So basically this is what happened and the aftermath when she turned 18. On July 17, 1986, video rental shops and adult movie theaters in the US removed their inventory all hardcore material featuring Lords to avoid prosecution for distributing child pornography. John Weston, attorney of the Adult Film Association of America, said distributors should withdraw any movie made before May 1986 that featured Lords in sexual conduct. The withdrawal of Lords’ movies from the market cost the industry millions of dollars.[Government prosecutors declared that Lords was a victim of a manipulative industry, maintaining that she was drugged and made to do non-consensual acts. Industry insiders, including Ron Jeremy, Tom Byron, Peter North, and Ginger Lynn said they never saw her use drugs and that she was always fully aware of her actions. While most of Lords’s movies were permanently removed from distribution in the United States, several were re-edited to remove her scenes or had new footage filmed with a different actress playing her part. Her only porn movie legally available in the United States is Traci, I Love You, filmed in Cannes, France two days after her 18th birthday.
All The Traci Lord films we have are complete and not edited to remove her scenes. As Was the case in America.
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