Porn star, Phoenix Marie sues Pornhub owner for $80 million.

Porn star sues PornHub American porn actress Melissa Hutchison, known professionally as Phoenix Marie, is suing Pornhub owners Aylo and director Danny Martin after allegedly being pressured to continue an orgy scene following her co-star’s overdose on set in 2023.

Hutchison claims that despite saving her co-star’s life, she was later subjected to a smear campaign, leading to the loss of lucrative brand deals with companies like Fleshlight.

She is seeking $80 million in damages.

‘Danny D forcibly grabbed Hutchison and forbade her from leaving the set demanding that she finish the scene. She was forced by Danny D to have sex despite repeatedly saying no,’ the lawsuit states.

She also alleges that Martin was hesitant to call an ambulance and later threw her ‘onto the floor saying, ‘We need to get our story straight”.

The trauma of the situation left her with ‘anxiety, panic attacks, sleepless nights, and sexual dysfunction’, according to Hutchison.

She also claims executives tried to pin the lithium on her, by falsely painting her as an ‘unhinged, grieving mother’ who had become reliant on the drug to medicate following the death of her daughter in 2019.

Hutchison’s filings allege the lithium belonged to Martin’s girlfriend, but that Martin began a ‘false narrative that Hutchison had poisoned and almost killed Zaawaadi’.

‘Instead of looking at facts, however, the porn conglomerate launched a coverup; executives made Hutchison a scapegoat for the life-threatening incident on one of their sets,’ Hutchison’s law firm Kerr Simpson said.

Hutchison alleges that she declined a $60,000 non-disclosure agreement (NDA) payoff, which resulted in Aylo retaliating against her financially.

The adult film actress claims that Aylo canceled her shoots and signing events, and removed her from prominent positions in videos on Pornhub and other affiliated websites.

This action led to Hutchison’s isolation from her friends and colleagues, as they feared repercussions from Aylo.

As a result, she struggled to find a makeup artist willing to work with her.

According to the lawsuit, Aylo holds a dominant position in the online pornography industry, controlling approximately 90% of production and distribution.

This monopoly gives Aylo significant power to harm actors like Hutchison with minimal effort.

Hutchison alleges that Aylo’s actions have resulted in nearly $2 million in losses since the incident, with projected losses amounting to tens of millions more due to ongoing manipulation of her algorithm and damage to her brand.

Additionally, Hutchison states that she is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a result of the sexual assault by Danny D., which has had both personal and professional repercussions.

Her legal team filed a lawsuit in Nevada in February, but it has been transferred to federal court at the defendants’ request due to jurisdictional issues.

While the original complaint seeks $30 million in damages, Hutchison’s lawyers intend to pursue a claim for $80 million, as reported by the Daily Beast.

‘Melissa saved a girl’s life on set and was rewarded by Aylo and Ethical Capital Partners with physical intimidation, sexual assault, humiliation, alienation, substantial financial losses, and a smear campaign unconscionably centred on her dead child,’ said a representative of Kerr Simpson.

‘We’re looking forward to helping Melissa get justice not only to reclaim her daughter’s memory but also to hold the Aylo-Ethical Capital Partners Big Porn conglomerate accountable and stop them from continuing to wield their unregulated monopoly power to destroy people’s lives.’

The porn actress also alleges that Zaawaadi has been intimidated and silenced through coercion since she saved her life.