The Porn Star Defending Herself Against Her Accused Rapist

Adult actress Aria Lee is serving as her own attorney in a $10M lawsuit filed against her by porn director Craven Mooreheadthe man Lee alleges assaulted her on two occasions.

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Adult actress Aria Lee has decided to act as her own attorney in a $10 million lawsuit filed against her by the porn director Craven Moorehead. In a court filing from Dec. 18, first reported by Page Six, the 20-year-old Lee wrote that shed represent in pro perthe legal term meaning for oneself.

Lee alleged in an interview with AVN that she had asked Moorehead where the bathroom was during a lunch break when things went south. He was like, Of course, Ill walk you up there, this place is confusing. He was being nice. I thought he was being a good director, Lee told the adult publication. And he takes me to the bathroom, as Im closing the door, he rushes in, pushes the door closed, pushes me down to my knees, takes his dick out and then makes me suck his dick And he just walked out and acted like nothing happened. The allegations were later reported by Vices Motherboard and XBIZ.

Theres a cover-up going on at Gamma, the letter read, according to a transcript provided in the original complaint, porn performer Aria Lee has accused Craven Moorehead of raping her on set on Oct. 11, 2019 when she stepped forward to tell her story to Gamma, they did nothing there has been two other incidents that Craven has been accused of assault or rape and the company has done nothing [sic].

Moorehead denies the allegations, which the complaint called false and defamatory. The director claimed he was terminated from Gamma Films Group, with whom he had been contracting, and exposed to public contempt, ridicule, disgrace, shame, and humiliation. The filing called for general and compensatory damages in a sum not less than $10,000,000.00.

Moorehead, a prolific adult director who was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2015, has directed some 377 adult films. He runs the pornography production company Black Wing, Inc. Lee was named AVNs Best New Starlet in 2020.

The initial video came amid a spate of sexual abuse allegations in the adult industry. Ten women came forward to ishonest detailing a range of sexual misconduct and abuse accusations against porn director and performer Ryan Madison (he denies the claims), while a Motherboard article revealed abuse allegations against Motley Models president Dave Rock (he released a statement alleging it was consensual sex) and Moorehead. Porn legend Ron Jeremy, meanwhile, is currently facing charges of assaulting 23 women between 1996 and 2020.

Lee also pointed out that Mooreheads attorney did not refer to either party by their legal names in his initial filing, but used their stage names. Failing to identify the proper plaintiff and defendant, she argued, disqualified them from relief.

We expect to prove that what she said was false, said Robert Hantman, Mooreheads New York attorney. I have no reason to respect her less as a person, except that we believe what she alleged was false.

Lee did not respond to multiple requests for comment. We should not be taken advantage of on set that we are working for, she said in the video. We should not.

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