'In reality, there is only one defence and that is truth - that the meaning of the tweets that the claimant is a rapist is true. The meaning of the tweets is not disputed. The claimant says they mean he is a rapist. The judge told him: 'You accept that you wrote the tweets. 'Is this not a case of public interest? We have to publicly take care of each other.' 'In many cases when sex workers report attacks to the police, it's often laughed off because we can't be sexually assaulted because we are sex workers. 'In the sex worker industry, we have to stand up for ourselves and make our voices heard publicly. He told the judge Mr Justice Johnson: 'From the information given to me from outside sources, it is within my belief that these people were sexually assaulted. Mr Stones had insisted that stories of purported victims 'should be heard', that individuals he had spoken to were not 'the only victims' and said he 'won't back down', the barrister added.Īt a pre-trial hearing, Mr Stones, of Belle Vue, Manchester, agreed the tweets, which have since been taken down and the account closed, had accused Mr Aaronson of 'being a rapist'. The businessman issued his libel writ in April last year following comments made by Mr Stones on the Twitter account which had 17,000 followers, and in a video on a YouTube channel with 192,000 subscribers. In 2018, he launched his website, which allows users to follow and chat to their favourite porn stars and access exclusive videos and photos by paying a monthly fee, with the platform taking a share of the profits. Under the pseudonym Dominic Ford, Mr Aaronson carved out a career as one of the most successful gay porn stars, as well as operating his own porn studio for nearly a decade. The success of the move led to him being nominated for XBiz businessman of the year in 2022. Mr Aaronson also worked in the porn industry before launching the website Just For Fans, which connects porn stars directly with viewers, in 2018.
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He told Mr Justice Johnson he will put forward defences of 'truth' and 'public interest' to back his tweets at trial.ĭominic Ford, real name Jack Aaronson, is seeking an injunction to ban further allegations being made, plus damages of up to £60,000 Manchester-based Mr Stones agreed the tweets accused Mr Aaronson of being a rapist, but told a judge at London's High Court he stands by his online posts, saying he felt he had to speak up because claims of abuse by sex workers are often 'laughed off' when reported to the authorities.
He is seeking an injunction to ban further allegations being made, plus damages of up to £60,000. One of the tweets said: 'Using your power as figure head in the industry to extort models & blackmail them into sex is UNACCEPTABLE!'Īmerican businessman Mr Aaronson denies any wrongdoing and accused Mr Stones of making 'toxic' and 'deliberately false allegations to harm him' on Twitter and in a video interview on YouTube.
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A gay porn star is being sued for £60,000 in libel damages after accusing an adult industry media tycoon of being a 'rapist' on Twitter.Īdult actor turned pop singer Mickey Taylor, whose real name is Marcus Stones, has been sued by industry boss Dominic Ford, real name Jack Aaronson, after he posted a series of tweets in June 2020 which Mr Aaronson says accused him of having 'raped models'.