Stoya Speaks Out On James Deen In First Interview Since Rape Allegations

A lot has happened since last weekend, when adult film star Stoya came out with shocking rape allegations against ex-boyfriend and fellow porn star James Deen.
Deen was dropped by major adult film studio Kink, and his sex advice column at The Frisky was axed; as this was going on, more women came forward to accuse him of rape, including porn stars Tori Lux and Ashley Fires.
Stoya herself has remained relatively quiet, until today, with the publication of an interview in The Guardian, in which she explained her reasons for coming forward.
Per the piece, Stoya was filming a mainstream feature film in Serbia that included scenes in which her character was raped by an old acquaintance, and these scenes brought up painful memories. 
Eventually, she decided:
“I couldn’t bear the thought any more that there might be something terrible happening to yet another woman at his hands, or more likely, at his cock, that she didn’t want, because I kept quiet. I just … I couldn’t, I couldn’t.”
Describing the assault and its aftermath in her own words, Stoya said:
“If you hold someone down and fuck them while they say ‘no’ and ‘stop’ and use their fucking safeword, that is rape. But when it first happened, I felt numb. And I went to work the next day. And I went to work the day after that. And I did a scene with him two days after, maybe three days after, I’m not sure. Then I felt like I’d been violated by someone I trusted … It took me months and months, over a year of months to be able to call it what it was – which was rape.”
Stoya said she chose to go public on Twitter because she was tired of seeing social media posts labelled “James and Stoya #relationshipgoals”, and felt “that’s where the record needed to be updated”. 
“James and Stoya #relationshipgoals! That frightens me. That’s also something I don’t have any more control over than I have over what happened after I posted that tweet.”
The day after she went public, Stoya says that her inbox was filled with emails from women across the media thanking her for coming out, and telling her that they had stayed silent after sexual assaults by men they knew.
“It’s not just a porn problem. It’s not just an entertainment problem. It’s easy to look at Bill Cosby and think, oh, he had access. No. It happens fucking everywhere.”
If you have experienced sexual assault or domestic and family violence, or are seeking to support someone who is, call 1800 RESPECT on 1800 737 732.
via The Guardian
Photo: Stefania D’Allessandro via Getty Images

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