Marilyn Star
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Marilyn Star (born Kathryn B. Gannon on April 12, 1969, in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada) is an adult film pornographic actress.
She worked as a stripper in Calgary, before moving to Los Angeles and entering adult films. Her first film was More Dirty Debutantes 30 produced by Ed Powers (released in 1994). Other notable appearances included Star Attraction (released 1995), Babewatch [3 and 4] (1995), Smells Like... Sex (1995), Marylin Does Miami [1 and 2] (1998) (as actress and director), and Marilyn Whips Wallstreet (2000). She also did some strip club "feature work" dancing as the feature attraction in clubs throughout America in the mid 90's. She was married to Japanese businessman Bruce Akahoshi (and took his last name) from April 1994 through October 1997, when they divorced.
Insider trading
In December 1999 she was charged for insider trading by using bank merger information given by a former lover James McDermott, an investment banker, former chairman and CEO of the firm Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, and for sharing that information with another lover, New Jersey businessman Anthony Pomponio. Prosecutors stated Star used the tips to make $88,135 in the stock market from May 1997 through the summer of 1998, and Pomponio made a comparable amount.
Star escaped arrest by fleeing to Vancouver, Canada, where she married stockbroker Michael Gilley in the spring of 2000 (taking his last name). She was arrested May 24, 2000, and eventually extradited to the United States. Gilley filed for divorce October 13, 2000 after being charged with domestic violence.
Star pled guilty to insider trading charges on June 11, 2002, and was sentenced to three months in Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury Connecticut, which she began serving December 2, 2002. Her comments on that matter were that she got into trouble because she was a naïve young woman who dated an older man.
References
- Marilyn Star at Excalibur Films extensive biography, filmography, and several video and audio interviews.
Insider trading
- Securities and Exchange Commission v. James J. McDermott, Jr., Kathryn B. Gannon a/k/a Marylin Star and Anthony P. Pomonio Litigation Release No. 16395 from the Securities and Exchange Commission, December 21, 1999
- "Inside trade by porn star?" December 21, 1999, CNN
- "Wall Street's Deep Throat" by Karl Taro Greenfeld, December 31, 1999, Time Magazine
- "Accused porn queen breaks her silence" interview with Kathryn Gannon by David Baines, March 18, 2000, originally in the Vancouver Sun
- "Fugitive Sex-Film Star Is Arrested in Canada" May 26, 2000, New York Times
- In the Matter of Kathryn B. Gannon Canadian order barring her from acting as financial officer, June 27, 2000
- USA v McDermott United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decision, March 29, 2001
- "SEC settles with Gannon, no monetary penalty" June 9, 2005, Stockwatch.com
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