TORONTO - A porn star's first, and last, film about lesbian sex could end up boosting the coffers of Canada's best known children's hospital, if the agent for dead actress Natel King has his way.
Agent Stephan Sirard said he had approached Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children about accepting the proceeds from King's last movie, "Lesbian Lover," in memory of the 23-year-old Canadian star, who was stabbed to death last year in the United States.
"It's her first original solo... All the proceeds would go to Sick Kids' Hospital," Sirard told Reuters.
Sirard said lawyers for his FCF agency in California had asked the hospital if they could highlight the promised gift on the cover of their video, using wording like "all proceeds from the sale of this video go to Sick Kid's Hospital in Toronto."
But hospital spokeswoman Carol Duncan said she has not heard anything about the issue, and she declined to say how the hospital might react to a donation of this kind.
"We have to send the issue to the ethics committee and the board of directors for consideration," she said.
Sirard said King, whose stage name was Taylor Sumers, had helped raise money for the hospital before she was murdered. He described her as a "porn star with principles" who had refused to perform sexual acts with others on screen until this film.
He admitted it might be hard to persuade Sick Kids to accept the offer.
"A lot of big corporations are involved in the adult industry and most people don't know," he said. "So, it's like a gray area. I think people don't want to be directly linked to it."
King was stabbed to death in February 2004 after a photography shoot near Philadelphia. The photographer has pleaded guilty to murder and could face 25 years in jail.
