August 15, 2015
Chi Chi LaRue Reaches Out to Fund Rehab
Kilian Melloy READ TIME: 1 MIN.
Chi Chi LaRue, famed director of porn, has fallen on hard times and needs your help.
LaRue, internationally known gay icon, launched a GoFundMe.com account to aid in his alcohol and drug rehabilitation. As of last week the fund of 136 people had raised $10,870 in 10 days.
Family and friends of LaRue, who control the fund, are asking for $40,000 to cover the famed diva's Minnesota rehab experience. On the GoFundMe.com account, it is reported that LaRue is "embracing" the rehab.
LaRue (aka Lawrence David) is known for his directorial skills in numerous films. Our favorite is "Shifting Gears: A Bisexual Transmission (2008)" starring Wolf Hudson, Blake Riley, Cameron Marshall, Johnny Hazzard and Shy Love. Shot inside an auto body shop, the film caused quite a stir in the adult entertainment industry for its promotion of the phrase "straight-for-pay" - a reference to the gay actors performing straight sex scenes.
LaRue defended the production as a work of art. LaRue's GoFundMe account was created by Kevin Molin on July 23.
"After years of struggling with addiction Chi Chi recently found himself in crisis. With help of concerned family and friends, Chi Chi realized that his life was in danger and willingly admitted himself into drug and alcohol rehab in Minnesota," Molin writes.
Kilian Melloy serves as EDGE Media Network's Associate Arts Editor and Staff Contributor. His professional memberships include the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association, the Boston Online Film Critics Association, The Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association, and the Boston Theater Critics Association's Elliot Norton Awards Committee.
