AIM administered rapid HIV and STD tests, tracked every single person a performer would have sex with on film, cross referenced it, and kept the web of intimate contacts in a database for years. Lara, Darren, and every other performer in porn in California was required to be tested every 30 days for chlamydia, syphilis, gonorrhea, and HIV at one medical centre - AIM, which was established and operated by a former porn star. In less than two months, her dreams of becoming a porn star weren't just shattered - her life was as well. When he'd shot the double-anal scene with Lara, Darren James had just returned from Brazil, and Brazil is a notoriously boundary pushing and unregulated country when it comes to its adult industry.
Less than a month later, Lara was contacted by the Adult Industry Medical Associates Clinic (AIM) and told that one of the men she'd had sex with, Darren James, had tested positive for HIV on a rapid HIV test. She initially said no but was told by the director "either do it or we'll find another girl who will." She agreed and then was told the scene would not just be "double penetration" but "double anal." With a hefty paycheque promised to her, and the threat that she was replaceable, Lara went ahead and did it. On Lara's second porn shoot in Los Angeles, she was asked to have unprotected sex with two men at the same time. Experience the Return of Bard on the Beachįeel the magic of live theatre outdoors this summer with three unique plays.
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