Billy Santoro, the Australia-based adult film star, just got evicted by his landlord. The reason: Santoro and his husband, Gage, did not follow COVID-19 social distance procedures when hosting a “get together” to work from home.
The Sydney Morning Herald reports that neighbors spotted a moving van outside the Monument Apartments where Billy & Gage once lived. Last month, reports stated that neighbors had complained to building management about loud music and noises coming from their apartment, as well as a large string of “guests” arriving to film adult content. The couple also had the police called to their home several times this year.
Said behavior got the couple evicted. Their landlord served the pair with an eviction notice on the grounds of “disturbing the peaceful enjoyment of surrounding lots with extreme noise” and “failing to practice social distancing during meet-and-greets organized via social media.”
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The news marks an ignominious end to a year of scandals plaguing Santoro. In June, Santoro sparked a backlash on social media for racist diatribes.
“Lol. America! Lol you let your blacks loot as a way of protest. Wake the f*ck up. Shoot first,” Santoro declared on Facebook.
“Blacks will just breed more hatred towards them,” he wrote in another post.
“Just putting this out there…I have never been ‘gay-bashed’ Called ‘faggot’ etc. from a white, redneck Trump supporter. But I have been by African American men who live in Shaw in DC. #justsayin,” Santoro wrote in yet another rant.
Santoro issued an apology on Twitter in October, blaming his rants and housing woes on meth addiction. “I’ve said some things that I totally regret,” Santoro said in his Twitter post, “which I apologize for and by no way mean, while under the influence. I finally woke up one day and hit rock bottom. Me and my husband Gage both have an addiction that we’re fighting, and it’s been hard. We have all the tools to recover but it’s been very hard. Gage and I made our choice, to choose each other over a drug…we need our friends and fans to rally behind us and help us through this time. I want people to see that this drug does to you.”
Here’s hoping that Billy & Gage find a new place to live soon…possibly in a rehab facility.
Sister Bertha Bedderthanyu
From the article: “The couple also had the police called to their home several times this year.
From the article: “Said behavior got the couple evicted. Their landlord served the pair with an eviction notice on the grounds of “disturbing the peaceful enjoyment of surrounding lots with extreme noise” and “failing to practice social distancing during meet-and-greets organized via social media.”
I’m left wondering was it going to take some one OD’ing or being thrown thru a window while naked to get the landlord to understand that THESE two particular queens needed to live elsewhere, presumably a cave. I can only imagine the intentional decibels the noise got during those orgies and it wouldn’t shock me at all if on several occasions they pulled back the curtains to let their neighbors see what was going on as though it was something to be proud of. Those two are what they are, two obnoxious queens good for nothing else but sex and drugs. Were they responsible businessmen they would have had a HOUSE with a some space between the other houses to conduct that type of business. To make a long story short I say I stand with the landlords long overdue decision.
Jack Meoff
Please take him back America we don’t need him here.
WashDrySpin
I am sure we will read about an O/D or a gofundme or BOTH
Chrisk
Well, damn. Yeah, living next to a pair of tweakers hosting loud PNP parties all night on a regular basis would be my nightmare as well.
I sympathise with people that have addictions though. Especially meth. I’ve had my own drug addiction so I know how tough it is to beat. However, they got warned many times and just gave everyone the finger so eff them.
Donston
Y’all really be presenting these porn performers like they’re more than porn performers. Not to de-humanize them or anything. But why so many articles about a porn performer, especially one who apparently isn’t even relevant in the realm of porn any longer? It once again gives the impression that “queer media” stays hyper obsessed with sex and knows no other way to promote itself. But I guess the porn world will always supply easy drama.
Chrisk
Oh noes. We wouldn’t want others to think the queer media is all about sex. What will the children think. Lol
You know there are plenty of gay sites that feature nothing but politics and non sexual stories. This is just one site that I visit.
Just saying..
Godabed
To piggie back on what Chrisk said, sex work for a lot of LGBTQIA is the only way they can make a living. In some places you will get kicked out of your homes and apts, jobs, etc just for being LGBTQIA so those people shouldn’t be shamed.
But to your larger question, the reason why Queerty and other sites write stories about these pornstars is lazy journalism. I’ve noticed they pick these articles from gay news blogs, they don’t talk to any sources really about it. But rely on others doing the work. I’m not sure who gets paid to watch these blogs and just report what other people are saying, but I’m sure we all want that job.
Donston
I’m hardly puritanical, and I’m aware of what site this is. My point is not about protecting the “kids”. Nor do I judge sex workers.
There really isn’t many options any longer when it comes to “queer journalism”. Almost everything places identity politics, playing nice, sensationalism and the promotion of sex above everything else. There’s very little real storytelling, investigating and researching. They all seem hella scared to genuinely tackle messy issues like sociology, religion, abuse, addictions, mental health, internal phobias, paraphiliacs, fluidity, the gender, romantic, sexual, emotional, relationship contentment spectrum. They barely even have anything interesting to say about sex or prejudice. Most of these places just create articles from interviews, gossip, sex and something on social media. That is partly why there’s still so much division and ignorance. And while there are definitely superior sites to Queerty, most of these places move in the same way and/or are owed by the same corporations.
There are interesting ways you can tackle sex workers and sex work in general. Constantly focusing on merey promoting sex or shaming whoever did/said something shitty is just lame, redundant and, yes, lazy at this point.
WashDrySpin
I find that MANY sex workers are in the business because they have felony arrests most of the time for drugs (in some form/way or another) that negate them having a regular job
It is not about shame it is about looking at the FACTS and making/seeing/extrapolating a correlation
Sister Bertha Bedderthanyu
I normally don’t read the comment sections of porn sites but lately I have been noticing a lot of people claiming that many of those Onlyfans pages have lured people in with $5-8 for thirty days offers but some how still manage to bill credit cards after the thirty days are up and the people did not agree to monthly charges. The same is being said about gay websites as well. Too many people are saying the same thing.
Donston
They focus on the porn industry only to promote sex or to highlight someone doing/saying something shitty. It’s just sensationalism. There are a lot of shitty behaving porn performers and drug addicted ones and many with mental health issues. None of that is news. I personally find the obsession lame if you’re not gonna look beyond the surface.
There are definitely many who use OnlyFans as a scam. The ridiculous overpricing for “private” videos. Lack of content but still taking money from people. Promising to do certain things on camera that you never do. I haven’t signed up for any of those sites. But from my experience you have to actively de-subscribed from those sites/accounts. Otherwise, they keep billing you. A lot of these folks who don’t really use credit cards or are kids don’t get that.
WashDrySpin
I have not paid for porn since 2008 and surely would NEVER give my credit card information to an OnlyFans page….
Creamsicle
@Godabed, yeah there are a stupid number of queerty posts that do nothing but recap reddit posts that have little to no engagement.
Cam
@Godabed
You said “But to your larger question, the reason why Queerty and other sites write stories about these pornstars is lazy journalism. I’ve noticed they pick these articles from gay news blogs, they don’t talk to any sources really about it”
1. They got this from the Sydney Morning Herald. Not a blog, one of the largest papers in the country.
2. Also, you act as though Queerty should be sending their reporters all over the world to chase down stories. If you’d like them to do that, you may want to suggest that they start charging for subscriptions because otherwise not sure how they could afford the massive budget to run a full newsroom.
WashDrySpin
The gay community should stop elevating porn actors…
DarkZephyr
“Elevating” them to what, exactly? Human beings?
WashDrySpin
Billy is yet another racist white man here in America…sprinkle on the fact that he is a drug addict and gay does not dilute nor negate his level of hatred
kyrodamien
Say it again for those in the back! ??????
Donston
But when has being “gay” ever meant that you’re not racist? Just like when has being any race ever meant that you’re not homophobic or anti-gay? It’s like some of y’all think being “gay” means that you’re no longer a part of sociology and all it entails. People are not just “gay” and nothing else.
LumpyPillows
He’s in Australia, sweetie darling.
garypegsf
Replying to Godabed
“sex work for a lot of LGBTQIA is the only way they can make a living.”
Really? Office jobs, retail, grocery store, and (insert job here) are not options?
Kangol2
You do realize the US is in the worst recession since the Great Depression, right, with 10+ million jobs, particularly in the service industry gone, many potentially never to return? That US food pantries are witnessing some of the biggest demand in decades? That 2/3rds of Americans are living paycheck-to-paycheck, millions are facing eviction and homelessness, and millions still do not have adequate health care? Sex work is one avenue that LGBTQIA people can still fall back on.
Sister Bertha Bedderthanyu
@Kangol2…….while on that subject I hope you saw this mornings edition of Sunday Morning. If not it should be on their website by now but they were talking about the very soon to come eviction order ban expiring in the dead of winter while a pandemic has just become worse than it was back in April. They show both sides of the argument, tenant and landlord. Can’t wait to hear your opinion. Ted Koppel hosted the segment.
In reference to a previous comment about what seems to take priority across gay media there has been practically nothing mentioned about gay men and women whom have lost jobs, in need of food or have become homeless in major overpriced big cities across the country (L.A., S.F., NYC, DC, etc…) due to the pandemic. Its as though other than the sex and entertainment there is no other area where we work or have set up businesses. Surely some one out there owns a struggling clothing store or have tenants that are struggling (yes, a few of us own rental properties as well). Its really sad sex and victimization are the order of the day but it is what it is.
Michael
I like a lot of people have been down on my luck, but to say because we’re LGBTQIA you can’t get a job and you have to do sex work is BS. It’s the same as saying because we’re not straight we have to do meth and take every drug going, again that is BS. To pay the rent and put food on the table, I’ve done some awful jobs, I’ve scrubbed toilets, cleaned up shite and vomit, all for minimum wage here in the U.K. That was my choice to work doing those jobs, just like it’s a choice to work in the sex industry – I don’t decry those that do, I’ve enjoyed a lot of porn – but it’s not compulsory to do sex work if you LGBTQIA, for those that choose to I gather it’s easy money – BUT there ARE jobs out there – it’s up to you if your prepared to do them. From what I’m aware of with drugs, it lowers your inhibitions so you speak a lot of truth on them. This vile human being spoke a lot of what he felt towards the black community, he deserves no sympathy. Bigotry of any type is unacceptable, blaming it by saying ‘I was high’ that why I said it is crap.
LumpyPillows
Cherry picking is a crime.
kyrodamien
People always blaming something else on their racism , drugs,etc! Jut own it. You’re a hateful small minded person who feels like your greater than! Sometimes I swear the white gays are worst than the cis whites!
Donston
“Gay” and cis do not mean the opposite things according to anyone’s definition of those words.
Ultimately, people are people. Being “gay” or being anything doesn’t suddenly mean you’re understanding anyone else’s plights. If feeling suppressed, marginalized, disrespected, whatever was all it took to be more understanding then there’d be a lot more harmony in the world. For example, homophobia would probably be entirely nonexistent. Hell, there are many out “queers” who have anti-gay biases or politics, who contend with internalized homo, gay shame, self-misandry, toxic masculinity, femme-phobia, homo inferiority, hetero/non-homo superiority, etc. These identities don’t shift your outlook on people and the world. It’s kinda naive at this point to expect them to.
LumpyPillows
Kind of racist and unhelpful.
WashDrySpin
This racist drug addicted white gay P O S has garnered more attention than he deserves…Billy is not going to change, he is not going to stop taking drugs, he will continue to be racist…he will blame someone or something else…
WSnyder
Sure Billy, I’m sure the ‘hitting rock bottom’ and acknowledging the addictions to Meth for both you and your husband were TOTALLY responsible for the poor choices of having gang-bangs and loud parties. Like, I mean, there’s NO possibility of having any triggers in that environment during you and your husbands serious attempts in dealing with your respective addictions. Nothing screams recovery more than a few ‘wake the neighbors’ orgies.
Nobody took your lame-*ss excuse for your racism caused by your addiction before and any credibility you thought you had is pretty much boxed and sent away. Like your furniture and dildos.
Al
Don’t you just hate the phrase “just saying”? It’s a giveaway the person using it has just written or posted something unacceptable.
cuteguy
I’ve met this guy online years ago and met in person and we hung out. He’s a decent guy. At least he was back in 2015. Cut him some slack. Hope he gets the help he said he was seeking with his husband.. Wish him well. He is part of lgbtq community and we should support one another. Unless ur black. Just kidding. Just a joke ppl. Get a sense of humor lol. We cannot take ourselves too seriously and let political correctness go amuck or we can get another Donald Chump
Cam
Always trying to push the conservative line.
So let’s see, you’re trying to excuse his very racist (Shoot first) comments and then attack “Political correctness”, which is basically just saying people shouldn’t go around screaming racist or bigoted things at other people.
I’ll give you credit, you’re more subtle about it than the one other right wing troll with all of the different screenames.
Dannyzackery
I feel really bad for him. He’s literally an example of a man losing everything. All he has now is his husband. Why couldn’t he just sorry that he said racist comments.
LumpyPillows
He’s a human traffic accident. I think he has made a lot of poor life choices. He’s not that bright, which is why he has these simplistic opinions on race; a lot like a big percentage of the planet. I hope he gets his life together, but I also hope he never moves near me.