Bonnie Blue receives punishment after arrest for ‘BangBus’ stunt as authorities speak out
Topics: Bonnie Blue, Celebrity, Crime, Sex and Relationships, Adult Industry
Callum Jones
Featured Image Credit: SONNY TUMBELAKA/Getty
Topics: Bonnie Blue, Celebrity, Crime, Sex and Relationships, Adult Industry
Adult content creator Bonnie Blue has been handed a hefty punishment after being detained in Bali for allegedly making pornography while traveling around the Indonesian island on her 'Bang Bus'.
The 26-year-old, whose real name is Tia Billinger, arrived back in the UK earlier this month after being deported from Indonesia following a court appearance.
The adult star traveled to the backpackers' paradise to coincide with Australia's 'Schoolies', which sees graduates head to popular hotspots for a week-long vacation to celebrate completing their exams.
Blue and 33 others were detained when police raided a production studio in Bali. Most of the men were subsequently released, though Blue and three members of her team were detained ahead of an immigration hearing.
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She faced the prospect of spending over a decade behind bars for allegedly breaking Bali's strict morality laws.
A court found her guilty of 'violating traffic regulations by using an open-back truck for goods but carrying people on the open-back truck' and she was ultimately handed a 200,000 Indonesian rupiah fine ($12). The 26-year-old was deported from the country for an immigration violation, due to working on a tourist visa.
Blue has also been banned from entering Indonesia for ten years.
Authorities noted they did not press ahead with charges on the alleged production of pornographic content as police only found 'private video footage' on Blue's phone.
Director General of Immigration Yuldi Yusman said in a statement that this footage was 'not for public distribution', adding Blue 'entered Indonesia using a visa on arrival for commercial content production that could potentially cause public unrest'.
Yusman continued: "Therefore, we imposed a 10-year entry ban because these activities aren’t in line with the government’s efforts to maintain Bali’s quality tourism image and respect for local cultural values."
Following her return to the UK earlier this month, Blue broke her silence with a video posted to Instagram from the day she went to court.
"Get ready with me for trial," she said in the clip. "I really wanted to wear my 'Schoolies T-shirt', family have strongly said don’t, still gonna take it, see what my lawyer says."
As she applied her makeup for a day in court, Blue added: "I don’t really know what to expect today, I just know we’re gonna meet a judge and it’s a court. Police will be there, immigration will be there, press will be there."
Blue hit out at police and immigration who ‘keep crying’ about the media, though she claimed they keep ‘inviting’ and ‘leaking stuff’ to reporters and journalists covering her case.
The adult content creator went on to allege that the ‘girl that organised the whole trip’ for her allegedly took a ‘big chunk’ of her ‘£75,000 fee’ and then ‘reported her to the police’.