Mia Khalifa recounts abuses she suffered in the industry
Former actress Mia Khalifa is fighting the adult film industry, which she left in 2015.
On several occasions, she has expressed her desire that the virtual platforms erase the videos that she starred in in 2014 and that have affected her mental health.
Currently, Mia Khalifa is the symbol of a struggle that has moved thousands of people on social networks, who have shown solidarity with her traumatic experience.
In that sense, on Thursday she revealed the abuse she suffered from Christian, a photographer."I have never talked about this, because they made me feel like I couldn't tell my story without being ridiculed by the general public," she began on Twitter, emphasizing that "now I feel safe, and also the need to download some things that They've haunted me during my brief stint in the industry."
Chronicle of abuse and deception
According to Mia Khalifa, after one of her first videos became known, a Bang Bros executive, Jordan Sibbs, said that a relative of her girlfriend was in town and that he was a photographer for VOGUE magazine.
That's when Sibbs pointed out that she might have a chance to appear in some publications and that some opportunities might open up if she worked with that photographer.
"My eyes lit up, I felt honored and touched, I thought maybe the terrible situation I was in could be turned into something positive," he said.
In that sense, she arranged a meeting with the photographer and when she arrived at the Bang Bros office, she thought that there would be an arranged set or some special location.
However, he stated that "from the moment I was told there was no makeup, I knew something was wrong (...) I had never been on a 'real' set, and I didn't want to inadvertently insult the photographer or their process, because what would happen in VOGUE!"
"I was taken to the roof of the building with just him. I was given a hijab and two replica semi-automatic rifles. Following his orders, I posed for photos the way he wanted, while making physical corrections to my body," she added.
After this she realized that the orders she gave him changed from being kind to lewd instructions and when she thought they were finished, she told him to pose without underwear against a wall."My heart started pounding. I know it could be easy to say, 'you had on camera, what's the problem?' But you have to understand the level of fear a woman has when she feels powerless," she added.
Khalifa admitted that she felt violated, terrified and used. She thought about screaming, but she was transfixed on the situation. "I still feel the cold metal of her rings in a chill down my spine," she acknowledged.
"I was too young to realize it at the time, but these men, all of them, collectively and consciously, decided to mislead me. Jordan Sibbs, the photographer, other Bang Bros executives, are complicit (...) weeks later, those photos ended being used for the website that Bang Bros created under my name. For which I owned the domain before, again, they tricked me into selling it to them for a dollar," she questioned.
