Adult content creator Bonnie Blue has been barred from travelling to Indonesia for the next 10 years after she was detained on suspicion of violating the country’s strict pornography laws and then deported.
The controversial porn actor, whose real name is Tia Billinger, was arrested in Bali earlier this month along with at least 17 male tourists from Australia and the UK, most of whom were released after questioning. She was deported from the Southeast Asian nation last week. The Indonesian authorities said they did not press charges for production of pornographic content after police checked her phone and found “private video” footage. The material was for “private documentation and not for public distribution”, director general of immigration Yuldi Yusman said in a statement.
Ms Billinger, though, was found to have violated visa rules as she had “entered Indonesia using a visa on arrival for commercial content production that could potentially cause public unrest”, Mr Yusman said. Ms Billinger was arrested after police raided a rental studio in Bali and seized camera equipment, contraceptives and viagra pills. Indonesia is a Muslim-majority country with strict morality laws, and the offences she was initially held for could have brought up to 15 years in jail and a fine of £270,000.