Jay Grdina

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Jay Grdina
Jay Grdina at the XBiz Awards, November 17, 2005
Birthdate: October 11, 1967 (1967-10-11) (age 40)
Birth location: Ohio
Birth name: John G "Jay" Grdina
Orientation: Heterosexual

John G "Jay" Grdina[1] (born October 11, 1967) is an American businessman, pornographic actor, director, and producer who usually works with his former wife Jenna Jameson. He is often credited under the stage name Justin Sterling.[2]

Grdina was born in Ohio[3] to a wealthy cattle ranching family.[2] He attended (but did not graduate)[4] the University of San Diego majoring in business and psychology. After school he pursued a variety of careers and business ventures until 1992 when he began investing in adult films directed by Michael Ninn.[3] From 1995 to 1999 he wrote and directed several pornographic films in Ninn's style, often under the name Michael Santangelo.[5][6]

Grdina met Jenna Jameson, already a famous porn star, in 1998;[2] they married in a Roman Catholic-style ceremony on June 22, 2003. Grdina considers himself a practicing Catholic.[7] The couple resided in Scottsdale, Arizona in a 6700 square foot Spanish style palace bought for $2 million in 2002.[7]

In 2000 Grdina and Jameson founded Club Jenna Inc, first as an Internet pornography company then expanding it into a multimedia adult entertainment business company bringing in an estimated $30 million per year.[2] Club Jenna was run as a family business with Grdina's sister Kris as Vice President in charge of merchandising.[7][1] On June 22, 2006 Playboy Enterprises announced the acquisition of Club Jenna in conjunction with personal service agreements by both Jameson and Grdina.[8]

He produced, directed, and wrote best selling and adult industry award winning Club Jenna films including Brianna Loves Jenna, The Masseuse, I Dream of Jenna, and Krystal Method.[9] He also acted in many of these films, as the only man that Jameson would have intercourse with on screen.[2] He won the 2005 AVN Award for Best Actor for his role in The Masseuse, using the stage name Justin Sterling.[9]

In 2004 he was named by Details magazine as one of the 10 most successful men under the age of 37 in America.[3][9]

He was a judge on the second, 2006, season of Playboy TV's Jenna's American Sex Star, where prospective porn stars compete in sexual performances for a contract with Club Jenna.[9]

In August 2006, Star magazine and TMZ.com confirmed with Jameson's publicist that she and Grdina separated.[10][11] On December 12, 2006, Jameson filed for divorce.[12]

[edit] Awards

  • 2005 AVN Award: Best Actor- Film (The Masseuse)
  • 2005 AVN Award: "Best Couple Sex Scene - Film" (The Masseuse) with Jenna Jameson.
  • 2005 AVN Award: "Best Editing - Video" (Bella Loves Jenna)

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Club Jenna, Inc." Hoover's coverage by Joe Bramhall
  2. ^ a b c d e "The (Porn) Player", by Matthew Miller, Forbes magazine, July 4, 2005
  3. ^ a b c Brand Access Forum May 8, 2006 Los Angeles, California speaker profile. Archived from [1] on 2006-05-08 by the Internet Archive
  4. ^ "Club Jenna’s Playboy: Jay Grdina on Relationships, Religion and Celebrity Sex Tapes", Sex Herald, Volume 4-Issue 9, 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-27.
  5. ^ Justin Sterling at the Internet Movie Database
  6. ^ "Justin Sterling" page about the director at lukeford.com
  7. ^ a b c "At Home with Jenna Jameson: Off Camera, Cashmere and Crosses" by Dinitia Smith, The New York Times, April 15, 2004
  8. ^ "Playboy gets more hardcore with new acquisition", by William Spain, MarketWatch, June 22, 2006
  9. ^ a b c d "American Sex Star Judges", Playboy TV
  10. ^ "Exclusive: Dave and Jenna Dating", by David Caplan, Star Magazine, August 8, 2006
  11. ^ "Confirmed: Dave & Jenna Are a Couple!", by Jeff Davidson, TMZ.com, August 8, 2006
  12. ^ "Jenna Jameson files for divorce", United Press International, December 12, 2006

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NAME Grdina, Jay
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jay G, Justin Sterling, Michael Santangelo
SHORT DESCRIPTION American pornographic actor, director, producer, businessman
DATE OF BIRTH 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Ohio, United States
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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