Gay Porn Stars Taylor Reign And Cole Claire Accuse CockyBoys Of Non-Payment And Scene Cancellations
Late last night, gay porn star Taylor Reign posted several tweets accusing CockyBoys of owing him $18,456 for scene work and DVD revenue he says he was promised. Reign, who left his exclusivity as a CockyBoy this month due to the alleged non-payment, says the amount due is for scenes that would’ve been released on CockyBoys.com and on DVDs. Reign posted screenshots of multiple emails between him and various CockyBoys staff members discussing potential scenes and payments, but it’s not clear what, if anything, CockyBoys allegedly offered him originally, or if there was an exact dollar amount in an agreed upon contract. CockyBoys has not responded at all to any of Reign’s tweets, and did not confirm or deny his claims. Here were Reign’s tweets, as posted last night through this afternoon:
Hope everyone has an AMAZING TIME at CAMP COCKYBOYS! While you’re there supporting all my friends & models, ask @Cockyboys why I have yet to be compensated. Here’s just one of MANY emails between the company & myself showing knowledge of the issue from the director of development pic.twitter.com/84bicrT4pD
— TAYLOR REIGN (@TaylorREIGNXXX) June 27, 2019
My email to @Cockyboys towards the end of my contract, explaining things to them. pic.twitter.com/6WrAnTC6G4
— TAYLOR REIGN (@TaylorREIGNXXX) June 27, 2019
— TAYLOR REIGN (@TaylorREIGNXXX) June 27, 2019
— TAYLOR REIGN (@TaylorREIGNXXX) June 27, 2019
My response from @Cockyboys acknowledging the situation at the time. pic.twitter.com/SkTiX0ADCP
— TAYLOR REIGN (@TaylorREIGNXXX) June 27, 2019
We then spoke in which they agree to continue the original agreement in funding travel, housing, camera, editing and model fees to film the self-made content they had said they didn’t want me doing. To which I sent them this proposal. pic.twitter.com/p3ib1SUEuP
— TAYLOR REIGN (@TaylorREIGNXXX) June 27, 2019
In person, we went over this and it was agreed upon. London having to be a part of the plan as it was my plan to go there and they agreed to fund the traveling. After filming another scene in NYC, I was flown to Seattle to do my usual testing in which I sent them this email. pic.twitter.com/6Zbj4wWs01
— TAYLOR REIGN (@TaylorREIGNXXX) June 27, 2019
I was then told by their director of business who they set in charge to handle all this that they wanted to send me to Canada instead of London as planned; this being the second time they waited too long till flights were too expensive. Once again failing to follow through. pic.twitter.com/OOvwO1a9Pn
— TAYLOR REIGN (@TaylorREIGNXXX) June 27, 2019
After spending weeks with Hugo as our middle man negotiating it took weeks to do what would take a day. Going back and forth me to Hugo and him to Jake Jaxson. pic.twitter.com/prQeefEECB
— TAYLOR REIGN (@TaylorREIGNXXX) June 27, 2019
Paying out $200 per scenes just won’t cut it as I did more work planning my scenes, co-directing & had already been self-made content exclusive with them for a whole year, loosing out on a lot of funds. I told them every year that I could be making more but wanted to be with them
— TAYLOR REIGN (@TaylorREIGNXXX) June 27, 2019
I def couldn’t take them up on the offer to take my new self made content as I had paid all the expenses out of my own pocket and they were not willing to reimburse me.
— TAYLOR REIGN (@TaylorREIGNXXX) June 27, 2019
I had actually filmed self-made content with Jack Hunter and Aaron Burke & sent them the footage which they denied; Aaron Burke’s scene not being horizontal(makes sense) & them wanting to film Jack and my scene themselves; which I agreed too w/ it going on my DVD line. It didn’t
— TAYLOR REIGN (@TaylorREIGNXXX) June 27, 2019
I asked Jake and RJ to make time to speak with me the following Monday, sent emails, texts, even mentioned them both in my Father’s Day tweet as people who have molded me. Which they have. I now know my worth and stand up for myself. I saw them posting pics about dogs and-
— TAYLOR REIGN (@TaylorREIGNXXX) June 27, 2019
responding to fans but ignoring both myself and Cole Claire, who they have also wronged. It takes 5min to pick up a phone and call and they had 4 months to do so. At this point it’s intentional and disrespectful. Im beyond disappointed and hurt.
— TAYLOR REIGN (@TaylorREIGNXXX) June 27, 2019
So there it is; MY TRUTH. I worked my ass off the last two years for not only the company but also them personally. Sadly I have lost an idol, a friend and a family.
— TAYLOR REIGN (@TaylorREIGNXXX) June 27, 2019
So, the total per original contract, unpaid work, and current royalties sets them at $18,456.41 What I was asking for was one of these:
-The content
-$7,500 payout
-3DVDs with bareback content and agreed royalties as I was told Dec.Not including pay for unpaid scenes/work
— TAYLOR REIGN (@TaylorREIGNXXX) June 27, 2019
Yet another reminder and attempt to get @Cockyboys to reach out to me made June 8th. pic.twitter.com/KEsIDI03ES
— TAYLOR REIGN (@TaylorREIGNXXX) June 27, 2019
The next day, posting up photos but can’t respond to any of texts or emails.
I know you always say “just don’t respond” when people call you out, but when it’s someone you asked to trust you, you owe us that courtesy and respect. Be the person you preach about. ???? pic.twitter.com/Hdai6j5iij
— TAYLOR REIGN (@TaylorREIGNXXX) June 27, 2019
Around the same time as Reign’s tweets, another former CockyBoy, Cole Claire, came forward with his own complaint against the studio. Claire claims that he was not invited to the annual “Camp CockyBoys” party this weekend, and he also had one of his scheduled scenes canceled after he says he was “ignored” by the studio:
What does PRIDE really mean, when we exploit our own..? @Cockyboys
— Cole Claire (@coleclairelgbt) June 27, 2019
No, RJ told me the incorrect dates and when I found out the correct dates I was ignored for a week. I’d already planned my move by the time they gave me the time of day (and ONLY after they saw tweets that they found worrisome)
— Cole Claire (@coleclairelgbt) June 27, 2019
As some will recall, Claire left Helix Studios last year on bad terms, wishing for his former co-stars to be “set on fire,” but he hasn’t wished any harm on any of his former CockyBoys peers, thankfully.
While CockyBoys has not responded or commented on any of Taylor Reign’s claims, CockyBoys did respond to Cole Claire today, and screenshots of their conversation with him about the party invite and scene scheduling appear to contradict his complaints. In fact, they look to have gone out of their way to accommodate him, making repeated attempts to reschedule the scene and get him to the party:
Cole –
I’m very sorry for the mixup and were given the wrong date by accident, in the past the party was on the 23rd. However, we did make every effort to bring you in for the party and to reschedule a shoot for you. I’m sorry, we really did try our best to accommodate you. pic.twitter.com/9m7gItwz8e— Jake Jaxson (@cockyboys) June 27, 2019
