"Unfortunately, it just didn't work out," Kristin Spillers, marketing manager for Hustler, told XBIZ. "We still love Nikki, and she's still in a bunch of movies we have coming out."
Nine told XBIZ that she lost her contract because of a new tattoo she got recently.
"It was a lot of late nights, a lot of partying a little too hard," she said. "I love getting tattoos. It just kind of happened, you know, pressure from friends, and mistakes were made."
As of press time, Hustler had no comment about Nine's tattoo.
Spillers said that Hustler gave Nine the news yesterday.
Despite the termination of her contract, Spillers said Nine would be welcome to appear in future Hustler titles, though nothing was currently scheduled. Spillers also stressed that Hustler will continue to promote all of Nine's movies.
Hustler has no current plans to find a new contract star to replace Nine, who said she plans to stay in the adult industry and pursue contract stardom with Ninn Worx.
A spokesperson for Ninn Worx said that a modeling agency had submitted Nine under a different name for consideration as a performer and a contract star. The spokesperson said that Ninn Worx is considering Nine as a performer, but that they don't yet know enough about her to consider her as a contract star.
