Kagney Linn Karter Is The Latest Of TEN VR Porn Actresses To Die Early

Kagney Linn Karter

Another popular VR porn actress has died, on this occasion due to suicide via firearm. Kagney Linn Karter‘s tragic death is the latest in a line that is growing shockingly long, given that VR porn has only been around for a decade or so. I thought it would be apt to take a look at both the possible reasons why suicide or premature death appears to be unusually common in the adult industry, and the question as to the ethics of continuing to watch (and virtually have sex with) these deceased actresses in VR porn. I will also list some of the other actresses that I know of who have appeared in VR porn and died tragically early.

Is The Adult Industry Driving Young Women To Early Deaths?

An easy knee-jerk reaction to another pornstar death would be to blame the adult industry. After all, society appears to be increasingly of the opinion that porn is bad, and the industry behind it is a tale of exploitation and abuse. And surely the number of suicides and early deaths is way higher than you would expect from the statistical average. So let’s take a look at the suicides first. Of the nine deaths, three were suicides. According to official statistics, the suicide rate in the USA is around 14 in every 100,000. Men are 3.9 more likely to kill themselves than women, so that would mean that the female suicide rate is less than 6 in every 100,000. We need to add the caveat that most pornstars fall into the age range – 18 to 30 – which is the most likely to commit suicide. It’s hard to get a precise figure for the number of actresses who have worked in VR porn. Just one site – Naughty America – lists around 500 different female VR stars. Aggregator site SexLikeReal lists 5,708 VR pornstars, although this includes JAV actresses. But whatever the figure, even if we were to say 10,000 VR pornstars, that would still mean that suicides are overrepresented.

We need to remember that we are talking about ‘only’ three suicides*, so it’s hard to draw conclusions from such small numbers. Dahlia Sky was suffering from terminal cancer. August Ames was the victim of a cyberbullying campaign. And we don’t yet know the reasons why Kagney Linn Karter took her own life. So we certainly can’t say that ‘appearing in porn’ (let alone appearing in VR porn specifically) is so inherently awful, exploitative, or degrading that it leads to actresses taking their own lives. That’s not to say that adult actresses are not bullied and often degraded by others because of their work, particularly in the age of social media. But that’s not an argument that porn is bad, but that society’s shaming of porn and those who work in it, is bad.

The other six deaths all appear to have been drug related. There is no doubt that porn, as an industry, has a drugs problem. Whether it is any worse than the rest of the entertainment industry, or simply part of Hollywood culture, is open to debate.

*In March 2024, I learned that the Russian actress Mia Split had also taken her own life in October of 2023 (see below). It seems in her case, that frustration at the treatment of the LBGT community in Russia may have caused her depression.

The Morality Of Banging Dead Actresses In Virtual Reality Porn

There’s certainly nothing to suggest that any of the nine deaths were related in any way to working in VR porn specifically. But there is a particular issue surely, regarding the tastefulness or simply the morality of having ‘sex’ with actresses in VR porn, who are no longer with us. Watching a deceased actress in 2D porn is not much more than watching a historical event. Not much more morally questionable than watching a Robbie Williams or a River Pheonix movie. But VR porn is not passive watching, it’s immersing yourself into the fantasy that you are having sex with the actress. Of course, with both 2D and VR porn, the deceased actress cannot withdraw her consent to having her content available, and this again is more of a moral issue with VR porn, given it’s greater intimacy and realism.

The Ten Early Deaths Of VR Pornstars

Kagney Linn Karter (1987 – 2024) – Suicide

Kagney Linn Karter was a Texan born adult actress who tragically put an end to her life last week. She was already an experienced porn actress and was approaching her 30’s when the VR porn industry was beginning. This didn’t prevent the busty beauty from starring in a number of popular VR porn videos, from the likes of Naughty America VR and MILFVR. Since her death, it has been revealed that she had been battling both mental health problems and drug addiction.

August Ames (1994 – 2017) – Suicide

August Ames Instagram post photo
VR porn actress August Ames in an Instagram selfie.

August Ames was a Canadian actress who killed herself after a social media bullying campaign was launched against her by a gay porn actor, together with segments of the LBGT+ community, as a result of her refusing to have sex with a co-star who had appeared in gay sex scenes. It transpired that August had a history of mental health problems which she blamed on a traumatic childhood. August Ames was one of the first VR pornstars, appearing for not only the top studios such as BaDoinkVR and VR Bangers, but also early pioneers HoloGirlsVR. No doubt if it weren’t for her tragic early death, she would have gone on to star in many more videos.

Dakota Skye 1994 – 2021 – Accidental Drug Overdose

Dakota Skye Xbiz tribute photo
Dakota Skye – image courtesy Xbiz.com

Dakota Skye was a popular American actress who appeared in over 300 adult videos from 2013 to 2019, but apparently only two VR videos – both for WankzVR. One of those videos – ‘Pounding the Painter’ – filmed in 2016, has since been upscaled to 6K resolution. Her death in 2021 was believed to have been caused by an accidental multiple drug overdose. Dakota had been sexually abused as a child, been brought up by her alcoholic mother, and had a history of worsening mental health and substance abuse problems.

Violet Rain (1999 – 2019) – Accidental Drug Overdose?

Violet Rain
Image courtesy of Xbiz.com

Sweet faced teenager Violet Rain was just 19 when she died after consuming a cocktail of drugs at a Hollywood nightclub. In her short and sadly curtailed career, she starred in one VR porn movie for WankzVR – ‘Bye Bye Babysitter‘.

Yurizan Beltran (1986 – 2017) Accidental Drug Overdose

Yurizan Beltran BadoinkVR Blow by Blow cover
Yurizn Beltran in ‘Blow by Blow’

Yurizan Beltran wa an American actress who had appeared in one BadoinkVR video (‘Blow By Blow‘) in 2016. On December 13th 2017 she was found dead in her apartment from a drug overdose, just eight days after the suicide of August Ames. Although it was feared that Yurizan had also committed suicide, her death was listed as accidental.

Sophie Anderson (1987 – 2023) – Unknown

Sophie Anderson VR pornstar early death

Sophie Anderson was a British pornstar with massive fake breasts and filler lips, who died in September last year, eight weeks after the death of her boyfriend. It is believed her death was drugs-related, although the exact cause has not yet been revealed. Sophie had starred in four VR porn videos for independent studio Peeping Thom.

Angelina Please (1997 – 2022) – Accidental Drug Overdose

Angelina Please trans VR pornstar
Angelina Please – image courtesy of Xbiz.com

Trans pornstar Angelina Please was found dead in her apartment on March 15th 2022 after being reported missing. Her death is believed to have been caused by an accidental drug overdose. She appeared in two GroobyVR videos, the second released just days before her death was announced.

Dahlia Sky (1989 – 2021) – Suicide

Dahlia Sky

Adult star Dahlia Sky appeared in a small number of VR porn videos for studios such as LezVR and HoloGirlsVR. She shot herself in 2021 after battling terminal breast cancer. Her videos are still available on SexLikeReal, where ‘the future is here, letting you interact, experience, and FUCK this world-famous starlet in virtual reality to get a taste of her like you’ve never had before.’

Olivia Nova (1997 – 2018) – Sepis

Olivia Nova

Olivia Nova appeared in one VR porn video for cosplay site WhorecraftVR. She died from sepis, brought on by a urinary tract infection. It is believed that she had been suffering from drug withdrawls.

Mia Split (2000 – 2023) – Suicide

Mia Split 18VR Lickety Split cover 2023

Mia Split was a cute, slim-breasted Russian girl, as well as a former ballerina and gymnast. Unsurprisingly, she was popular in ‘teen’ VR scenes, almost right up to her untimely death in Budapest, shortly after turning 23. Although appearing in hetrosexual scenes for sites including 18VR and TMWVRnet, Mia identified as a lesbian, and before her death from apparent suicide, had expressed frustration at the treatment of the LBGT+ community in her hoemland of Russia, and of her fear of returning there.

About xhumanist

Xhumanist has been writing on porn/sex tech for nearly two decades, and has been predicting the rise of VR and AR porn, as well as AI porn, and their coming together to produce fully 'immersive porn', which would be indistinguishable from the real thing, and create a society of 'sexual abundance'. He identifies as a digisexual, and has been quoted in Wired Magazine.

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