Porn Valley- Steve Banan today confirms that he and wife Nicole Moore have separated. This morning WP& A Adult News reported that Banan and Tabitha Stevens had been keeping company on the town in the wake of the split up and suggested that there may be a romantic involvement.

Banan, who basically is the chief cook and bottle washer of WP&A, said while he didn’t authorize the story attributed to Mark Davis to go out, he and Moore did split up.

“We did but we’re still talking,” Banan says. “We’re still seeing each other- in and out of the house.” Banan said he’s been out of the house for over a week but had been there last night.

“We’ve got a lot of issues we’ve got to get through,” he says. “Some of them have to deal with this business.”

Banan emphasized that he and Stevens are just good friends, and I noted that’s a quote usually found in The National Enquirer. Asked if that meant there was some sort of contract deal in the works, Banan insisted that Stevens is strictly mainstream but didn’t rule out the possibilities that there might be something down the road. “But she doesn’t do adult,” said Banan. “She doesn’t want to do any hardcore.”

Meanwhile, Banan said he’s also pulled the plug for the time being on Barnacle Bill the Sailor until the industry’s HIV issues have sorted out.