An adult film actress has claimed she was assaulted while filming an alleged non-consensual scene for a website.
On Monday, in a series of tweets, Nikki Benz alleged that a director, Tony T, choked her during a scene for the Canadian pornography company Brazzers. He has denied any wrongdoing.
She also shared screengrabs of messages where it is claimed her head was stomped on and that she kept asking for the scene to be cut, yet filming continued.
On Twitter, the 35-year-old described the alleged incident as 'rape', saying in one tweet: "On set bullying, rape and violence should never happen. No means no on camera, off camera."
She said that after 13 years in the industry, this was the only time she 'went into shock on set and cried' and that she was left 'disgusted, traumatised and upset' by the alleged incident.
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Brazzers responded to Benz on Tuesday in a statement shared on its sister site, Trendzz.
"As most of you already know, we do not produce content ourselves but commission producers to do so on our behalf," the site wrote. "We understand that this particular scene was an unscripted scene with the artistic direction left open to the producer's discretion.
"Brazzers considers performers' consent, boundaries and limits and safety to be fundamental and paramount issues and unequivocally stands for the respect of the performers. Brazzers does not condone nor does it tolerate conduct by producers that would jeopardise a performer's security or well-being."
The company said it would investigate the allegations surrounding the production of the scene and 'if necessary will take steps that are reasonably calculated to prevent the alleged behaviour from occurring'.
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"Brazzers always reserves the right to reject any particular scene if it does not meet with its brand and image guidelines. Producers are aware of this and, we hope, are cognisant of that when shooting scenes for Brazzers. This particular type of scene would never meet our standards and would be rejected immediately," it said in a statement.
Canadian actress Benz was supported by other adult actresses online and said she was speaking out about the alleged incident to be 'the voice for every girl in this industry who's been wronged'.
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