Emily Willis fundraiser topped up with highest ever donation from grownup star

Ex-adult star Emily Willis’ fundraiser has been topped up by spicy creator Lena the Plug – and it’s the biggest donation to date.

It comes after Emily’s family updated the GoFundMe with a poem about her “strength” as fans desperately await an official update on the star’s health after she woke from a “vegetative coma” back in May time.

All updates on Emily’s health from her family came to a halt in May when they confirmed she had woken from the coma after being rushed to a medical facility in Thousand Oaks, California, on February 5. At the time they said she had regained consciousness but remained unable to speak and could only track objects with her eyes.

READ MORE: Adult star Emily Willis has ‘locked-in syndrome’ and ‘may never move a muscle again’

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Although not an official update on her health, the family updated Emily’s GoFundMe donation page with a poem about a resilient Capricorn woman. This is very encouraging and possibly suggests that Emily has made some kind of progress, or is at least that she is still pulling through.

Emily’s fundraiser has continued to increase over the weeks since the last update and it can now been seen that a fellow adult star has kindly given the highest ever donation. Known as Lena the Plug on social media, real name Lena Nersesian, the saucy star has given $5,000 to Emily’s cause.

“We love you so much, Em. I know you’re going to get through this,” Lena wrote alongside her generous donation.

Married to controversial podcaster and YouTuber Adam22, Lena skyrocketed to fame a few years ago after promising she’d release one of her sex tapes. In July 2023, Adam was ridiculed online after he announced he had let his wife Lena perform on camera with another man – this is probably what the pair are best known for.

Emily’s fundraiser has also been added to by someone called Meshal MB (Hellcat) who has donated sums between $500 and $4,000 on numerous occasions. The total currently stands at $89,722 at the time of writing. You can donate here.

Gareth Nye – Programme Lead for Medical Science at the University of Chester – spoke with the Daily Star earlier this month and gave us his expert take on Emily’s tragic situation.

He said he believed Emily was now suffering from “locked-in syndrome” after been subject to “brain damage” following her cardiac arrest in February.

Sadly, he said Emily’s future looks as though she will need round-the-clock care due to not being able to speak or move a muscle. Dr Nye explained he believed Emily was suffering with “locked-in syndrome” and added it was “likely she will never recover” past the stage of making only simple eye and facial movements.

“She may never recover past this stage and that is the more likely outcome,” Dr Nye told the Star. “A traumatic event such as this and recovery from a coma is even more difficult.

“What we are seeing here is the damage to the brain following a lack of oxygen after the cardiac arrest. It is encouraging to see that she seems to be conscious, recognises people and can track with her eyes. However, it is highly likely she is suffering from a condition called locked-in syndrome.”

Locked-in syndrome essentially means someone is 100% aware of their surroundings and emotions, but cannot make any movements with the body other than with the eyes.

“Locked-in syndrome is a condition caused by a lack of oxygen to the brain stem which is a crucial portion of our brain,” Dr Nye added. “All communication to and from the brain for example movement, bodily functions etc run through the brain steam first so any damage here is devastating for the individual.

“Locked-in syndrome is essentially where a patient is aware of there surroundings and have full consciousness but cannot move or communicate verbally due to complete paralysis of nearly all voluntary muscles in the body, except for vertical eye movements and blinking.

“Some patients do retain some facial muscle movement and may retain some sensation in their limbs but crucially have no movement at all below the neck.”

Emily’s stepdad Michael Willis confirmed in March that Emily was in rehab for eight days before suffering a cardiac arrest while in treatment, reports TMZ. And while police initially believed the 25-year-old was taken ill as a result of a “overdose”, Michael said doctors confirmed the early toxicology screen came back negative.

Michael told the outlet Emily weighed only 80 pounds (5st 7lbs) when she checked herself into the facility. While this is alarming, it is not clear if her weight played a part in her falling seriously ill. He added Emily was focussed on getting healthy and “very open” about seeking treatment for her “substance abuse problem”.

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