brain function.
The number of syphilis cases in California has jumped 18 per cent according to a recent report from the California Department of Public Health.
The results showed a much higher rate of men had contracted the infection and that African Americans were affected more than any other racial demographic.
The outbreak is likely to bolster a ballot issue in November that aims to force all porn performers to wear condoms during pornography shoots.
Condom use has become of political issue in Los Angeles since a 2010 AIDS outbreak, which infected one performer.