He is allegedly the source of a syphilis outbreak scare that blazed through the industry, according to Adult Video News. He finally admitted he was diagnosed with the STD on July 12, but continued to perform after getting the results. He also admitted to tampering with the test results from Talent Testing Service.
After taking the prerequisite medication, Mr. Marcus returned to performing in front of the camera. As far as the industry trade publication knows, the women he performed with retested negative for syphilis.
Mr. Marcus did, however, abstain from sex for 10 days per the doctor’s orders and took penicillin until July 24 when he returned to the sex set and hid the results.
“My personal doctor doesn’t know what I do for a living,” Mr. Marcus said. “So his thing was just don’t have any sex for 7-10 days. Once I did that shot I felt pretty confident. Every doctor I talked to up to that point said ‘you get the shot. That’s it.’ If you had the syphilis in your system a lot longer than that you need three shots. But based on what he determined from my blood and looking at my symptoms, he said the one shot was good enough. So I did the one shot and I didn’t have to do anything else.”
No word yet on his future plans or whether Mr. Marcus will be able to continue in the industry that has made him a household figure among urban adult entertainment video disciples.
