Amber Rayne: Los Angeles authorities investigating whether adult film actor died of overdose
Tributes are being paid to Rayne after she collapsed in her Los Angeles apartment
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Your support makes all the difference.Tributes from the adult film world are pouring in for Amber Rayne after the retired actress died in her apartment on Saturday.
Rayne, real name Meghan Wren, collapsed while a friend was at her home in Los Angeles and was later pronounced dead by paramedics who arrived on scene. She was 31-years-old.
Rayne’s death was reported as a possible overdose or accident, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner told The Los Angeles Times. An autopsy and toxicology report is due to take place by the end of the week.
Rayne was one of five women to claim the porn actor James Deen sexually assaulted them while on set. Fellow adult actress Stoya, who was the first to come forward to make an allegation of assault at the hands of Deen, led tributes to her on Twitter.
Rayne was born in Detroit and worked in the adult film industry for 10 years before retiring in 2015. A keen dressage rider and music fan, she often shared pictures of her horses on her social media accounts. “Aside from my career I'm still what could be considered the average everyday girl,” she said in a 2007 interview. “Music is a rather large passion of mine and consumes a considerable amount of my time; whether it be dancing to it, playing my Les Paul, or hanging out listening to local bands music is usually involved.”
In an interview with The Daily Beast, Rayne claimed Deen punched her in the face twice and had intercourse with her so forcefully she bled while on the set of a porn film. She said the pair stayed friends after the incident, but claimed she felt obliged to speak out after Stoya’s allegations.
Deen categorically denied all of the allegations made against him.
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