Mia Khalifa has been extremely open and candid with the public in recent weeks as she discusses the long-lasting impact that her three-month stint in the porn industry has had on her life.
In 2014, a then 21-year-old Mia Khalifa starred in 11 adult movies over a three-month period, something that she says still haunts her to this day.
Khalifa swiftly became one of the most well known adult film actresses in the world, yet maintains that she only made $12,000 from her time in the industry.
Recently, she took to TikTok to discuss the continued impact of those three months on her life to this day.
You can watch the video below:"That hourly dissociative attack from remembering hundreds of millions of people's only impression of you is solely based on the lowest, most toxic, most uncharacteristic three months of your life when you were 21." She wrote.
And on her Instagram story, Khalifa said that the videos will haunt her until she dies. "Those 11 videos will haunt me until I die, and I don't want another girl to go through that - because no one should," she said.
Mia Khalifa later wrote in a tweet:
"I just want B*angbros to stop actively putting me in harm's way by promoting my 6-year-old videos like they're new, making millions of ppl think I'm still active. The death threats are emotionally crippling, I haven't felt safe even going to the grocery store alone in years."
Now, BangBros has responded to Khalifa on Twitter, revealing that they had sent her a cease and desist notice. The company wrote on its Twitter page;
"Today we sent @MiaKhalifa a legal C&D demand which lists some of her defamatory, false statements about Bangbros over the years and a list stating the actual facts. We encourage her to share the fact check list with her audience. We doubt she will though. #FactsBeatFiction"
At the time of writing, more than 1.5 million people have signed a Justice For Mia Khalifa petition on change.org.
The petition aims to have her videos removed and her domain names returned to her.
In response to the initial outpouring of support, Khalifa shared a message with her 20.7 million Instagram followers that read:
"Look what y’all did... I love you so much. #GenZ, and especially the creator of the hashtag, Bella, haven’t stopped spreading awareness in 4 days and this is the result.
"I promise I will make #justiceformia the first step to change, this movement these girls have started will shed light on the predatory practices of that industry, and help save the annual thousands of girls from the same traps.
"Shop ethical. Support the WOMEN who own & distribute their content, not the ones exploited by having no control of their bodies.
"ALSO, please keep the momentum going for causes that need more attention than anything else right now. Most of which being the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, the ongoing BLM fight, and COVID safety (wear a f***ing mask)."
Regarding a controversial scene that she featured in during her brief stint in the industry, Khalifa told BBC HARDtalk's Stephen Sackur, "I verbatim told them, 'You guys are going to get me killed.'" When asked why she didn't refuse to do the scene, she replied, "I was scared. I knew that if i said no, it would... you know, they're not going to force you to do it, at that point that's rape. No one is going to force you to have sex. But I was still scared..."