John Stagliano issues a statement: “I was not happy with what Kevin [Moore] had told me he was saying about Jessica Drake”

February 24, 2019 Off By PNTLIVE

PNT Commentary: It doesn’t seem as though people are going to stop talking about the death of August Ames anytime soon – especially considering that one of the featured commentators in Jon Ronson’s audio book “The Last Days of August” (Mercedes Carrera) was recently arrested due to accusations and charges of child molestation…

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Daemon Cins bullying Kevin Moore on Twitter and referencing Evil Angel studios

Now (seemingly out of the blue) here we have John Stagliano issuing a rather cryptic statement in regards to his apparent support of pornstar Jessica Drake.

What exactly does Stagliano mean when he says “I was not happy with what Kevin had told me he was saying about Jessica Drake” ? What exactly did Kevin say specifically that made Stagliano unhappy? Does this mean Kevin Moore is no longer an Evil Angel studio director?

Don’t forget that Mercedes Carrera’s husband Daemon Cins DID STATE ON TWITTER that he didn’t think Kevin Moore should be an Evil Angel director and that he wanted to REPLACE HIM…

via @JohnAStagliano on Twitter

I need to talk about something. I think that Jessica Drake was unfairly treated by social media and Evil Angel at the time of August Ames’ death. Jessica simply stated that she would have made a different decision about who she would work with in regard to August Ames’ decision about working with a crossover from gay to straight performer. I was not following the social media storm at the time and was sympathetic to Kevin Moore and what had happened to his wife. This was an extremely traumatic thing that happened to Kevin. I felt that it was necessary that Evil Angel give him as much support as possible at the time.

However, I have become more informed on the situation recently. Late last year, I decided to take over running Evil Angel on a day to day basis for several reasons. One of those reasons was I was not happy with what Kevin had told me he was saying about Jessica Drake. As well, I was not happy that it appeared that Evil Angel was supporting Kevin in his position. I investigated further and came to the conclusion that my company had behaved badly at the time of Ames’ death. I think Jessica has suffered unfair criticism for her position. But also, I absolutely support the right of any performer to choose who they work with, or don’t work with. In that regard, I think August was completely justified in her decision.

I am appalled that somehow Evil Angel tweeted something horrible about Jessica (the tweet was removed shortly after it was posted). Most concerning to me is that I was not fully informed of this situation by my general manager at the time, but I should have investigated further. That is my fault, and regret. Any animosity between my company and Jessica, or Wicked pictures, was completely wrong.