Adult film industry shuts down in LA after porn star tests positive for HIV

The adult film industry in Los Angeles was shut down on Thursday after another porn performer's HIV test came back positive, the Daily Mail reports.

The moratorium will last until “all performers who the positive performer worked with or had sexual contact with test negative” according to guidelines set by the adult film industry trade group.

This is reported to be the third such moratorium imposed in the last year.

“We take the health of our performers very seriously and felt that it was better to err on the side of caution while we determine whether anyone else may have been exposed,” Diane Duke of the Freedom of Speech Coalition wrote in a release.

The last moratorium ended last September, at which point performers became required to test for HIV and other STIs every 14 days instead of every 28.

Prior to that, a performer who goes by the name Cameron Bay made national headlines when she tested positive for HIV followed by her adult film actor boyfriend.

The moratorium ended after one week.
 

See more on the Daily Mail website.