Biography

August Ames

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Luscious, buxom, and shapely 5'6" brunette knockout August Ames was born Mercedes Grabowski on August 23, 1994 in Nova Scotia, Canada. Of Polish descent, Ames grew up as an army brat all around Canada and was a cheerleader during her last year of high school. August's first job was working as a babysitter. Moreover, Ames not only worked for two summers at a horse ranch in Colorado Springs, but also worked as a bartender and at a tanning salon prior to doing her first hardcore solo/fetish shoot in 2013. Among the notable companies August appeared in X-rated features for are Evil Angel, Smash Pictures, Lethal Hardcore, Wicked Pictures, and Pure Play Media. In addition, Ames also worked for such adult websites as Twistys (she was the Twistys Treat of the Year for 2016), Digital Desire, and Naughty America. August committed suicide at the tragically young age of 23 on December 5, 2017.
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Close friends stated that cyberbullying led to her suicide.
In 2017, at the age of 23, Ames died by suicide after a social media backlash following a tweet she posted, due to some perceiving the tweet as homophobic.
In December 2017, Ames was due to perform in a pornographic scene, but withdrew when she learned that the co-star was a man who had appeared in gay pornography. The tweet drew criticism and abuse from social media users. Jaxton Wheeler, a pansexual performer, demanded that Ames apologize or take a cyanide pill, which he later said he regretted.
Weeks prior to her death, Ames said that she had a history of bipolar depressive disorder and dissociative identity disorder (multiple personality) due to a traumatic childhood, stating: "Some days I'll be fine and if I'm not doing anything I'll get these awful flashbacks of my childhood and I get very depressed and I can't get out of bed and cancel my scenes for like a week or two.".
Ames alleged that she was routinely sexually molested by her paternal grandfather as a child, but her father refused to believe her and she was sent to live in a group home at 12 years old.

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