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Ronson's careful not to paint Ames's husband as the bad guy, though some people close to Ames described him as overbearing—a bully in his own right—especially as far as...
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On December 3, Ames ignited a social media firestorm when...
- Suicide, Jaxton Wheeler Explains
- The Death of August Ames
- Homophobia in The Adult Film Industry
- Could Something Else Have Driven August Ames to Suicide?
Born Mercedes Grabowski on August 23, 1994, in Antigonish, Canada, August Ames performed in over 270 porn scenes throughout her four-year stint as an adult film star. According to Rolling Stone, she garnered over 600,00 Twitter followers before she died. In 2015, Ames was nominated for Best New Starlet by the Adult Video News (AVN) awards. She was ...
On December 3, 2017, August Ames warned whoever was taking over her upcoming shoot — which she allegedly dropped out of — that they would be collaborating with “crossover” talent. These performers appear in both gay and heterosexual porn. Ames’ message was seen as derogatory by some, as it suggested that males who do gay porn are more likely to hav...
Jon Ronson said “it’s impossible to know” what exactly drove August Ames to kill herself. “There were many factors that led to her suicide, some were terrible and some were … human and small,” he said. “So I think it would be wrong to say that any single factor led to her suicide. Would she be alive today? That’s an impossible question to answer be...
Mar 4, 2019 · Ronson was asked to look into the case by Ames’ husband Kevin Moore, who issued a statement in January 2018 saying that “bullying took her life” and naming people within the industry he said...
Oct 4, 2019 · These are the questions journalist Jon Ronson has to battle with as he investigates the suicide of porn performer August Ames. In December 2017 Ames (real name Mercedes Grabowski) tweeted that...
A month later, writer and podcaster Ronson approached Ames' husband – pornography producer Kevin Moore – and asked to tell the story of how cyberbullying had killed his wife.
Jan 31, 2019 · In the days that followed her suicide, Ames's husband, Kevin Moore, who also works in the porn industry, doubled-down on the rhetoric that social media bullying was what led to Ames' death.
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Feb 5, 2019 · However, she backed away from her claims when her husband contacted the production company in a rage. Dupree refused Ronson's requests for an interview.
