Porn producer sues over condom law
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January 13, 2013, Sunday
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A TOP adult film producer sued Los Angeles County on Friday over a voter-approved measure requiring porn actors to wear condoms, saying the law infringes on their First Amendment rights and was driving the industry out of Southern California.
Vivid Entertainment, which was joined in the lawsuit by porn stars Kayden Kross and Logan Pierce, claims the mandate was both an unconstitutional prior restraint on freedom of expression and a financial burden that studios could not bear.
"You don't have to win an Oscar to be protected by the First Amendment," lead plaintiffs attorney Paul Cambria said after filing the lawsuit in US District Court.
The complaint, which also alleges the law, known as Measure B, treads into an area regulated by the state, seeks an injunction that would stop the ballot initiative.
The measure was approved by about 56 percent of Los Angeles County voters in November.
Attorneys for Los Angeles County, its chief public health official Kenneth Fielding, and District Attorney Jackie Lacey, who were also named as defendants, declined to comment on the lawsuit on Friday afternoon.
Measure B, which was sponsored by the group AIDS Healthcare Foundation, requires porn actors filming in Los Angeles County, the heart of the massive US adult film industry, to wear condoms during sex scenes.
Cambria said the industry already had a system of testing for sexually transmitted diseases.
Vivid Entertainment, which was joined in the lawsuit by porn stars Kayden Kross and Logan Pierce, claims the mandate was both an unconstitutional prior restraint on freedom of expression and a financial burden that studios could not bear.
"You don't have to win an Oscar to be protected by the First Amendment," lead plaintiffs attorney Paul Cambria said after filing the lawsuit in US District Court.
The complaint, which also alleges the law, known as Measure B, treads into an area regulated by the state, seeks an injunction that would stop the ballot initiative.
The measure was approved by about 56 percent of Los Angeles County voters in November.
Attorneys for Los Angeles County, its chief public health official Kenneth Fielding, and District Attorney Jackie Lacey, who were also named as defendants, declined to comment on the lawsuit on Friday afternoon.
Measure B, which was sponsored by the group AIDS Healthcare Foundation, requires porn actors filming in Los Angeles County, the heart of the massive US adult film industry, to wear condoms during sex scenes.
Cambria said the industry already had a system of testing for sexually transmitted diseases.
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