> posted on www.lukeford.com: "from AVN.com- The 19-year-old Lexie Marie joined Vivid in late 2004 after just a few months in the industry. Reasons for the company's actions were unclear and her agent, Derek Hay, would not speak on the matter.
"I know why this happened, but I'd rather talk about the fact that this is a chance to explore other opportunities that are out there," he said, adding that he's already fielding offers for her.
"She's just 19 and she's a very attractive and intelligent girl that people really like," he said. "
BOTTOM LINE.. Lexi has a drug problem and everyone knows about it, it was bad to the point where she was forbidden from a Jenna Jameson shoot. Vivid wanted to help her, they wanted to keep her. They told [Derek] Hay some time ago, "get her the help she needs, get her straight and into shape or she's out" ... Hay then attempted to get Lexi to live with Lisa Ann. As the story goes, Lisa refused and was summarily dismissed by Derek.
ADVICE TO DEREK... your "we're exploring other opportunities" comment just reaffirms your a fucking cowardly, selfish prick who injects your penis to get wood and doesn't give a fuck about anyone but yourself!!! If you have any fucking nut sack at all, then stop thinking about your next house purchase, your next payment for your used car "Hey Jenaveve, let me drive over to September's house and pick you up in the Astin". You're a PIMP, with no skills to do anything except point a girl to a location, her do all the work and then you DOUBLE DIP by taking 15% from the girl AND take a fee from the producer. INSTEAD of pimpin Lexi out NOW, why not let the girl get some help, hey here's a thought, why not get involved and see if YOU as her pimp can intervene and get her some help. Come on, you've made thousands off her (and all the others). When she signed her contract, Vivid wrote you a fat "commission check". You got your money already.
And by helping her, I don't mean.... "Lexi, would you like to make some good, easy money? Let me take you to lunch and introduce you to the woman who use to run Nici's Girls and now runs Bellas Models, we're good friends, I introduce her to only my special girls, you can do really well." THAT'S not the help I'm referring to. You're a licensed and bonded agent Derek, introducing ANYONE to this "Madam" will get your license revoked immediately... watch your step!
That last statement, "explore other opportunities that are out there" brought me to my boiling point!! You're a pimp and a pretty good one, but when you make statements like that, especially now considering EVERYONE in this business knows Lexi has a problem and needs help, shows you to be a fucking lowlife. Let her get her life straight, let her get help.. don't try to ignore her problem as a means of stuffing your pockets. If anything happens to this girl or any of your girls because you push and push and push, there will be a line of husbands, boyfriends, mothers, fathers, friends, internet gossip writers and more... standing at your door one day to beat the fuck out of your cowardly ass.
Call September from Exotic Star and take some lessons on how to treat your girls. Remember something Derek boy, you make your living off of them not the other way around. One day all this nonsense will catch up to you. YOU need these girls more than they need you. Red Light, Anabolic, Wicked, Vivid, if you die tomorrow they won't stop any productions, they'll just overwrite your number in their speed dial with someone elses. Call Spiegler and take some lessons, his girls don't fear him they respect him and they ALL make good money. PERHAPS it should have been you in the AVN skit and not Spiegler... you would have fit in well as St Croixs gay lover!!!
Do the right thing, Lexi doesn't need commission paying jobs right now... Lexi needs the support of her friends and she needs help! Either help her, or get the fuck out of the way and let the people who truly care about her help her. Get in the way and prevent her from getting true help, and watch this industry turn on you SO fast you'll feel like Kurt Lockwood just entered you from behind and didn't even leave flowers on your nightstand in the morning!!
> Dion Giarrusso's new gonzo company Combat Zone begins officially this week and it's reported that Giarrusso has already has preliminary agreements with Toni Ribas, Mark Wood, Robbie, Zak Wylde, Van Damage and Rick Davis.
>JennaRulez2006 posts on ADT: So seems Lexi Marie and Mercedez did thier last appearances for Vivid at the AEE. According to AVN, Vivid decided to opt out of Lexi Marie's contract and Mercedez has completed her exclusive contract and is now pursuing other opprotunities in the industry.
Interesting. It looks like Vivid only has really Tera Patrick and her Teravision and Jenna's ClubJenna to be the anchors.What is happening now? Being a contract girl is not in demand like before? I figured it was a good step for any performer. But now Wicked and Vivid have lost some good talent. I wonder if features wil become less and less of a demand as well as these two companies bank on them mostly do they not? I guess Gonzo is what is in demand more.
> Alexander Portnoy posts on ADT: My guess is that the next contract star to leave Vivid will be Savanna Samson. Just a hunch, but from what I've read about her on the web lately it seems like she's ready to exit. And there has been a lot of turnover of contract girls at both Wicked and Vivid during the past year...In addition to Mercedez and Lexi didn't Sunrise Adams leave Vivid last year too? And Keri Sable and Kaylani Lei are both out at Wicked and Julia Ann might not be far behind. But by the same token Monique Alexander just re-upped with Vivid and Brianna B. seems to just keep cranking them out.
Maybe the studio contract system is starting to falter? It seems like the top perfomers want to follow the Tera, JJ model and have more control over their careers and get larger piece of the pie. Me personally, I prefer the features over gonzo. My porn collection will not grow much now if the revolving door is going to happen at the two big companies.
>Crucifixio Jones posts on ADT: Based on appearance alone, I thought for sure that Vivid would cut Monique Alexander's contract short before Lexi Marie's. Shows how much I know.
I agree with Soul Sphere about Eva Angelina but I wouldn't want to see her exclusive to a company that makes only features and would handcuff her sexually. But if I owned a gonzo company and were looking for stars to sign, Eva would be my first. However, I disagree with vodka tonic who believes that Mercedez would be a perfect fit for Wicked.
I know I've spouted a few hateful thoughts here and there about her on this board but it really comes down to this: Mercedez, appearance-wise, is exactly my type -- a busty, raven-tressed, copper-toned latina with a gorgeous face and absolutely fantastic body. I couldn't turn away from that woman while she is on screen if I tried. And that's what makes it so frustrating for me to watch her because as a porn star, she lacks umph and for me, if you choose PORN STAR as your job, then make a genuine go of it, for Christ's sake. Show some enthusiasm. Enjoy the sex. Be there for more than just exposure, the check and to enhance your dance career. But if every time you do a scene and you give less than 100%, you sleepwalk or clock-watch through it and you manage to actually TURN ME OFF (on a girl who is EXACTLY the type of girl I want to see, no less) during the course of it, I feel like you're stealing my money. And I don't play that. I absolutely loathe that. And I detest all girls who do this to me.
So in that regard, the fact that Mercedez and Vivid have parted ways makes me immeasurably happy. Maybe I'm just a miserable bastard for wishing anything bad on another human being but honestly, I've not seen a bigger waste of space on the porno landscape than Mercedez in quite some time. What she does from here on and out is anybody's guess (likely a paysite where she can sell her supposedly worn-panties and corny t-shirts, I'd guess) but the sooner she disappears from the business she obviously has no love for and never put her heart into, the better. Good riddance.
> Ruby Red posts on ADT: Savanna has been with Vivid for a really long time, and I'm pretty sure she has a kid now, so I doubt she would want to stay in porn for ever. It doesn't look like she is working as much. From what I've heard about Savanna though, she would not be the one getting drunk and crying and all of that. She's pretty healthy, and very dedicated to what she does. Right now, I would think her dedication would be more towards her family.
With Mercedez... I think she is getting better with her scenes, but it almost seems like it was a little to late for Vivid. Although they did sign her on for a few more months before December. With Lexi... I really haven't seen her in many movies, and what movies she has done have all been pretty low profile ones.
Monique is pumping out a lot more product (even if most of them are smaller ones), and has started doing anal (AVN announced it a while ago). Lanni is pumping out a lot as well, just not any real big ones (I don't think her english is all that great. So I would guess they would try and keep her from having to learn lines as much as possible). The Twins I'm guessing are selling well, and Briana is a Vivid staple.
With Lexi... she never really made any impression in the short time she was with Vivid, and her stuff probably didn't sell. Mercedez has been there for a while. She's beautiful, but never one of their top girls. Vivid has a ton of girls undercontract, so I think they just decided to clean house. Those two seemed like the best bet to let go.
> Voyeur 32: I would have and have been waiting for Savanna to get out of this contract to show what she could really do. She was a very dirty girl trapped in a Vivid contract. I just hope she still has the fire to make the scenes we know she can make. I got to chat with her briefly at AEE and you could just get the vibe that her time at Vivid made be comeing to an end.
She told me at last years AEE how she was trying to get them to make hotter stuff and push their bounderies but were very reluctant too and she wasn't too thrilled with that. This year we talked about the lack of contract girls up for performer of the year and she told me she wasn't disappointed at not being nominated this year because, "alot of my movies weren't very good this year" I think she's awesome and frankly the only reason I'll watch anything from Vivid. Her gangbang scene was smoking.
Kimi Lixx,Julie Night,Tina Tyler and then everyone else.
