LAS VEGAS — Kink.com has released a statement about a recent on-set incident on one of its content partners' productions.
The statement follows an account published on Twitter by performer Alexis Tae, about the work conditions at a shoot last week produced by Clarion Alley and directed by performer-director Lydia Black.
The official statement by Kink.com follows:
Like many of you, we were concerned by the accounts of a shoot which was produced on Tuesday of last week by Clarion Alley, one of our largest content partners.
It is apparent that a performer was kept suspended in bondage several minutes after they requested release, ostensibly to finish a shot, and potentially risking injury. There is an ongoing review of what happened that night, including review of all footage and interviews with all staff.
Without having completed our review, we can already say there were a number of unacceptable things that happened in the shoot, and for this we are deeply sorry.
As a result of this, the head of production has been let go, and Kink.com will not be working with the director of the shoot going forward.
Kink.com takes responsibility for all content that is released on, or produced for, its site regardless of who it is produced by.
We understand that as a company, we would not exist were it not for the relationships and trust we maintain with our models. We do not take safety violations lightly, and our models are our number one priority. We are taking steps to ensure this doesn’t happen ever again.
As part of these measures we are bringing in John Paul “The Pope” to review/audit everything we are doing in production from top to bottom.
The Pope is a long standing Kink.com director who still shoots content for the sites and is widely known for being the gold standard in model safety and consent practices.
Without the trust of our models, we do not have the ability to continue forward as the company that we strive to be.
Representatives for Kink.com are in contact with the model to rectify this situation.
XBIZ reached out to Alexis Tae through her agent, Mark Spiegler, who said she would not be making further comments at this time.