A porn star who is the great-great-granddaughter of former US Secretary of State Henry Clay went from being praised as adult entertainment’s most impressive performer to falling into a spiral of drugs and prostitution.
Chasey Lain was one of the biggest names in the industry in the ’90s.
The spitting image of Carmen Electra, she was once dubbed “the most beautiful woman in porn.”
At her peak, Lain appeared in mainstream movies and TV shows, earned six figures a year from her own line of sex toys, and even wrote a hit song about it.
But in the 2000s, he was reportedly struggling with drugs and had begun doing tricks at Dennis Hof’s infamous BunnyRanch brothel.
It was a sad fall for the brunette bombshell, whose career at one point was nearly as big as Jenna Jameson’s.
Lain had what she described as an average upbringing: she grew up in North Carolina and was a cheerleader in high school.
His uncle was the chief of police, while his great-great-grandfather was former United States Secretary of State and Speaker of the House of Representatives Henry Clay.
Chasey Lain was praised as “the most beautiful woman in porn” in the early ’90s, before suffering a shocking downward spiral.
Lain has said that she was constantly reminded of her prestigious lineage while growing up, but the pressure did not stop her from pursuing a career in sex work.
She began stripping to earn extra money while attending college in Florida, and it wasn’t long until an agent suggested she capitalize on her striking good looks by moving to California.
After moving to Los Angeles, Lain quickly landed roles in a number of racy films and appeared on the cover of best-selling smut magazines such as High Society, Cheri, and Gallery.
By 1993, she had signed an exclusive contract with Wicked Pictures, surpassing porn queen Jameson, who became the second performer signed by the company in 1995.
Once Wicked hired Jameson, Lain jumped to Vivid Video, then the largest company in the entire industry.
Vivid quickly utilized Lain’s star power by headlining X-rated feature films with big budgets and stories, including Chasey Saves The World, House on Chasey Lane and White Wedding.
It didn’t take long for the major offers to roll in, and Lain soon found herself appearing on The Howard Stern Show and landing roles in films like Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s Orgazmo and Spike Lee’s He Got Game.
in a radio interview Last year, Lain even claimed that he had rubbed shoulders with Hollywood celebrities like Adam Sandler, Matt Dillon and Charlie Sheen in his heyday.
In the 2000s, Lain was allegedly struggling with drugs and had begun performing tricks at Dennis Hof’s infamous BunnyRanch brothel.
Before and after: Lain became the industry’s biggest star in the early ’90s, but ultimately ended up seeking treatment in rehab in the ’00s.
In 1999, Bloodhound Gang had written a hit song about Lain (‘The Ballad of Chasey Lain’), but she was not featured in the music video even though the band gave her a starring role.
Shortly after, rumors began to circulate that Lain was possibly battling some issues behind the scenes.
She disappeared from the adult industry for two years and then once she returned, she notably appeared with a lower budget and more explicit fare than before.
Her name slowly faded from the spotlight until 2008, when a shocking behind-the-scenes video of a porn shoot was posted online showing Lain at her lowest point.
In the footage, a disheveled and sometimes incoherent Lain argues with a director backstage about how much she was paid and whether she could film sex scenes with a tampon.
After spending nearly four hours doing her hair and makeup, Lain, squirming and wearing a low-cut dress, finally made her way to a couch to take some promotional photos.
“You have to stop moving so much,” the director is heard saying, exasperated.
‘You’re jumping all over the place like a jelly bean, you have to stop!’
The brunette beauty appeared on the covers of DVDs and VHS tapes, which became bestsellers thanks to her star power and sex appeal.
Lain covered dozens of adult magazines throughout her career.
The pair eventually got into a shouting match, which ended with the director calling Lain a ‘crazy’ and yelling, ‘Take your s**t and get out of my studio!’
The following year, Lain confessed that he had entered rehab to get clean after the incident.
“Things were getting out of control and I know I needed help, and I got it,” he told Xbiz.
“It was time for me to quit (drugs) once and for all,” he continued.
‘That’s behind me and now I’m ready to make big movies. “I’m happy to be shooting again.”
Instead of making a triumphant return to the highest levels of adult entertainment, Lain soon found herself working as an escort at the BunnyRanch brothel in Nevada.
In a sad interview from 2011, Lain, dressed in a bikini without makeup and sitting on a bed inside the famous brothel, seemed unrecognizable compared to her former self.
‘Anyone can come. Come by and we’ll have a good time,” he told the interviewer.
“Dial 188-BunnyRanch and I can be reached by phone… or you can contact me on the BunnyRanch website.”
Lain later found herself working as an escort at the BunnyRanch brothel in Nevada.
A few years later, Lain would regret his time working at the establishment.
“It’s not for me because it’s too far from the city and I don’t like the money being distributed,” he shared in the documentary After Porn Ends 2.
“They take half of everything and then they charge you for accommodation, food and other things too,” he continued.
‘It gets really slow during Christmas because it’s so cold there and it snows and stuff, so sometimes there would be days, two, three, four days, and not a single person would come through the door.
“So you end up having to stay a little longer than you would have because you’re backwards from home, because every day you’re there they charge you for room and board and this and that.”
While Lain admitted that she could always shoot more porn to make ends meet, she said she didn’t want to shoot as frequently because the quality had gone down and performers are now expected to do things on camera that she wasn’t comfortable with. comfortable. .
“I’m just not interested in filming every day because I don’t really like doing interracial scenes, I don’t want to film shit, and that’s mostly what they’re filming and I’m not interested.” to film that,” he said.
Lain seemed to disappear from the business after that, but in October of last year he posted several links to the Hope Detox & Treatment Center on his Facebook page.
While Lain did not provide any detailed updates, a staff member at the center responded to one of Lain’s friends in the comments.
“We are pleased to report that Chasey Lain is making great progress in her recovery process at Hope Detox & Treatment Center,” staff member Meline Akopyan wrote.
‘She is fully committed to her sobriety and working to regain her health, well-being and professional life. We appreciate your support and positive wishes for your continued progress.’
When DailyMail.com contacted us to ask if Lain was receiving treatment there, Hope Detox & Treatment Center said: ‘We are committed to maintaining the highest standards of confidentiality and patient privacy. For this reason, we cannot confirm or deny the identity of anyone receiving treatment at our facilities, nor provide information about our staff members.’
DailyMail.com contacted Lain for comment but did not receive a response.