In August 2008, he worked on a controversial film directed by LaRue titled Shifting Gears, although he only performed in an all-male scene. Most of his porn videos were directed by Chi Chi LaRue. Several sources who met Mr Valenti said he was an engaging and funny person who seemed to be having a good time in Leinster House.īorn in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1977, Mr Valenti is described as an “American former pornographic actor, model, and recording artist who performs in gay and bisexual pornographic films for a number of studios, mainly Rascal Video, and has appeared in mainstream film and television productions under his own name”.įormer porn actor Frankie Valenti was born in Ohio in 1977.
But it is not the normal profession you come across.” was at a low ebb when he did but he has turned his life around. “I didn’t know who he was and we sat down and we had dinner at the same table. “What happened was we went down to the restaurant and they were sitting at the table,” said Fine Gael senator Catherine Noone. It is understood Mr Valenti was in Ireland on a private holiday and was invited by Mr Buttimer to the restaurant, where they met other Fine Gael members while having their dinner. The pair have been friends for well over a decade, and but it is understood Mr Buttimer got to know Mr Valenti him after he finished working in the porn industry.
The now-retired American porn star, Johnny Hazard or real name Frankie Valenti, was a guest of Seanad leader Jerry Buttimer, the Irish Examiner has confirmed.