1. John Stagliano enrolled in college, but dropped out in 1969 for several semesters.
21 Facts About John Stagliano
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John Stagliano then went back to college and studied subjects including English, journalism, and engineering, before transferring to UCLA to major in economics.
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John Stagliano originally planned to get an economics PhD and become a professor.
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John Stagliano then switched to studying theater, playwriting, modern dance and jazz dance, partly because there were more women in those classes.
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John Stagliano is of Italian ancestry with some of his grandparents from Florence.
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John Stagliano made his debut in a hardcore pornographic film in an 8 mm loop in 1974.
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John Stagliano replied to an advertisement in the Daily Variety looking for male strippers for the new Chippendales show.
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John Stagliano performed with the group four or five nights a week for the next four years.
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The origin of the company's name dates back to when John Stagliano was working as a stripper.
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John Stagliano was a very nasty girl and I suggested that she call herself Evil Angel.
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The first Evil Angel film was Dance Fire, filmed in 1988 by John Stagliano, starring himself, Trinity Loren, and Brandy Alexandre.
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John Stagliano has stated that a scene showing Tracey Adams' buttocks inspired him to make the Buttman series of films.
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From October 2004 through February 2008, John Stagliano produced and directed a Las Vegas show called Fashionistas based on his porn film of the same name.
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The suit against John Stagliano went into forced arbitration and the plaintiff had her deposition taken, but on September 29,2014 Summers dropped her lawsuit.
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In 2018, John Stagliano directed an Evil Angel scene between Ginger Banks and Jenny Blighe.
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John Stagliano said the pair had been asked to watch a previous scene in which he did a similar thing; Banks and Blighe said that they had concerns after watching the scene, but the production told Banks that John Stagliano would not perform as Buttman.
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John Stagliano voluntarily stood down as chair of the Adult Performer Advocacy Committee in the aftermath.
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John Stagliano said that Stagliano mocked her over the incident afterwards, and that she was told by others of similar incidents to her and Blighe's account.
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John Stagliano was driving Stagliano's Acura Legend when she died on December 7,1995, in an accident in Calabasas.
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John Stagliano married former porn star Tricia Devereaux in 2008.
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John Stagliano espouses a libertarian political philosophy, and has been a significant financial contributor to the Cato Institute and the Reason Foundation, both libertarian think tanks.