High Court defamation case begins after gay porn star accused adult industry media boss who founded Just for Fans of ‘raping models’

• An ‘adult industry’ entrepreneur is in a High Court fight with an ex-porn star
• Marcus Stones is being sued by Jack Aaronson, for a series of tweets he posted
• The case over tweets accusing him of rape has started in London’s High Court 

A former gay porn star is being sued for libel damages after accusing an adult industry media tycoon of being a ‘rapist’ on Twitter.

Adult actor turned pop singer Mickey Taylor, whose real name is Marcus Stones, is being sued by industry boss Dominic Ford, real name Jack Aaronson.

He posted a series of tweets in June 2020 which Mr Aaronson says accused him of having ‘raped models’.

American businessman Mr Aaronson, who founded a website called JustFor.Fans, says Mr Stones made a ‘series of incredibly serious false allegations’ as an ‘act of revenge’ after a disagreement.

Mr Stones disputes Mr Aaronson’s defamation claim.

A judge has begun overseeing a trial at the High Court in London, which is due to end on Thursday.

Mickey Taylor, whose real name is Marcus Stones, has been accused of calling an adult industry media tycoon a ‘rapist’ in a series of tweets posted in June 2020

Dominic Ford, real name Jack Aaronson, has taken Mr Stones to London’s High Court in a defamation case

Mr Justice Julian Knowles indicted that he would deliver a ruling on a date to be fixed.

Barrister Gervase de Wilde, who is leading Mr Aaronson’s legal team, told the judge in a written case outline that: ‘(Mr Aaronson’s) claim is over a series of incredibly serious false allegations, published by (Mr Stones) on social media about (Mr Aaronson’s) conduct, beginning on 14 June 2020, principally that (Mr Aaronson) is responsible for the rape of multiple individuals.

The publications were made as an act of revenge by (Mr Stones), in the hours after a disagreement between the parties on an unrelated issue.’

Mr de Wilde said Mr Aaronson was a ‘United States-based internet entrepreneur’ who worked in the ‘part of the industry related to gay pornography’.

Barrister Jonathan Price, who is leading Mr Stones’ legal team, said Mr Stones was a student who worked as a model and performer in the adult entertainment industry for around seven years until August 2020.

He said Mr Stones described himself as a ‘mixed-race, pansexual, British Jamaican man’ who had experienced ‘racism and homophobia’ and had a ‘sense of duty’ to ‘speak out for others who experience injustice and are not heard’.

Manchester-based Mr Stones agreed the tweets accused Mr Aaronson of being a rapist, but told a judge at London’s High Court (pictured) he stands by his online posts, saying he felt he had to speak up because claims of abuse by sex workers are often ‘laughed off’ when reported to the authorities

Mr Aaronson worked in the porn industry before launching the website Just For Fans, which connects porn stars directly with viewers, in 2018.

The success of the move led to him being nominated for XBiz businessman of the year in 2022.

Under the pseudonym Dominic Ford, Mr Aaronson carved out a career as one of the most successful gay porn stars, as well as operating his own porn studio for nearly a decade.

In 2018, he launched his website, which allows users to follow and chat to their favourite porn stars and access exclusive videos and photos by paying a monthly fee, with the platform taking a share of the profits. 

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