IEAU Moves to Dissolve APAG, Demands Assets From Principals

LOS ANGELES—The International Entertainment Adult Union (IEAU) issued a statement Thursday morning that it has filed with the Department of Labor to terminate its Adult Performers Actors Guild (APAG) chapter, and seeks to recover all APAG assets from board members Alana Evans, Ruby and Kelly Pierce. To this point, Evans, Ruby and Pierce have respectively served as APAG's president, vice president and secretary. The assets they have controlled include the official APAG website and social media accounts, and the total value of all assets under their purview surpasses $210,000, according to the IEAU. In its statement, the mother union advised, particularly in regard to the online assets, that "disregarding request, tampering or deleting any of the above will be cause for lawsuit against each APAG former officer in the amount of $210,000.00." Though the IEAU statement indicates that a lawsuit has already been filed against Evans, Ruby and Pierce for the recovery of these assets, Evans tells AVN there appears to be no evidence any such lawsuit exists, and neither herself nor her fellow officers have been served. She also noted that she believes this move to be in retaliation for APAG's opposition to the controversial California Assebly Bill 2389 that IEAU founder Phyllisha Anne proposed to Assemblymember Cristina Garcia, who has been pushing it forward in the legislature since introducing it one month ago today. Nevertheless, the IEAU asserts that this move comes out of irreconcilable differences between itself and the APAG chapter members. "The board of the IEAU can no longer tolerate under any circumstances, the constant online hatefulness and the bullying, that is not what we about or who we are, that is not the professionalism we want to portray," the Union statement says. "Therefore the board has decided to pull back and regroup. "The Adult Performers Actors Guild is a trademark entity of the International Entertainment Adult Union therefore, the name will stay with the IEAU, all APAG members at this time will be under the main IEAU membership," the statement continues. "Once all that has been done officially, we have retrieved back all assets from APAG officers, we will then regroup and figure out together, how to move forward." Commented founder Anne, "I put this Union together for the sole purpose to help people, and create a safe place for workers to be able to come to for guidance and help, there has been so much slanderous talk and bullying, that helps no one and it takes the focus away of what is important. Right now, we need to pull together as an industry and a Union is an entity that can help everyone in this time of need. I was hoping they would all see the good in what they were able to do, but that doesn't seem to be possible, even though it saddens me, it's time to say goodbye." "We thank all the current officers very much for all the work they have put into this union," IEAU president Elisabeth Thomas added, "however, we wished you would have lead us with a more professional stance than is currently being projected as the Union, and we look forward to establishing the APAG chater at a later date, once we have had time to step back and regroup." The Union statement goes on to say, "At this current time, APAG is no longer registered with the Department of Labor under the IEAU. As of March 19, 2020 APAG is now officially terminated, until further notice." Supporting documents sent with the statement, however, appear to confirm only that a form had been filed detailing certain Union violations by APAG members, and not that the chapter had been formally terminated. Alana Evans told AVN she intended to release a full statement in response to this development, but as of post time, she had yet to do so. The Union said a membership meeting is scheduled to take take place at 2 p.m. March 26.