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Just read the narratives. All reviews say his pictures are accurate. All but two are from satisfied customers. Of those two, one is positive except to say he didn't find the massage relaxing and wouldn't repeat. No narrative for that review. The one you quote is odd in that it complains that the escort doesn't speak English well, but the poorly written review narrative suggest neither does the reviewer (although even people fluent in a language are often poor writers). More odd, the "review" doesn't describe the reviewer's own experience but generalizes that the escort is the sort who thinks he should get paid for 30 minutes and then forces clients out of the door. I'd bet there's something more that happened that precipitated his ouster, assuming he was ousted. Still, why take risks. If you're not sold, don't hire him. But that's no reason to doubt someone else's statement of his own experience. I would, however, agree that more detail about what makes the escort the "real deal" would be helpful.

Thanks for reporting the ad is back up. I'd read what you quote as pretty straightforward -- he's versatile as to the things he lists. Rentmen doesn't break down the categories and indicate "active" or "passive" or both the way some European sites do, though, so I suppose there's always room for clarification with the escort.

Don't go calling those who disagree with you old coots. We all have our own tastes. To me, Billy was physical perfection in his earliest videos for Falcon. Although he still looked beautiful in the pic you posted, he was hotter in those earlier porn videos. That's to be expected. Guys gear up for video shoots, work out hard to be in peak condition, etc. The director's often get them a haircut, and they're posed and lighted professionally.

I see why you're suspicious. I've never thought that the reviews on Daddy's were a string of fabrications, but have been less trusting of reviews on RM unless the reviewer is established. But I suppose it's possible some made up reviews make their way onto Daddy's. Seems unlikely that many would. I don't know if Daddy does this, but my first review was in the Hooboy days and I was contacted by a moderator before the review was posted to verify I was for real and that I was the one who submitted the review. That was a practice with first time reviewers back then. Since I'm no longer a first time reviewer, I don't know if the practice has changed.

He looks good here, but not as good as he did in his early Falcon films. In those films, he was more ripped and muscly. In this pic, he's still very good looking and fit, just not his peak.

Yeah, I've read that he had some health concerns. There was a report, based on his facebook posts, about him having a prostate condition that he ignored until it led to pneumonia and hospitalization. His pictures at the time show a much slighter body. I suspect the meth stuff caused the weight/muscle loss. (He was arrested for meth possession, charges reduce to possessing drug paraphernalia, then failed to respond landing him in court again.) His posts, as reported, after the pnuemonia said he was committed to a new natural workout and diet regime.

Did you take his ad to mean he was willing to travel on his own dime?

You've added some additional useful info about the "real" guy in the photos. I was commenting on a more limited set of facts -- namely that the ad says he's Native American and that the "real guy" is "Brazilian" (which is a nationality, not an ethnic or regional background). Your more thorough info is quite helpful.

FWIW, the positive reviews strike me as more credible. They include quibbles about the size of his dick, etc., so they're not likely to be planted. The "negative" review, although consisting of the word "lousy" and no other narrative, checks the box as to accuracy of pictures and the quality of service, then says he wouldn't see him again.

Matthew Rush was not a natural actor, even in porn. Too stiff. But then again, he wasn't hired for his porn or theater roles because of his acting. God, he was gorgeous, especially when he started out in porn.

You lead a rich life! Many of us would be glad to follow your trail with a number of the guys you've hired and enjoyed.

Blast from the past! Billy was so physically beautiful when he came on the scene. Struck me as a train wreck in life. Remember the old Riki Lake talk show? She had an episode about gay-for-pay featuring Billy (who always stuck me as gay but in denial, but who really knows). Chad Hunt was in the audience and went after Billy for claiming he was the biggest star in gay porn. Here's a clip I found:

Nice looking guy. I'm dubious when one or two pics are the only ones posted, and the pics are of the ilk that guys post on Instagram or Twitter. If he was for real, he'd become quite popular.

22 vs. 28 I won't speak to, but the "Native American" ethnicity doesn't exclude Brazilian nationality. Throughout South America (and North America) there are Native Americans, Europeans, Africans and people of intermixed ethnicity. My nephew is 25% Native American and would consider himself Native, but not 100%. His maternal grandmother is pure Native American, maternal grandfather who was only briefly in the picture well before he was born is at least part African American, and his paternal grands were European whites. He was born in the states, but grew up his first 7 years on a reservation in Canada. All of this is to say that it's possible to both be Brazilian and Native American.

Nor, I suspect, do residents of the Bay Area use the term "Frisco". And, having grown up in the Boston area, I can tell you locals don't describe our Bay city as "Beantown".

Everything you don't personally witness or experience yourself involves speculation. Even talking to one of the principals. But circumstantial evidence is often reliable, especially if it syncs with other available evidence. It's also a persistent problem in dealing with these situations that so many people think anyone who has sex for money (either porn or escorting) can't be raped. The same attitude impacts strippers, male and female. It's also worth noting that Lucas's site in its "bio" of Fine goes so far as to call him "unstable" and "nuts". That's the sort of thing people say to insulate themselves from accusations of rape, and it's an odd thing to say when your site features plenty of people who could be tempermental or unstable.

I haven't seen the documentary, but have read about it (the interview with the subject that's linked below and some other random stuff). The name of the documentary is: Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life. Trailer: Interview w/ JA: https://rent.men/Russ_NYC/reviews/

Thank you! Googled "Rob Cody escort" and it came up with Michael Lynn aka Rob Cody.

Was it Bobby Raso? Or something like that?

He's been posted about. I don't recall whether anyone actually met him per the posts, but you should search for them.

He looks familiar. Did he ever advertise as an escort? Or did he ever go by a different name on ad sites?

Google about the scene for more color. There was a lot of commentary about him crying, seeming to be on drugs, etc. And after all the hype of him working for Lucas, I think he never worked with them again. Couple that with a lot of other things that have been written/said about how Lucas treats his models over the years, and it seems to me more likely than not that Lucas forced him. And as far as the drugs business, Lucas has no compunction using models who are chemically altered. The gorgeous and personable Jonathan Agassi has been quite open about his descent into drugs during his porn days. There's even a documentary about his story which he has embraced. He says that the documentary showed him how low he'd fallen and prompted him to get healthy and away from the drugs. He's never, to my knowledge, criticisized Lucas or anyone in the industry for that matter, but his story is one more piece of evidence that Lucas will at least tolerate, if not exploit, vulnerabilities in his models. I think Lucas at best lacks decency in how he treats models, and at worst is a predator.

First, it's shoddy to refer to a "shelf life" for a human being. Second, the "10 years" bit suggests only guys in their early to mid-20s are fit to escort. Some clients like guys who have grown into their bodies, which typically happens in one's late 20s and into one's 30's. Of course, a lot of that depends on genetics and background. A Div. I football player is likely to be big and muscled, but the norm for college aged kids is less muscular and more twinkish. Lest you, or others, suggest it's judgemental to not prefer twinks, I'd suggest your comment is the opposite. It's a rejection of a fit, strong, well-built mid-30s guy because he's not a twinky recently legal guy. We all have different likes and turn-ons. Comments like yours are especially unhelpful because they offer no real information, they just pass judgement based on your own limited likes.

Not so low odds at his age. When I was that age, I lived in three different states in 5 years. I grew up in MA, and would consider myself a Bostonian, went to college in Maine, grad school in NC, then worked in Maine. Had I gotten a cell at that age (I held out for a long, long time on getting one, relying on PDAs and Blackberries), I could well have bought a phone in NC, lived in Maine, and described myself as a Bostonian. There may be other reasons to be suspicious, or not, but I don't think the area code of the cell phone is a tell-tale sign of anything.

I agree with your point about RM catering to its clients, the escorts, and not the people who use the site to locate escorts. That's a point I've made many times in many posts. As to the former point, I'm of a mixed mind. On the one hand, more openness is always a good thing so I'd like to see reviews (and responses) posted. On the other, RM uses the "contact" through it's email system to verify that a contact was made based on the ad on their site, and that's one means of screening a false review. I've always approached RentMen reviews skeptically unless the reviewer has a track record. Positive reviews may be written by the escort or his/her handler, and negative reviews may be written by competitors or former lovers. If anything, the requirement of contact through the RM email platform seems a reasonable means to ascertain whether the reviewer actually at least contacted the escort, although it doesn't say why or whether the contact resulting in anything further.