In 2018, John Stagliano directed an Evil Angel scene featuring webcam performers Ginger Banks and Jenny Blighe. Both women said they had been told the scene would involve only the two of them and no male performer, yet Stagliano allegedly entered the action in his Buttman persona and touched their buttocks without consent. Stagliano said the performers had been shown an earlier scene in which he behaved similarly; Banks and Blighe maintained that they had raised concerns after seeing it and that Banks had specifically been told he would not perform as Buttman. The dispute escalated publicly after Blighe described her experience. Banks initially faced online harassment because of her response and voluntarily stepped down as chair of the Adult Performer Advocacy Committee. She later filed a sexual-battery report against Stagliano and apologized to Blighe, acknowledging in 2020 that she had participated in denying or "gaslighting" Blighe's account. Banks also said Stagliano mocked her afterward and that other performers had told her of similar alleged incidents. The episode became a major consent and workplace-boundaries controversy within the adult-film industry, although the source presents the accusations and responses rather than a final court determination.
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The 2018 Buttman Scene Accusations and the Fallout Inside Performer Advocacy
John Stagliano, Ginger Banks, and Jenny Blighe / 2010s
In 2018, John Stagliano directed an Evil Angel scene featuring webcam performers Ginger Banks and Jenny Blighe. Both women said they had been told the scene would involve only the two of them and no male performer, yet Stagliano allegedly entered the action in his Buttman persona and touched their buttocks without consent. Stagliano said the performers had been shown an earlier scene in which he behaved similarly; Banks and Blighe maintained that they had raised concerns after seeing it and that Banks had specifically been told he would not perform as Buttman. The dispute escalated publicly after Blighe described her experience. Banks initially faced online harassment because of her response and voluntarily stepped down as chair of the Adult Performer Advocacy Committee. She later filed a sexual-battery report against Stagliano and apologized to Blighe, acknowledging in 2020 that she had participated in denying or "gaslighting" Blighe's account. Banks also said Stagliano mocked her afterward and that other performers had told her of similar alleged incidents. The episode became a major consent and workplace-boundaries controversy within the adult-film industry, although the source presents the accusations and responses rather than a final court determination.
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