A former porn star who splashed her six-figure salary on binge drinking and flash cars has revealed how she quit the adult film industry and become a pastor.
Crystal Bassette, from Clay, New York, earned $300,000 a year as porn actress Nadia Hilton, starring in over 100 X-rated titles over 10 years.
But the mother-of-three put an end to her hedonistic lifestyle after she found God and started attending church, where she met her husband David, 26, a pastor.
The 33-year-old has since graduated from college and trained to become a pastor. She and David now preside over their own church in New York.
Crystal said: 'It's definitely the ultimate change. It's going from one extreme to the next. I had to get away from this whole life.'
Crystal fell pregnant with her eldest son Justin at 16. Determined to give him the best start in life, she moved from her home in North Carolina to Hollywood, California, and started modelling and dancing to pay rent.
It wasn't until she was introduced to an adult film agent a few years later that she signed up to her first porn film, enticed by the promise of earning $30,000 a month.
But her first shoot, at a house in Malibu, left Crystal feeling traumatised.
'I remember after the scene, I sat in the shower for about two hours crying,' Crystal said. 'Then I stopped after that shoot and didn't go back for about one month.
'I ended up going back to it again and that's when I was numbing myself through taking pain medicine and drinking alcohol to get through the scene.'