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• Darren James is a former pornography actor who was diagnosed with the HIV virus in 2004. With the announcement of his diagnosis and the determination that the virus was spread to three actresses James had worked with, the San Fernando Valley adult film industry was shut down for a month.

  In June 2009, approximately one week after the news broke about an adult film actress testing positive for HIV, James decided to finally go public with his story. LA Times: Porn star recalls nightmare of testing HIV positive (June 15, 2009)

• Fast Facts

  1. Full name: Darren Keith Edwards
  2. Born: February 25, 1964
  3. Birth place: Detroit, Michigan
  4. 2004: Diagnosed with HIV
  5. Children: While working in the adult film industry, he paid $100 a month to be tested for the AIDS virus http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-...
  6. April 2004: Shortly before his HIV diagnosis, he had been working both domestically and internationally and occassionally worked six days a week filming two or three scenes a day http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-...
  7. Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation: Publically released his HIV postive test results despite James asking them not to http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-...
  8. Joined the U.S. Navy after graduating from high school http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-...
  9. Has worked as a security guard since he left the adult film industry http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-...

• Career

  After leaving the Navy in 1989, Darren James settled in the Los Angeles area. Unable to find consistent work, James was occasionally homeless.

  In 1997, a friend referred James to a modeling job in the San Fernando Valley but it turned out to be a pornography shoot. According to James, he was needed the money so he performed. Things went well and he was hired for more projects. By 2004, he had a fan base and was making a good living in the industry.

  After his HIV diagnosis was publicly revealed he was so distraught he traveled to Tijuana, Mexico. He had never told his family how he made his living and they first heard about his profession when the HIV test results were announced.LA Times: Porn star recalls nightmare of testing HIV positive (June 15, 2009)

• Lawsuit

  Darren James filed a lawsuit against the Adult Industry Medical clinic in 2005. The lawsuit accused the AIM clinic and several of its officials of medical negligence and invasion of privacy. The case was settled out of court but the financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

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