Maitland Ward Issues Statement About Lawsuit

CHATSWORTH, Calif.—Actress and adult performer Maitland Ward released a formal statement Thursday morning regarding the lawsuit filed against her by an unnamed actress and videographer for upwards up $270,000, as reported late Wednesday by TMZ.com, over an alleged video production deal they claim Ward swiped their share of. Ward's statement follows: I have not seen or worked with either of the two people making these accusations since June of 2019. Each time prior to that time period, both were compensated for their time and efforts in creating adult content that both parties used and shared on our paid platforms. This story of selling a video is false. I decided to go professional as of July 2019, and no longer work with either of these two individuals, or any amateurs for that matter. The fact that these long-time friends have decided to join together, after so many months, to sue me is complete slander and immoral. There are zero contracts and agreements that have any info pertaining to this completely made up story. The fact that these two individuals claim I made $500k on a sex tape only using girls is a complete fairy tale. This has zero logic or common sense, and could never happen to anyone, anywhere, who is making adult content on their own. I find their current actions highly suspicious, taking place during an industry shutdown, that this lawsuit is being published now from work done over 2 years ago. This serves as a warning to all Adult Film Stars to be careful of outsiders that you work with. Anyone can make up lies in order to go through the efforts to extort money from you. Maitland Ward Photo of Maitland Ward at the 2020 AVN Awards by Rick Garcia/@IndustrybyRick.