Known for amateur porn, college porn and dorm porn, Shane's World routinely shoots its content at state colleges and universities.
According to Joe Wills, public affairs officer for California State University, Chico, the entire national fraternity has been suspended by the Interfraternity Council, a self-governing body that investigates improper conduct within the fraternity. The suspension bars members from participating in fraternal activities until the investigation is concluded.
Wills told XBiz that so far only about 30 seconds of the tape has been reviewed and several members of Phi Kappa Tau were identified.
Following the holiday weekend, the council will interview fraternity members to find out how they were recruited by Shane's World and whether drugs or alcohol or underage participants were involved. Depending on the results of the investigation, fraternity members could possibly be expelled, Wills said.
Shane's World media relations representative Nicole Henderson told XBiz that at all shoots involving colleges, all participants are over 18 years old and everyone signs a release. She also said that her company receives hundreds of letters a week from college stduents wanting to be part of content shoots.
Wills said that the video in question was brought to the attention of college administrators after a reporter called on Friday who had gotten a tip that college students had been involved in an adult video shoot.
While Shane's World did not conduct the shoot on campus, Wills said that there is an exterior shot of the fraternity. Although Henderson said that the name of the actual fraternity was intentionally blurred on film.
"Right now we're dealing with not a lot of information," Wills told XBiz. "What we've seen on this video is very upsetting." Wills added that it appears the video was shot at a private residence.
Wills said that he and the council are talking with other campuses about the growing trend of porn companies shooting on college campuses and involving college students.
"It's a definite serious concern and we've seen this happening for years," Wills said. "With both the growth of the Internet, college students and fraternities are being used on a lot of these sites in all shapes and forms. Some have nothing to do with the colleges themselves, but these companies are just using the names and likeness. It's really disturbing. This is a really ugly twist. We need to find out more about it and find out what we can do."
