Darren James (born February 25, 1964 in Detroit, Michigan) is a former pornographic actor who sent shock waves throughout the adult entertainment industry and made worldwide headlines after testing positive for HIV. To prevent an HIV outbreak, an urgent search was initiated for his potentially infected partners. [1] The search and subsequent testing was conducted by the Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation. James had apparently had contact with 12 women since his initial negative HIV test in March upon his return from a Brazilian shoot, where he was suspected to have been infected by Bianca Biaggi. [2] [3] [4] By the end of the month it was discovered that three actresses who had worked with James shortly after his return to the United States (two of whom were involved in the same production) had also become infected with the virus. These were Canadian newcomer Lara Roxx, Miss Arroyo, and Czech-born Jessica Dee. [5] [6] Viral load comparisons between Roxx and James indicated that James was "Patient Zero". [7] Roxx had only entered the adult industry two months before her scene with James. [8] On learning about James being HIV-positive, she has said, "It totally made me realize how I trusted this system that wasn't to be trusted at all, because it obviously doesn't work," and "I thought porn people were the cleanest people in the world." Judy Star appeared in several movies where James and Roxx were also in the cast, and was known to have performed a sex scene with a female actress who had performed an anal scene with James. [9] Star, however, tested negative for HIV. [10] The ensuing fears of HIV infection (as well as the public scandal and criticisms of the industry that followed the outbreak) caused a temporary shutdown of production of adult movies in the U.S. [11] According to James, learning his diagnosis and the public disclosure thereof — which was how his family learned of his pornographic career — left him so distraught that he attempted suicide. After his recovery, he sued the Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation for publicly disclosing his condition. The lawsuit was settled out of court, with terms remaining confidential. James went on to find employment as a security guard, and was continuing in that line of work as of 2009. [12] In 2005, James and the industry shutdown was the subject of the first episode of The Dark Side of Porn , a British documentary series produced for Channel 4. [13]

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References

1. Voice of Health in a Pornographic World
2. AVN :: Test Results Pending for Two Performers
3. Lara Roxx Timeline Begs Questions: Darren James got it from Lara Roxx, not the other way around?
4. Pyramid of potential infection
5. New H.I.V. Infection Found in Sex-Film Industry
6. http://business.avn.com/articles/15987.html
7. http://business.avn.com/articles/15867.html
8. Lara Roxx: “I thought porn people were the cleanest people in the world.”
9. "Canadian Trio on the Quarantine List; Doghouse Digital Offers Aid", ''Adult Video News'', April 15, 2004. Retrieved 2007-09-28.
10. "On the Roxx", by Kristian Gravenor, ''Montreal Mirror'', 2004-04-29. Retrieved 2007-09-28.
11. H.I.V. Cases Shut Down Pornography Film Industry
12. Lin II, Rong-Gong. (2009, June 15). "Porn star recalls nightmare of testing HIV positive", ''Los Angeles Times''
13. The Dark Side of Porn Channel4.com