Fake Seattle Porn Talent Agency Sued By State of Washington Attorney General

Burning Angel, Most Alt Porn Companies Use No Talent Scouts/Recruiters

Matt Hickey - a blogger accused of creating a fake porn talent agency in Seattle - has had a lawsuit filed against him by the Washington State attorney general for that alleged fake porn talent agency he is believed to have operated for almost a decade. Hickey is currently in jail in Seattle after having been charged with three counts of rape in conjunction with his scam that I wrote about here back in June of last year. 

Pretending to be a completely fabricated Las Vegas woman who worked as a porn talent scout/recruiter, Hickey would try to get victims to do sexual acts with him and/or get naked for him for photo shoots as part of auditioning for roles in adult movies, according to his victims and the state's attorney general. An image of his alleged fake Facebook identity is above. According to Seattle alt paper The Stranger, Hickey claimed to work with Burning Angel, along with other adult companies. 

Hickey is being charged with violating the state of Washington's Consumer Protection Act and Commercial Electronic Mail Act. “This is one of the most egregious scams I’ve seen as Attorney General,” Washington state attorney general Bob Ferguson said on the state's website. “Beyond the monetary damage his victims suffered pursuing the defendant’s fictional job opportunities, they endured emotional trauma and unconscionable loss of privacy through his deception.”

The state of Washington is asking any victims of Hickey's who have yet to come forward to reach out to them by calling their investigator Charlann Schakel at (206).389.3850 or at [email protected].

The vast majority of porn production companies/websites DO NOT use talent scouts/recruiters. To verify what a person who says that they are a talent scout/recruiter tells you, you can always contact the production companies that they pretend to represent directly through their websites. You can also visit this website to get a list of licensed and completely legit talent agencies in the state of California.