from www.nydailynews.com – Opportunity knocked, and Capri Anderson was quick to answer.
Within hours of being outed as the mystery woman hiding naked in Charlie Sheen’s ravaged Plaza Hotel suite, Anderson, a 22-year-old hard-core porn star moved quickly to make sure the spotlight was firmly on her.
The hazel-eyed beauty was reportedly locked inside a bathroom while the high-priced “Two and a Half Men” star caused $7,000 worth of damage to the room.
According to TMZ, Anderson has already hired herself a high-profile lawyer and will push authorities in Colorado to press charges against Sheen for allegedly holding her in his suite against her will.
Photos featuring the porn star, who has also used the names Christina Walsh and Alexis Capri, in various states of undress were quickly posted to her www.ClubCapriAnderson.com website, and the media was openly encouraged to feature them as much as possible.
“When Capri told us the news the day after this happened, we were first and foremost concerned about her safety and well being,” said Mark, the VP of the porn company which operates her website, Medium Pimpin, in a statement posted to the website.
He then explained that, with all the attention, Anderson and the company knew the clicks were coming.
“Capri and the rest of the team here at Medium Pimpin feel that this is now a great opportunity where she was actually in the right place at the right time,” Mark said.
“With all the mainstream press and searches Capri is going to be getting in the upcoming days,” said Medium Pimpin President, Kevin, it would be wrong for Anderson and anyone else not to take advantage of the situation.
“It would just be money left on the table otherwise,” he said.
Anderson would not be the first woman — or porn star — to use being at the center of a celebrity scandal to gain 15 minutes of fame.
Devon James, one of more than a dozen women who came forward in the wake of revelations Tiger Woods had engaged in multiple sexual affairs, is a porn star who repeatedly grabbed headlines. So did Joslyn James, another porn star and exotic dancer.
Jesse James, the ridiculed ex-husband of Sandra Bullock, also alleged had an affair with porn star and nude model, Michelle “Bombshell” McGee.
Celebrities are not the only people in the public eye whose sexual exploits turned otherwise unknown women into household names.
Former Governor Eliot Spitzer’s brief stint came to an end when it was revealed he had paid for sex with prostitutes. One hooker in particular, Ashley Dupre, later gained fame by posing nude in Playboy and has since become a “sex columnist.”
Monica Lewinsky, who had an affair with former President Bill Clinton during his time in the White House, went on to gain national attention and scored big bucks as a short-lived Jenny Craig pitchwoman.
In the 1980s, Jessica Hahn gained notoriety and a book deal — as well as the cover of Playboy — when it came out she was sexually assaulted by famed televangelist Jim Bakker.