As those within the adult industry are aware, many performers and production crews live paycheck to paycheck, and members of the adult community, including Jenna Jameson, arguably the most famous performer ever, have began to step forward with ideas to help everyone survive the financial hardships that both the quarantine and the moratorium have created.
Jenna Jameson and her husband, producer Jay Grdina, have launched the Adult Industry Assistance Fund (AAIF) to help out performers idled by the HIV scare that has shut down much of the adult industry.
Jameson and Grdina and their company, ClubJenna, Inc. are also hoping that other production companies will contribute to AIAF.
“Jenna and I have made a substantial contribution to launch this fund, which will provide some bridge cash to actresses and actors who have been thrown out of work because of the precautionary measures nearly everyone is taking,” said Grdina, who is also known by his professional name, Justin Sterling.
“We will work with other industry leaders to set up criteria for distributing the money we raise, but essentially it will go to people who are in dire financial straits because they have been quarantined themselves, or have lost their jobs because productions they were working on have been shut down. Lots of people in our industry live from paycheck to paycheck, and it is only fair for us to try to help out,” he said.
Further information will soon be available at www.adultfund.com. Contributions by check may be sent to AIAF c/o ClubJenna, Inc., 8390 East Via de Ventura, Suite F-110 # 258, Scottsdale, AZ 85258.
Another way to help the performers in the industry was suggested by Marty Turkel, who announced that Juicy Entertainment is considering paying people in advance for productions to be shot when the moratorium is lifted.
“We’re talking about prepaying people for the next shoot we have scheduled. Hopefully, they’ll be honorable and show up when it is safe to show up,” Turkel told AVN.com. “Actually, I’m sure that 90 percent of them will show up. I think other people should consider doing this as well."
Doghouse Digital has volunteered to help the three Canadian performers that are based out of Montreal tide themselves over until the moratorium ends.
