Prominent Adult Director Sues Website

Prominent adult film director Bobby Manila and his company, Climax 9 Productions, Inc., have filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court against Mansef Productions, Inc., operator of Brazzers.com, for fraud and breach of contract.  The complaint alleges that Mansef offered Manila a lucrative three-year exclusive contract as a pretext for getting Manila to train others in his shooting style.  View a copy of the complaint here.
 
According to Manila’s attorney, Gary Jay Kaufman of The Kaufman Law Group, after signing Manila to a one-year service agreement in June 2007, Mansef was so impressed with Manila’s work, it sought to keep Manila from working for competitors through a long-term, exclusive contract.  Manila accepted the offer in late 2007 and committed himself exclusively to Brazzers for at least the next three years.  “Unfortunately, Mansef’s commitme to Manila was nowhere near as strong.  Mansef immediately asked Manila to train others to direct in his style.  Now, with the training complete, Mansef trumped up bogus excuses to terminate Manila’s contract and offered him a replacement contract for a shorter term in a ridiculously transparent cost-cutting move.  The silver lining is that now Bobby is free to accept offers from quality, legitimate companies.”

Mr. Kaufman went on to say that “this suit should serve as a wakeup call to the industry: beware of Brazzers.”