Futures Trader turned Porn Star

Monica Mayhem, an Australian porn star, started out as a futures/forex trader. This reminds me of the GS intern turned stripper story, albeit that one turned up false.

" I used to work in financial markets/futures trading in Sydney, Australia. I then traveled to Europe and moved to London and worked in an IPE brokerage (International Petroleum Exchange). I got sick of that world, I started dancing at the newly opened Spearmint Rhino on Tottenham Court Road. I also did a couple of softcore photo/video shoots. One night, at the club, I met one of the owners of the Rhino, and I was drunk and dared him to fly me back to the states with him that same night. Four hours later we were headed to Texas. A couple of days after that I went to LA. A few days later I met an agent, who talked me into doing hardcore scenes, and the rest is history!"

Talk about exit opps....

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Of course she is Australian. Even the Macquarie banker was looking at porn on his comp

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