Darren James, the veteran performer who was diagnosed last week with HIV and has been missing ever since, has turned up in San Diego, reportedly safe and sound.
Lee Goodwin, a director for West Coast Productions, received a call from James earlier this morning. Goodwin told AVN.com that James was "just laying low."
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Upon hearing the news, one of James' close friends Francesca Le was, "Very relieved, very happy to hear that he's okay. Me and Mark [Wood, Le's husband] can't wait to see him."
The Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation (AIM) will hold a press conference on Thursday. AIM's executive director, Sharon Mitchell, said that the media and fans were congesting the clinic's phone lines and email servers, making it impossible for the clinic to operate at 100 percent.
"For all we know he [James] tried to call us before. Our phone lines are always tied up. The press has to stop until Thursday. We can't work. Our email boxes are always full, and there's a lot of ghoulish fans out there that just need to stop," Mitchell said.
The press conference will be held on Thursday, April 22, at the Universal Hilton in Ballroom B, beginning at 1p.m.
In other news related to the HIV scare, another woman has been added to the second-generation list. Francesca Sin performed in an oral sex scene with Maxxx. AIM has been unable to locate Sin.
