DARREN JAMES

'Darren James' (born 'Darren Keith Edwards' on February 25, 1964 in Detroit, Michigan) is an African-American ex-pornographic actor who sent shock waves throughout the adult entertainment industry and made worldwide headlines after testing positive for HIV.
The six-year veteran performer tested positive on April 13, 2004 after allegedly engaging in unprotected anal intercourse with Brazilian porn star Bianca Biaggi for a scene in the video "Split That Booty 2" in Rio de Janeiro. By the end of the month it was discovered that three actresses (two of whom were involved in the same production) who had worked with James shortly after his return to the United States had also become infected with the virus. These were Canadian newcomer Lara Roxx, Miss Arroyo, and Czech-born Jessica Dee.
Rumors began and persist that a transvestite - and not Biaggi - was in fact responsible for passing the virus to James sometime during his stay in Brazil. This has been strenuously denied by both James and those close to him, but the transvestite in question has said repeatedly that it is true.
The ensuing fears of HIV infection (as well as the public scandal and criticisms of the industry that followed the outbreak) caused a two-month shutdown of production of adult movies in Los Angeles, and though never having been officially barred from performing sex in front of the cameras, James has since turned to directing.
Recently, various sources have now said that Lara Roxxx was actually "Patient Zero" in 2004.
From Gene Ross's column on Adultfyi.com: 'From I've been suggesting to people all along that Lara Roxx, not Darren James, is Patient Zero in this whole HIV flap. And Wankus' interview with Dick Tracey Friday night on KSEX, www.ksexradio.com gives me even more reason to believe that.''"^[1].
For one thing, Tracey lends credence to the Roxx ass picture that has appeared on Adultfyi.com- the one where Roxx's anal tract appears to be housing a leper colony. Roxx is claiming she got that rash the day after she worked with Darren James which is utter nonsense. Roxx had that condition the day she worked with James, and here's what Tracey had said to Wankus.''
Noting that he hasn't worked with any of the people who's worked with the people on the quarantine list, Tracey said he got lucky in that instance. "But I've got a fucked up story," said Tracey, referring to Roxx. Tracey said he could have worked with Roxx approximately the time she worked with James, that Roxx was a step-in for another girl who didn't show up.''
"She showed up on set and me being the picky bastard that I am, I'm, who the fuck is this? This wasn't the girl I was supposed to work with." Tracey's woman Cailley Taylor who was also on The Wanker Show piped in by saying that Roxx was ugly and that's why Tracey had his reservations. Tracey said another girl was also on the set talking to Roxx in the dressing room. Tracey was called over and the girl pulled Roxx's pants down. "She [Roxx] had lesions."
Tracey said he saw the picture on Adultfyi.com and confirmed that was Roxx. "When I saw that I said no fucking way am I working with that. I called Aria who was down the street. She saved my fucking life. I called her up and she came over and did the scene."
Wankus said he had been told that Roxx had been turned down by other male performers, noting her condition but that James said he didn't give a fuck because he was known to have herpes anyway. "This is what I heard."

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Trivia

★ Though he appeared in over 250 titles, he remained relatively unknown throughout his career as a performer.

★ Despite having been very active in porn, he is described by those who know him as being rather shy.

★ His early videos show him with a goatee and a slightly hairy body. He later changed his look by appearing clean-shaven and waxed.

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★ Filmography ''Warning: contains explicit pornographic content''