Linda Boreman's Allegations
In her first two biographies, Linda Boreman characterizes making the film as a liberating experience; in her third and fourth biographies (written after she had come out with her stories of sexual abuse, rape, and forced prostitution in the porn business), she charges that she did not consent to many of the depicted sexual acts and that she was coerced to perform by her abusive husband, Chuck Traynor, who received $1,250 for her acting. She also claimed that Traynor threatened to kill her, brandishing handguns and rifles to control her.
In 1986, she testified before the Meese Commission that "Virtually every time someone watches that movie, they're watching me being raped." In the Toronto Sun on March 20, 1981 she said that, "It is a crime that movie is still showing; there was a gun to my head the entire time." While the other people present on the set did not support the gun charge, both Traynor and Damiano confirmed in interviews that Traynor was extremely controlling towards Boreman and also hit her on occasion. In the documentary Inside Deep Throat it is claimed that bruises are visible on Boreman's body in the movie.
These allegations were cited in the UK Government's Rapid Evidence Assessment on "The evidence of harm to adults relating to exposure to extreme pornographic material" as part of its plans to criminalize possession of what it terms "extreme pornography".
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