Platinum X has hired Jessica Dee as a director. The 26-year-old performer was diagnosed as HIV-positive last week, the third victim in the current HIV outbreak.
On the heterosexual side of the adult industry, performers can no longer work as performers once they are found to be HIV-positive.
Jewel De’ Nyle, co-owner of Platinum X, was with Dee when she went to the AIM Healthcare Foundation (AIM) for her HIV tests and offered emotional support once Dee found out that she was HIV-positive.
“When she came out positive I was heart broken, she was one of my favorite performers. I immediately began wondering what I could do to help,” De’Nyle told AVN.com. “I got in touch with her a couple of days after her tests came in and she was in very good spirits. She’s handling this very well.”
Dee’s level-headedness upon learning that she was HIV-positive was a large factor in De’Nyle's decision to offer her a job as a director.
“It shows she’s a class act. If she can handle this, she can handle everything,” De’ Nyle said.
Dee, who has never directed a video before, will be taught the ropes by De’Nyle. Besides learning the technical aspects of directing, she’ll also learn how to handle the administrative duties of directing: everything from the paperwork each project requires to the payroll.
She’s one of the girls in the industry that has a very good head on her shoulders and I think she’ll become a great director,” De’Nyle said.
Dee’s first series will be called Throat Yogurt, and will begin production in June.
