Ex-college worker outed as porn star
A TRANSGENDER porn star told how she had “little choice” but to quit her job at a college when her other career came to light.
Dr Robyn-Jane Williams spoke out after an Education Workforce Council fitness to practice hearing against her was adjourned to investigate further allegations.
She was employed as a teaching assistant at Grŵp Llandrillo Menai until April 2016.
The hearing was due to consider Dr Williams’ appearance in pornographic photos published in an adult magazine and a pornographic video.
In a blog post written before the hearing, Dr Williams, who did not attend last week’s hearing, was critical of the way she was treated when the matter came to light. She wrote: “Some time ago, I had to leave my previous job when a man outed me as a porn model to my employer.
“I had never connected my two separate roles. I worked with adults and not children.
“I had little choice, either I faced disciplinary action or left.”
Dr Williams said she was “not complaining”, and the move meant she was able to live out her dream of running an event catering business.
Referring to the hearing, Dr Williams wrote: “The workforce body I was compelled to join, weeks before leaving, want to censor me still.
“I am faced with being denied entry to a role I no longer want, in a country where I no longer live.”
She added that “privacy will always be a problem” when working in the “adult sex industry”, but said she found the work “validating”.
Presenting Officer Cadi Dewi told the hearing in Ewloe: “There is some further evidence which I became aware of this morning.
“After discussions with witnesses, there is further evidence which has not been taken into account in allegations before you.”
The officer said it would be inappropriate to go ahead with the hearing, which was scheduled to last two days, and no date was given for the next hearing.
In a statement, a spokesman for Grŵp Llandrillo Menai said: “Dr Williams has not been employed by the grŵp since April 2016.
“Grŵp Llandrillo Menai suspended the employee as soon as the allegations came to light and the matter was consequently reported to the EWC.
“We are fully supporting the EWC in their investigation.”