A Missouri man tricked dozens of women into having sex with him for fake porn videos — then intimidated his victims online and sent his footage to their loved ones and employers, according to a federal indictment.
Mario Ambrose Antoine, 33, allegedly used a series of aliases and phony business names to “audition” women for nonexistent smut sites with names like “Playboy Worldwide.” He promised some tens of thousands of dollars — but only delivered deranged harassment, and targeted their jobs and relationships.
Antoine, a former wedding photographer, has been hit with 21 federal counts, including cyberstalking, online enticement and extortion. If convicted, he faces more than 300 years in prison.
According to court documents unsealed Monday, Antoine ran an elaborate web of deception that victimized dozens of women around Kansas City starting in 2011.
He often reached out to them online pretending to be “Nikki,” a porn talent manager. As Nikki, Antoine complimented the women and suggested they audition with a porn actor — who turned out to be Antoine.
In porn shoots, Antoine went by “Mario Sixstring” — his stage name from a failed career as a Nashville country singer.
Antoine promised the women up to $33,000 for filming one sex video, and told them the tapes would end up on an overseas website with “ZERO chance anyone will ever find out,” an affidavit says.
He then made them sign contracts and release forms. After the shooting, Antoine assured them the checks would come soon.
The money never arrived, according to the affidavit, and Antoine terrorized the women who complained about it.
Court papers detail Antoine’s rampant retaliation against the women he filmed.
According to an indictment, Antoine told one woman he would sell her footage unless she either paid him $9,000 or had sex with him again. She chose sex. When the woman later saw him to ensure he deleted the footage, they had sex again — and Antoine secretly recorded it.
In another instance, Antoine told a woman her footage would be sold to a revenge porn website unless she filmed another scene with him.
“if anyone ever googles your name, they could probably find it…,” Antoine wrote, according to the indictment.
“like job interviews in the future…,” he wrote.
“are you going to risk this s--t getting out? ... What happens in 5 years when you want a big girl job? ... I’m telling you … Reshoot.”
For another woman, Antoine sent her boyfriend the footage they filmed and told the boyfriend he’d now be known as “the dude who has a porn star girlfriend.”
Antoine forged federal employment and tax forms as part of his sleazy scheme, and extensively researched websites warning women how to avoid scams like his, court papers say. He at one point Googled: “illegal to trick girls into sleeping with you.”
Antoine is being held in federal custody for a detention hearing scheduled for Thursday.
He was previously convicted in 2013 of stealing and unlawful merchandising through his former wedding photography business, and spent 45 days in jail.
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