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07-14-2007 #1
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"A Porn Star Stole My Name"
LMFAO!
"A Porn Star Stole My Name"
Texas woman claims old teen pal hijacked her moniker for stage name
JULY 3--Lara Madden is a 25-year-old porn movie actress who uses the stage name Syvette Wimberly when starring in films like "Anal Camera 19." While Madden's professional alias is catchy and distinctive, the name is identical to that of a former Texas high school pal of the X-rated performer. As a result, Kristen Syvette Wimberly, 25, has filed a lawsuit against Madden and the porn distributor Vivid Entertainment for the misappropriation of her name. In a June 26 complaint filed in Harris County District Court, Wimberly notes that she and Madden became friends after meeting at the beginning of ninth grade in Kingwood, Texas. That friendship, however, "ended due to conflict," according to the lawsuit, a copy of which you'll find below. The complaint adds that Madden (who is pictured at right) married while in high school and did not graduate with Wimberly, who lost contact with her former friend. Until recently, that is, when Wimberly discovered that, "there was a woman appearing in multiple explicit pornographic videos" using her name. Wimberly soon learned, the lawsuit reports, that the porn actress who boosted her name "was her former high school friend Lara Madden." The porn star, Wimberly alleges, deliberately chose to use her name, despite realizing that it would cause "extreme embarrassment and unsubstantiated association with the pornography industry and other consequences." Wimberly claims that Madden's actions have caused her emotional distress and mental anguish, for which she is seeking monetary damages. Wimberly also wants a permanent injunction barring Madden and Vivid from continuing the use of her name. In a TSG interview, Madden acknowledged appropriating Wimberly's name because she thought it was "really cool." Madden, who said that her first name is actually Laura, denied ever being friends with Wimberly and said that she did not marry in high school. She added that her porn career ended in 2005 after she appeared in 13 films. (6 pages)
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http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive...072alias1.html
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07-14-2007 #2
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HOLY SHIT!!!
I think my partner went to the very SAME High School!
Damm - and she was looking forward to being the only porn star at the HS Reunion... giggle.
Too funny...
Giggle,
TS Jamie
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07-14-2007 #3
I think that adheres to the purest definition of the word "owned".
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07-15-2007 #4
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Originally Posted by youcancallmeclaire
"I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity." - Poe
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07-15-2007 #5
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I went to HS with a male porn actor of the mid/late 70's/early 80's. I couldn't rent porn vids for years w/o checking the box carefully. I didn't want to see that butt ugly SOB having sex.
The funny thing was when he dropped out of college after his freshman year I asked him what he was going to do. He said,"Go to California and be a porn star." Damned if he didn't do it do it.
Ancient Pervert.
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07-16-2007 #6
You know I'm going to meet another Lisa Lawrence or Brandy Scott someday, and it won't be easy to keep a straight face.
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07-16-2007 #7
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LMAO....for a minute there I was thinking who the hell would go by the name chefmike for a porn name LOL.
Reality is perception.
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07-16-2007 #8
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That thought occured to me when I posted this...most definitely a no-go....
"I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity." - Poe