Exclusive: Adult performer Owen Hawk told The Independent his income has since dropped from more than $500,000 to just over $10,000
A prominent gay porn star is accusing a pair of former business partners of sullying his reputation by posting “extreme” false claims about him on social media, including that he nearly killed a dog on a film set by feeding it meth.
In a bombshell lawsuit filed last Friday, Robert Owen Felt, who is known professionally as Owen Hawk, says the claim — along with allegations that he is a “sex offender,” “engaged in domestic violence,” and “committ[ed] fraud and other crimes — is not only false, but has also largely put the brakes on his 20-plus-year career.
Felt’s complaint names Damian Todaro, the owner of PPVNetwork, a hardcore streaming service, and Todaro’s boyfriend, identified in court papers only as “Elvis,” as the perpetrators of an “extreme and outrageous” defamation campaign against him following a work dispute last year. As a result, Felt’s professional opportunities have dwindled to the point that he has “been forced to liquidate his retirement funds to survive and defend himself,” according to the complaint.
On Tuesday, Felt told The Independent that in 2024, he earned “well over $500,000,” but that now his income has dropped to less than $1,000 a month and he is afraid of being evicted from his home. He said he has spent years building a brand, and that it has been excruciating to see it stripped away.
“It’s been really painful,”...
Scripts Inc. of defrauding the U. S. Department of Defense out of billions of dollars in unnecessary medications for military personnel, saying the lawsuit wasn't barred by any public disclosures o...