As adult star Bonnie Blue looks set to be deported from Bali, sex therapist Jennelle Gordon opens up on the ordeal she faced when she was questioned by immigration officers on the Indonesian island
A sex therapist who claims she suffered a terrifying 72-hour ordeal before being booted out of Bali has shed light on what Bonnie Blue may have been going through. Adult star Bonnie – real name Tia Billinger – looks set to be deported from the popular tourism island after upsetting locals with her ‘Bang Bus’ stunts.
Bonnie appeared in court in in Denpasar on the Indonesian resort island on Friday as she stood trial over alleged violations related to the blue pick-up truck she bought when she arrived in Bali ahead of Schoolies celebrations.
The 26-year-old and her crew, two British men and Australian comedian Julian Woods, have been accused buying the truck, which was reportedly purchased for 20 million Rupiah (about AU$1800), without valid vehicle registration documents, according to news.com.au.
Last week, Bonnie was detained on suspicion of breaching Indonesia’s stringent ‘morality’ regulations. The content creator was thrown behind bars last Thursday after irate residents informed authorities that she had rented a lorry to traverse the tourist hotspot whilst recording explicit material with “barely legal” students.
But officials confirmed they discovered no evidence of pornographic material, and Bonnie and her crew were released from custody having endured two days of interrogation by immigration officials and had their travel documents confiscated.
Now Jennelle Gordon, a Californian-based tantra master, holistic healer, speaker, and sex educator, has spoken out on what she endured when she was stopped from leaving airport in September by immigration, after spending two weeks hosting an ‘intimacy retreat’ on the holiday island.
The retreat offered classes on relationships, Kama Sutra techniques and sensuality — and was not all about just sex, reports the New York Post.
Gordon herself wasn’t put in a cell, but said she saw “terrifying” conditions for those who were behind bars.
“It was awful … It was absolutely awful,” Gordon told news.com.au of her experience. “The first day, we were there [at the immigration office] for thirteen hours … no food … thankfully I had packed a few snacks for the plane.
“We were sharing the same bathroom that the inmates would use, who would come up from the cell and shower and brush their teeth in. They would be coming up, some restrained and some of them not, but with the guards. It was just terrible … it was awful conditions.”
She added: “I would put everything on it that she was down in those cells at some point. And the conditions downstairs … you could hear what was going on. We would see the detainees coming upstairs … men yelling for their rights … for a phone … for food or water.”
Whether Bonnie and her crew faced similar conditions is not known – although she appeared relaxed and smiling for her trial in Denpasar on Friday.
Following the trial, Bonnie will be deported and “black-listed” from entering Indonesia for at least a decade, according to Immigration department head Heru Winarko.
At a press conference outside the Ngurah Rai Immigration Office on Thursday, Mr Winarko said Bonnie and her team had breached their visa privileges.
“They have misused the visa they have to make content in Bali,” he said. “They will be black-listed from entering Indonesia for at least 10 years (that) could be extended.”
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