Hello, my question is rather detailed, but for anyone with the patience and knowledge to answer, those answers will likely be useful to many.
I have put the main points of my post in black and questions in red. All points made in blue are asides or otherwise address the opposition. Read only the black and red if you would like to skip unnecessary disclaimers.
My boyfriend and I each have differing needs in protecting our identities from various records. This is not about tax evasion.
For my part, I need to have the financial information in someone else's identity because collections is after me for some unfair bills that I refuse to pay. I intend to sue them and get it settled, so please don't judge—I simply can't afford to do that yet and the thought of them swallowing up all my earnings is a big deterrent to earning. For this reason, I am giving all the money to my boyfriend. He is very trustworthy and we plan on getting married. I will have him write up a will in case something happens to him before we marry. (Also, we can do common law marriage in our state and continue to keep things separate until doing otherwise serves us, so no agency will be aware of our union unless we show proof in order to exercise some marital right, such as inheritance or hospital visitation). He already makes money and has little outstanding debt, which we intend to pay immediately, so this concern doesn't apply to him.
For my boyfriend's part, he is highly educated and hopefully looking forward to a career as a professor several years off. Adult entertainment is not as frowned upon for instructors working at the college level (so long as it's not a scandal common knowledge to the students), but we still want to be careful. Whatever institution hires him will do a basic background check that is mostly concerned with him not having a criminal record. My record is already tarnished and I've worked as a strip club employee and also previously as a cam model, so this concern doesn't apply to me.
I'm planning to have my boyfriend set up a LLC for our use in camming rather than using a SSN, in order to protect him from having it come up on basic background checks. He may or may not perform with me, but if he does, he intends on hiding his face out of frame (no one wants to see the guy's creepy face anyway). He will also use the LLC for contracts with other websites and video projects for sound editing, which is a decent cover in case anyone actually asks about the Streamate transactions on the LLC (which I don't expect) because he could simply claim he did sound editing for their video content and not have to admit he or I were performers. So there would be a diverse lot of transactions there. Like I said, I don't expect a basic background check to bring up all the transactions of his LLC, but in case things change, this seems like the best cover one could have (some kind of techy-editing work). My main question here is: is it possible to search the transactions of a LLC, either publicly, or by a background check of its owner (not including IRS audits or detailed background checks for those joining the FBI)? The state in question is Colorado.
We also may want to set up a studio in order to work under the same tax ID in case that isn't possible as individuals (giving him my income) and as a possible extra layer of protection. This would also make it easier for us to bring in other girls IRL to perform with us on an occasional basis without having to create their own account and provide their SSN (Please don't flame me. I would pay them fairly for all their share and release them upon request. I'm only interested in the added appeal of multiple females and the fantasy). Please let me know if I'm misjudging the usefulness of a studio. It makes sense to me because the site (most likely Streamate) will accept the use of a business tax ID for multiple people without asking for SSNs since that kind of reporting would be the hiring studio's job. Streamate may also keep more relaxed records of models who are the responsibility of studios rather than directly affiliated to them.
Finally, I've heard there is a law requiring all American-based adult websites to keep databases for the real identities of their performers and that anyone can, theoretically, pay them for that info. I can't remember what it's called right now, but I also realize there is some possibility of any site's database being hacked and that Streamate contracts with many affiliate sites, who may also be provided with that data, vastly increasing the risk. Has this actually ever happened and does anyone think people would care to expose or look into info regarding males? It seems less shameful for them than it is for females, so IDK if this is as much of a reputation concern for him anyhow—especially since he won't need to be professionally licensed in any way. A PhD is a PhD. If, however, this is likely to be a major concern, then I may just have him own the LLC and not sign up as a performer with me. We may wait to feel it out either way.
We're aware that some people may recognize me and put two and two together since they know both of us, but that will probably be only his friends, rather than the colleagues who matter. Also, he won't be applying to universities for a real faculty position for about 5-7 years, by which time I'll probably be doing something else, so showing up at faculty functions is unlikely to jog some colleague's memory of a cam girl he saw a few years back—not to mention that educated liberals are the least likely of anyone to regularly use pornography. To help the lack of recognition along even further, I will be wearing a voluminous blonde wig, lots of makeup, and speaking in a feminine high-pitched voice. IRL I have flat, straight brown hair, hardly wear makeup, and don a masculine intellectual personality.
And as far as adult entertainment only being a good fit for those who can own it, I get that. I've accepted it, but want basic protections of my privacy so long as I'm not making enough money to warrant fame. (Those protections also happen to make me more attractive). Still, I own it to anyone who brings it up or seems reasonable. I have been recognized. Most of my concern is for my boyfriend's privacy. Since he isn't the main attraction, it will be easy to keep his face out of frame (unlike all the female performers who come here asking if they can do that and still make money). Doing porn has always been a dream of his and he is very skilled at creating the perfect image. He would actually be willing to lose out on a professorship in order to realize that dream, not to mention that his chances of getting a tenured position are slim, far-off, and the compensation will be a joke. However, that opportunity could arise just as I am forced to retire forever from adult work and since he's already heavily invested in that path, we might as well cover our bases to the greatest extent possible.
If you got through that, thanks very much for your time and thanks in advance for any responses.



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