It was a piece of work a Chicago ma...

It was a piece of work a Chicago man figured, that would help pay the bills while he was building his career as a farmer and video camera operator.

He agreed to film and direct brace gay pornography movies for a Chicago-based company, Flava Works, onward the condition, he claims, that his identity not be included in either of the films.

on the other hand when "Dorm Life 6" and "Dorm Life 7: touchy and Creamy" were released last year, they included the two "visual and audible depictions" of the man, according to a lawsuit he lately filed in Cook County Circuit Court.

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The man, who filed his suit as a John Doe, prosecutes monetary damages for invasion of privacy and claims that his attempts to make a career in mainstream film have been harmed.

He's suing Flava Works, its subsidiaries, Lukebaby Productions and Cocodorm.com, as well as the proprietor of those companies, Phillip Bleicher.

Bleicher's attorney, Joseph Obenberger, declined annotation while Doe's attorney, Thomas Gorman, did not recur calls.

Doe does not say in what way he's featured in the movies yet indicates his depictions have helped impel film sales -- which a Web site boasts made "Dorm Life 6" the top "black, gay DVD in the U for five weeks in a row" last year.

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The civil suit is the latest in a string of disquiets for Bleicher and his companies -- enigmas that caused him to leave Chicago for Miami.

In April, the city's Licensing and Health departments slapped cease-and-desist orders forward their film productions.

Christopher Brown of the city's HIV/AIDS/STD programs, said an investigation fix "really credible" evidence the companies were promoting the spread of sexual diseases in their movies.

Additionally, Bleicher was the target of a state attorney general fraud complaint, accusing him and a company he l the bookish man Leadership Network, of bilking millions without of schools for personal use.

A be chilled was put on its assets, and it ceased operations.

Bleicher's film business, however, continues to operate.

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