Janine Lindemulder
{{Short description|American pornographic actress (born 1968/1969)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth year from age at date|40|2009|Dec|31}}
| birth_place = United States
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| spouse = {{marriage|Jesse James|2002|2004|reason=divorced}}{{r|Siwak 2022}}
| children = 2
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| yearsactive = 1988–2011
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Janine Lindemulder (born {{birth year from age at date|40|2009|Dec|31|noage=y}}{{r|Baker 2008}}) is an American pornographic actress, often credited mononymously as Janine.{{r|Janine is Back}} She is a member of the AVN Hall of Fame and the XRCO Hall of Fame. In 1999, she was pictured on the album artwork for punk rock band Blink-182's third studio album, Enema of the State.
Early career
After graduating from high school in 1986, Lindemulder worked as a stripper. She answered an ad looking for a figure model, not knowing "figure model" meant nude model. After meeting with the photographer who posted the ad, he asked her to do a spread for Penthouse, a men's magazine. Lindemulder made her first appearance in the December 1987 issue, as the Pet of the Month.{{cite web |url=http://www.penthousepets.net/penthousepets.php |title=Complete Penthouse Pets List |work=penthousepets.net |access-date=8 May 2015 |archive-date=November 21, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071121025653/http://www.penthousepets.net/penthousepets.php |url-status=dead}} She appeared several more times in Penthouse over the next ten years as well as other men's magazines such as Gallery and Hustler, and was chosen as Pet of the Year Runner-Up for 1990.{{cite web |url=http://backin.thedays.com/penthouse_90.htm |title=Penthouse Back Issues With Model Listings |access-date=January 31, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130053200/http://backin.thedays.com/penthouse_90.htm |archive-date=January 30, 2009 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}
Career
=Adult film career=
Lindemulder came to prominence performing in lesbian pornography for film distributor Vivid Video in the 1990s.{{cite news |last1=Canning |first1=Andrea |last2=Goldwert |first2=Lindsay |last3=Marikar |first3=Sheila |title=Jesse James: Leave Sandra Bullock Out of Custody Fight |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/jesse-james-leave-sandra-bullock-custody-fight/story?id=9015229 |access-date=22 Aug 2023 |work=ABC News |date=November 3, 2009}} Together with fellow adult film performer Julia Ann, Lindemulder also formed the exotic dancing duo Blondage who headlined several videos for Vivid. Blondage was featured in an early issue of the Carnal Comics comic book title True Stories of Adult Film Stars, which included a story written by Lindemulder.{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}
=Modeling and acting=
In 1997, Lindemulder played the wife of a camp director in the Howard Stern film Private Parts. She also appeared on Stern's television and radio shows as a featured guest. Lindemulder was the cover model for Blink-182's 1999 album Enema of the State,{{r|Baker 2008}}{{cite web |title=How Did Blink-182 Become So Influential? |author=James Montgomery |publisher=MTV News |date=February 9, 2009 |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1604639/20090209/blink_182.jhtml |access-date=February 9, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025200846/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1604639/how-did-blink-182-become-so-influential.jhtml |archive-date=October 25, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy}} and appeared in their video for the song "What's My Age Again?" as a nurse.{{cite magazine |last=Edwards |first=Gavin |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-half-naked-truth-about-blink-182-20000803 |title=The Half Naked Truth About Blink-182 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=August 3, 2000 |access-date=22 Aug 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203033034/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-half-naked-truth-about-blink-182-20000803 |archive-date=February 3, 2013}}
=Retirement and comeback=
In 1999, Lindemulder announced that she was leaving the adult film industry to pursue a career as a kindergarten teacher.{{Cite web |url=http://business.avn.com/articles/12802.htm |title=Janine Confirms She is Leaving Porn |website=Business.avn.com |access-date=October 25, 2021}}{{Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} She added that another reason she was retiring was to focus more on raising her son. She was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2002, and her retirement lasted until April 2004, when she announced that she would be making a comeback – now, for the first time, performing with men.{{cite web |author= |title=Janine is Back - and This Time She's Doing Boys |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/janine-is-back-and-this-time-she-s-doing-boys-38233.html |website=AVN |access-date=22 Aug 2023 |date=9 April 2004}} She signed with her former company, Vivid Video, and starred in eight new films. Her first film scene with a male was with Nick Manning in Maneater.{{Cite web |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/first-day-numbers-indicate-vivid-film-featuring-janine-8217-s-first-boy-girl-scene-a-hit-40382.html |title=First Day Numbers Indicate Vivid Film Featuring Janine's First Boy/Girl Scene a Hit |website=AVN}} After her comeback deal with Vivid expired, Lindemulder signed with Vivid rival Digital Playground and starred in a handful of features for them, including Pirates in 2005.{{Cite web |url=http://business.avn.com/articles/20301.htm |title=Digital Playground Adds Janine to Roster |website=Business.avn.com |access-date=October 25, 2021}}{{Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
In January 2006 she won two AVN Awards. Her April 2007 film Janine Loves Jenna co-stars Jenna Jameson.{{Cite web |url=http://business.avn.com/articles/3875.htm |title=Janine Loves Jenna About to Raise Hell |website=business.avn.com |access-date=October 25, 2021}}{{Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Lindemulder appeared in front of a camera for the first time in five years in the 2017 documentary After Porn Ends 2, covering her rise to fame, her Blondage act, her mental unpreparedness for the realities of being famous and the post-effects of her custody battle for her daughter with television personality Jesse James.{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}
Lindemulder has an OnlyFans account, which she started in 2017.{{cite tweet |last=Lindemulder |first=Janine |author-link=Janine Lindemulder |user=msjaninelinde |number=916082080630624256 |date=October 5, 2017 |title=Im finally on OnlyFans! lots of stuff to bring you very soon... https://t.co/E8KoKh7QdV |language=en |access-date=June 13, 2021}}
Personal life
Lindemulder appeared in a sex tape with her then-boyfriend Mötley Crüe lead singer Vince Neil, and former Penthouse model Brandy Ledford.{{r|Canning 2009}}
Lindemulder was married to West Coast Choppers founder Jesse James from 2002 until 2004.{{cite web |last1=Siwak |first1=Miranda |title=Jesse James' Pregnant Wife Bonnie Rotten Refiles for Divorce After Initially Calling Off Petition |url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/jesse-james-wife-bonnie-rotten-refiles-for-divorce-details/ |website=Us Weekly |date=7 December 2022 |access-date=22 Aug 2023}}
=Legal issues and custody battle=
In August 2008, Lindemulder pleaded guilty to federal misdemeanor charges of willful failure to pay federal income taxes.Docket entry 10, Petition to Enter Plea of Guilty, Aug. 22, 2008, case no. CR 08-60047-HO, U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon."Adult film star pleads guilty to tax evasion", Aug. 23, 2008, The Register-Guard, Eugene, Oregon, at [https://archive.today/20120915072040/http://www.registerguard.com/rg/CityRegion/story.csp?cid=127997&sid=4&fid=2]. She had failed to pay nearly $300,000 in back taxes.{{cite web |url=http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20081230/NEWS/812299921 |title=Adult film star sentenced to prison |last=Sowell |first=John |date=December 12, 2008 |work=The News Review |publisher=nrtoday.com |access-date=April 7, 2010}} She had made a down payment on a $647,000 house and bought two new vehicles – despite being aware of her tax debt obligations. She faced up to one year in prison, and a $100,000 fine.{{cite magazine |last=Sullivan |first=David |title=Janine Pleads Guilty to Tax Charges |url=http://business.avn.com/articles/31927.html |date=August 22, 2008 |access-date=March 14, 2009 |magazine=Adult Video News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629071603/http://business.avn.com/articles/31927.html |archive-date=June 29, 2009 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20080823/NEWS/10396 |title=Former Douglas County porn star pleads guilty to tax charge |last=Sowell |first=John |date=August 23, 2008 |work=The News Review |publisher=nrtoday.com |access-date=April 7, 2010}}
In December 2008, Lindemulder began serving a six-month federal prison sentence for tax evasion.{{cite news |last1=Baker |first1=Candice |title=Porn star gets 6 months in prison for tax evasion |url=https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-dpt-xpm-2008-12-31-hbi-james010109-story.html |work=Daily Pilot |publisher=Los Angeles Times |date=31 December 2008 |access-date=22 Aug 2023 |url-access=limited}} The judge also ordered that she live in a residential community corrections center for up to six months after her release from prison, that she complete one year of supervised release, and that she repay the federal government $294,000 in back taxes.
During Lindemulder's incarceration, Jesse James was awarded custody of their daughter. Upon Lindemulder's release, James and Lindemulder engaged in a custody battle over their daughter.{{r|Canning 2009}}{{cite news |last1=Martinez |first1=Edecio |title=Sandra Bullock Battles Porn Star Janine Lindemulder for Child Custody |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sandra-bullock-battles-porn-star-janine-lindemulder-for-child-custody/ |access-date=22 Aug 2023 |work=CBS News |date=29 October 2009}}{{cite news |last=Hare |first=Breeanna |url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/09/sandra.bullock.custody/index.html |publisher=CNN |title=Sandra Bullock's husband wins custody battle |access-date=22 Aug 2023 |date=December 9, 2009}} Lindemulder had weekly visitation rights limited to daytime hours. Her request for expanded visitation rights was denied by an Orange County family court.{{cite news |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/12/porn-star-loses-visitation-rights-battle-with-exhusband-jesse-james-.html |title=Porn star loses visitation rights battle with ex-husband Jesse James |date=December 7, 2009 |work=Los Angeles Times |department=L.A. Now |archive-date=24 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524112228/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/12/porn-star-loses-visitation-rights-battle-with-exhusband-jesse-james-.html}}
Awards
- 1994 XRCO Award - Best Girl-Girl Scene (Hidden Obsessions) with Julia Ann{{cite news |title=XRCO past winners |url=http://www.bwdl.net/XRCO-2/oldies.html |access-date=December 23, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007011134/http://www.bwdl.net/XRCO-2/oldies.html |archive-date=October 7, 2007}}
- 1994 AVN Award - Best All-Girl Sex Scene, Film (Hidden Obsessions) with Julia Ann{{cite news |title=Past AVN Award Winners |url=http://www.avnawards.com/index.php?content=pastwinners |access-date=December 23, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929000922/http://www.avnawards.com/index.php?content=pastwinners |archive-date=September 29, 2007 |df=mdy}}
- 1997 AVN Award - Best Tease Performance (Extreme Close-Up)
- 2000 AVN Award - Best All-Girl Sex Scene, Film (Seven Deadly Sins) with Julia Ann
- 2000 AVN Award - Best Supporting Actress, Film (Seven Deadly Sins)
- 2001 Exotic Dancer Hall of Fame
- 2002 AVN Hall of Fame inductee{{cite news |title=AVN Hall of Fame |url=http://www.avnawards.com/index.php?content=halloffame |access-date=December 23, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002002341/http://www.avnawards.com/index.php?content=halloffame |archive-date=October 2, 2008 |df=mdy}}
- 2006 AVN Award - Best All-Girl Sex Scene (Pirates) with Jesse Jane{{cite magazine |url=http://business.avn.com/articles/24701.html |title=AVN Award Winners Announced |access-date=July 22, 2007 |date=January 9, 2006 |magazine=AVN |archive-date=April 14, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100414010212/http://business.avn.com/articles/24701.html |url-status=dead }}
- 2006 AVN Award - Best Actress, Video (Pirates)
- 2006 XRCO Award - MILF of the Year{{cite web |last=Hunter |first=Tod |url=http://www.xbiz.com/news/22154 |title=Hillary Scott Big Winner at XRCO Awards |publisher=XBIZ.com |date=2007-04-06 |access-date=2015-05-08}}{{cite web |url=http://www.dirtybob.com/xrco/2006win/index.htm |title=XRCO 2006 AWARD CATEGORIES, NOMINATIONS, AND WINNERS |date=5 April 2007 |access-date=20 April 2015}}
- 2006 XRCO Hall of Fame inductee
- 2007 AVN Award - Best Sex Scene Coupling, Film (Emperor) with Manuel Ferrara{{cite magazine |url=http://business.avn.com/articles/7037.html |title=2007 AVN Award Winners Announced |access-date=June 19, 2007 |date=January 16, 2007 |magazine=AVN |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090307010050/http://business.avn.com/articles/7037.html |archive-date=March 7, 2009 |df=mdy}}
- 2015 Inked Hall of Fame inducteehttps://avn.com/press/video/winners-of-2015-inked-awards-announced-82470
References
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External links
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- {{official website|http://www.freejanine.com}}
- {{IMDb name|0511576|Janine Lindemulder}}
- {{iafd name|id=Janine|gender=female|name=Janine Lindemulder}}
- {{afdb name|id=170|gender=female|name=Janine Lindemulder}}
- [http://www.rogreviews.com/interviews/janine.asp RogReviews.com Interview]
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20061214154429/http://odeo.com/audio/665229/view Podcast Interview]}} at Odeo (archived 14 December 2006)
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