Woman fired over porn job vows to fight

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MONTREAL — A high school secretary fired for her extracurricular activities as a porn actress is vowing to fight for her job.

The woman — known by her adult-film moniker as Samantha Ardente — was suspended last month from the Quebec school after a student spotted her in a porn video on the Internet.

The Quebec City-area school board fired Ardente on Thursday after deeming her moonlighting endeavours to be “inappropriate” and “unacceptable.”

But Ardente, who has appeared in several porn flicks, including Serial Abusers 2, will appeal the board’s decision — even though she is expecting a year-long fight.

“I’m going to contest it… I’m going to go all the way,” she said.

She insists her high-profile dismissal is not about to propel her to adult-film stardom — because that gig is also over.

Ardente, who last shot a scene in an adult film a couple of months ago, said she had already decided before the controversy that she didn’t want a career in porn.

“It’s an experience in my life that’s now in the past,” said the 30-year-old, who goes by her stage name to protect her daughters’ identities.

“So for those who think my (adult-film) career has now been launched, well, I’m not going to take advantage of it.”

She said she agreed to each of the school board’s conditions in order to hang on to her job: a workplace transfer, a three-week suspension without pay, and a pledge in writing to never again perform in an adult film. But she said that wasn’t enough for the school board, which proposed additional conditions that she argues torpedoed any possibility of a deal.

The mother of two believes they would have dictated her personal life.

“I’ll give you one example: I asked them if I could be a ring girl at a boxing match in a swimsuit… but they refused,” Ardente said.

“As it would have been impossible for me to show myself in public in a swimsuit… for me (an agreement) was no longer possible. “It really would have controlled my life.”

Ardente, who had been a school-board employee for nine years, said she was also asked to quit another passion she had on the side: modelling for photo shoots. “I was asked to stop these activities — even in a swimsuit,” she said.

The school board justified its decision by saying it was unable to reach agreement on her transfer to another job.

“Under the circumstances, we believe that we have been open and have proposed appropriate measures,” school board chairman Leopold Castonguay said in a statement.

 

— The Canadian Press