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A famous Latina porn star named Mercedes Carrera has been in custody since 2019, awaiting trial for sexually abusing her young daughter. Her husband was arrested with her. He is still in custody too. The case has been delayed for years. In the video below, she sits for a 2018 interview about her career, filmed the year before her arrest. She was Puerto Rican and Italian, from New York. She worked in tech before moving to Los Angeles in her early 30s. In 2014 she signed her first adult contract, late by industry standards. The studios marketed her as a Latina MILF. Within two years she was one of the top MILF performers in America. She was also one of the only porn actresses with a public YouTube channel. She called herself a skeptic and a feminist. She debated against GamerGate, religious conservatives, and pro-life activists. She was invited onto podcasts across the political spectrum. She said she wanted to prove porn stars could be intellectuals. She was living with her husband Jason Whitney (known in the industry as Daemon Cins). They lived in Rancho Cucamonga with her young daughter from a previous marriage. On February 15, 2019, police raided the house. The daughter had disclosed abuse to someone at school. The charges filed were graphic. Multiple counts of lewd and lascivious acts, child abuse, and aggravated sexual assault of a child under 10. Mercedes was 35. As of late 2024, both Mercedes Carrera and Jason Whitney remained in custody in San Bernardino County awaiting trial. The case has been delayed repeatedly for years. Her daughter was placed in protective foster care. Her identity has never been released. The woman who built a brand on calling men predators now stands accused of being one of the predators she warned about. Was Mercedes Carrera always a monster hiding behind her public persona, or did the industry give someone with something already broken a bigger stage?