Linda was 17 the first time she sold sex. Over the years, it escalated, with increasingly coarse things and film contracts where she contracted away both rights and the feeling of empowerment.

After over ten years as an escort and established actress, she has decided to leave her former life. "It became too destructive after like 12 years and now I'm trying to change direction in my life," says Linda, whose real name is something else. She says that their support, both financially and in the form of rehabilitative conversations, has meant a lot.