Re: O/T - Traci Lords
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2002 10:11 am
No - the under-18 scenes are available in Europe - not in the USA. As to how it's legal, don't ask me. Except perhaps it's to do with the validity of a contract. As I undestand it, it is illegal in Europe for anyone under 18 to appear in a porn film because of the question of a a valid written agreement, rather than a question of statutory rape, which was a concern in the USA in realtion to these films for a while. These scenes *were* shot and they can't be *un-shot* - in most of them she was between 16 and 18, the age of consent for sex varies between countries but is less than 18, and it happened nearly 20 years ago. Perhaps none of the authorities in Europe have bothered about it because they don't know or don't don't think it's worth making a fuss if in practice, for most of the films, it was just a question of a valid contract rather than under age sex. The BBFC wouldn't give them an R18 certificate though, apart from the one film she did when she was over 18.
Don't expect legal matters to be clear and logical - if they were most lawyers woudl be out of a job.
Don't expect legal matters to be clear and logical - if they were most lawyers woudl be out of a job.