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....

 

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

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