by Dan Miller from Xbiz.com
LOS ANGELES — Adult performer Sledge Hammer died early this morning at the age of 39, director Stoney Curtis, his close friend of 20 years, confirmed to XBIZ.
Sledge Hammer, whose legal name was Marland Anderson, had been in a coma since Monday morning after an altercation with police on Sunday night that resulted in him being shot with a Taser gun, Curtis said.
According to Curtis, Anderson had been dealing with various forms of depression during the last several years, and his marijuana use made the depression worse.
“It turned out he genetically had a mild form of schizophrenia, and it wasn’t a problem until he started smoking pot and taking various things for depression,” Curtis explained. “It got worse and he would have thoughts of extreme paranoia and anxiety.”
On Sunday night in Reseda, Anderson suffered a severe anxiety attack and his girlfriend called 911 to prevent him from harming himself.
“She felt as though he was mentally unstable,” Curtis said. “She was requesting an ambulance to come get him, but the police showed up with an ambulance and the police walked him down to the ambulance.”
According to the information Curtis received, Anderson did not want to be inside the ambulance and his anxiety worsened, so the ambulance personnel let him out and called the police back to the residence.
“The police came and instead of trying to talk to him or grab him and get him to the ground or the paramedics giving him a sedative, they decided to break out their tasers and just tasered him excessively until the point where he went into cardiac arrest,” Curtis said. “After he went into cardiac arrest, they rushed him to the hospital and revived him. But they estimated that his heart had stopped beating for 10 minutes. They got his heart beating again and put him on a respirator, but he had massive swelling in the brain from the loss of oxygen.”
Anderson fought for his life all week, Curtis said, but doctors told Anderson’s mother that he likely would never come out of the coma and if he did, he would not regain cognitive functions. So Anderson’s mother decided to take him off the respirator Thursday night.
“The family felt as though he was never going to be the same and never going to wake up, so the mother made the decision to pull the respirator, it was her call,” Curtis continued. “He passed away at 5 o’clock in the morning at Northridge Hospital.”
Anderson, who was born in Seattle, performed in more than 800 porn movies since 1995, but no one knew him and his work better than Curtis, who made him a star with his numerous scenes for Celestial Productions and then Lethal Hardcore.
“You won’t find too many people that would have a bad thing to say about Marland. He was a very warm-hearted, funny guy who loved his comic books, loved heavy metal, and was very respectful to every girl he ever worked with,” Curtis said. “And I think most of the guys that worked with him would say the same.”
Curtis met Anderson at the Pizza Hut where Anderson worked not long after graduating from high school in Mission Viejo, Calif.
“He didn’t have much confidence in himself, but I looked at him and said you should have all the confidence in the world in yourself,” Curtis recalled. “The guy was built like a brick-house. I wasn’t even in porno yet and the two of us knew each other. I’m probably his oldest friend and I just feel horrible.”
Curtis said he is in the process of initiating a full-scale investigation into the incident that caused Anderson to be subdued by police.
“We believe there was excessive force used and investigators and attorneys will be called to get to the bottom of what happened to Marland Anderson,” Curtis said. "Stoney Curtis will see to it that he does not die in vain.
“What I would like to see is a separate number called for people with psychiatric issues where the police are not involved, because the police do not how to handle someone who is having a mental breakdown. They just break out their clubs and tasers. People shouldn’t be dying just because they are having a mental breakdown.”
He added, “Marlon was not a violent person. He had no police record, none. He had no weapon on him. They were the ones that walked him down to the ambulance. He was already frisked. They knew he wasn’t armed. Why did he get tasered so much. If they wouldn’t have done that, Marland Anderson would still be alive today.”
I CAN NOT BELIEVE THIS…HE WAS A GREAT GUY…I LOVED WORKING WITH HIM AND TALKN WIT HIM…HE WILL BE MISSED BY ALL…MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS GO OUT TO HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS…
Yeah, go ahead and blame the pigs and miss the obvious, here. Didn’t antidepressants kill Hunter Bryce, too? Thanks Big Pharm for all the harm. When the fuck are people gonna wake the fuck up?
http://www.infowars.com/antidepressant-drugs-causing-epidemic-of-mania/
Here don’t kill yourself, let us do it for you.” LAPDs new motto.
The same thing happened with the nut who stood in the middle of Sunset and Vine shooting passers by and killing a record producer last December. His ex girlfriend said he was normal until he went on anti-depressant drugs. This is the factor that connects Sledge, Hunter and the nut who went on a shooting spree, as well as many, many other stories in the news.
Here’s a little hint for those who want to sue: Big Pharm has a lot more money than the LAPD. The Big Pharm Mafia pays out 100s of millions per year (never held criminally liable), which is but a tiny fraction of the billions they make per year with their toxic chemicals and all their “side effects”.
@jeremysteele11,
If you want to be taken seriously don’t link to sites run by Alex Jones. Jones is a conspiracy theorist nut-job.
Bullshit, wickerbasketcase. I suppose you’re also convinced based upon hours and hours of non research that those WTC towers exploding into fine white powder just “fell”, right? Just curious… at what point in your life did you just hand over your mind? Alex Jones broke into Bohemian Grove and exposed on video the literally satanic fraternal rituals that the elite engage in in order to be part of “The Club”. For that feat alone he’s deserves the equivalent of 100,000 porno awards. The truth is indeed nuttier than fiction. But please don’t blame Alex Jones for that.
Now, if you can’t handle the truth simply because of the “source” (comprised of many, many, many, many other cited sources), well then follow the sources within the source: That infowars link is filled with many other links. Case example after example shows us what causes decent people to kill (others and/or themselves): Ritalin, Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Effexor, Prestiq, Celexa, etc (In fact, all these names sound like evil creatures created out of an evil scientist’s lab, which is precisely what they are!).
Wow, I just read Violet Adammson hung herself in late 2010, I wasn’t even aware of that! Sad. I got a lot of good naked mud wrestling shots of her.
My heart goes out to his family and friends. Marland was a really nice guy.
What strikes me is that whatever he was given for his depression made his condition worse, so he tried to self-medicate — which also made it worse. It’s a tragic waste.
I first met him years ago through Stoney Curtis, who called him “the gentle giant.” I still remember him at one of my birthday parties. RIP Marland.
(Why’d my last response to wickerbasketcase go on moderation, Cindi?… Stay tuned.)
Trust not but verify. None of these stats were born from Alex Jones, wickerbasketcase. A german study released in September 2011 found that of about 8,000 unvaccinated children, newborn to 19 years old, shows that vaccinated children have have at least 2-5 times more diseases and disorders than unvaccinated children. Yet we continue to blindly trust our doctors who are told what to tell us, and other “authorities” making kickbacks off their deadly “therapies”.
The banksters who’ve long since taken over the world have decided that you, me and all your friends and loved ones are pieces of shit which need to be dumbed down, hooked on deadly drugs, endless wars and diversions, etc. and, if and when possible, eliminated due to over-population/lack of resources issues. The Banksters, through their money, own everyone and everything (those “authorities” you blindly trust making a mighty profit off your sickness, misery and death)!
It’s the old adage of control through chaos.
WAKE UP!
This guy was depressed? He seemed so nice and people liked him a lot. This is horrible news…
I doubt it was situational, origen. Sounds congenital.
My heart is broken, what a gentle soul who treated anyone who he worked with like gold, I hope his momma sues the city for all their worth! We’ll miss you Sledge, rest in peace. And Jeremy, not the time for stupid stuff about vaccines, you can let your kids die of polio or pertussis, I wont.
I completely respect and honor your feelings Ruby (and everyone else), but there’s too ways of responding to a person’s tragic demise:
a. mourn the lost one and getting caught up in the sorrow.
b. point the finger at the assailant while he is still running from the scene of the crime.
The assailant in this case looks to be the pseudo priest-like pushers working on behalf of the Pharmafia.
I’d like to avoid unnecessary future mournings as well as bring justice for this. If that includes the cops, the fine, but let’s look at the bigger picture so avoid constant future replications of the current one.
@jeremysteele11,
Seriously, how do you go from antidepressant drugs to WTC to vaccines…it’s just patched together incoherently. Are you ok?
Would you have preffered I throw in Kevin Bacon to make a connection? You said Mr. Jones was nuts and to say so would be to dismiss such subjects as the subjects I mentioned. Is your analysis based on instantaneous responses to “New World Order”, “Illuminati” and “Global Tyranny” or are they based on any detailed research regarding to specific matters?
preferred… i meant, trying to edit in time but everytime i upload something the lib edit button won’t work
This is his girlfriend of over 3 years, Alexa Cruz. I just wanna say that he was not on any anti depressants or psychiatric/recreational drugs. He was suffering from mental illness and his suicide attempt was a cry for help. I called the police to help him and instead they tazed him 6 times and possibly beat him up too. Just trying to set the story straight
@jeremysteele11,
Whatever…I made the mistake of engaging you in a conversation.
Whatever to your whatever. Regardless, the worst dope pushers are wearing white coats, and it seems too many are missing the connection to all the nuttiness, school shootings, loved ones and friends lost in modern times. Again, I’m sorry for Sledge’s fast downfall. But Beware of the Medical Mafia… the same motherfucker’s pulling a lot of strings of many an individual and organization (FDA, AHF, etc.), pushing dope on children and pregnant moms, etc, etc. Knowledge of such shit can make anyone “nutty” as Alex Jones may seem.
where did it say he was on anti depressants
“taking various things for depression”… if the things he was taking was sex therapy and long camping trips, I doubt it would’ve caused the reaction, but if that’s the case, nevermind.
He was a first rate performer. Remember a great scene of him with the great Johnni Black…who would be getting a ton of milf work today.
He was NOT on anti depressants for the last time. He only took sleeping pills and drank wine/beer. He did smoke weed but quit about 2 weeks ago because it was aggravating his anxiety. I don’t know why the story says that, but the rest of the press release is accurate (besides his birthplace). Trust me, I tried to get him to a therapist/psychatrist many times and he was always against that and psych meds. He tried meds a few years back and didn’t like them.
@jeremysteele11 You did not know him personally as I did. I know for a fact that he was not on any form of drugs at all, not even for depression. You have no right to make assumptions about him or what happened when you have no idea. It is really offensive for you to make accusations like this when his friends and family are greeving the loss of such a wonderful, caring, gentle, helpful human being.
not to mention he was drug tested and a full tocicology report has been done and it came up negative for any meds or drugs that you might be thinking about. So it IS a proven fact that this was not caused by meds, this was caused by the police being negligent. they said they would take him to the hospital right away and they didnt… we trusted them to help him and they failed us.. they failed him. This story needs to be fully investigated so this does not ever happen to anyone else. we should be able to trust police and paramedics to help our loved ones, and it makes me sick that they were racist people on a power trip who ripped this wonderful person out of my life and many others’ lives. he was a beloved preformer, friend, son and fiance.
Agent Kevin O’Neal of Type 9 Models, quoted today in AVN: “He had backed off performing quite a bit because of his depression, because he’d say it just felt like the drugs they were giving him—he didn’t specifically say, but I was under the assumption that he was taking some antidepressants—were making it hard for him to keep wood all the time and stuff, so he said he was just going to take a break from performing, and focus a little more on stuff with his girlfriend.”
Let me clear that up for you, he was paranoid and suspected that people were putting drugs in his protein shakes to sabotage him. It was in his mind and there were no drugs. The police searched the apartment and his car and found nothing. He was tested at the hospital and only weed, sleeping pills and alcohol came up positive. They are performing an autopsy and Im sure that will have the same results. Once again , there were no drugs besides the ones I named. He was not in a good state of mind and he thought people were trying to ruin his career.
This is the last fucking straw. Someone needs to represent the Anderson family and sue the fucking asses of whoever tased this man.
What? Porn people are second class citizens? This was excessive use of force which caused a wrongful death! If no one would press charges, sue the motherfuckers!
I am so sorry for your loss, Alexa.
I was really sad to hear the news, Sledge or Marland was a great guy and yes he was known as the gentle giant.. He was a quiet man at home and did not harm anyone. To fight the depression he would listen to music and smoke, most of the time it worked… Thoughts and prayers go out to his family and the rest of his friends…
I apologize Mayais. Stoney said he was taking various thing for depression and I assumed that was meds. He also said his girlfriend (you, I presume) “felt as though he were mentally unstable”. So what is he talking about?
Michael Whiteacre said:
Agent Kevin O’Neal of Type 9 Models, quoted today in AVN: “He had backed off performing quite a bit because of his depression, because he’d say it just felt like the drugs they were giving him—he didn’t specifically say, but I was under the assumption that he was taking some antidepressants—were making it hard for him to keep wood all the time and stuff, so he said he was just going to take a break from performing, and focus a little more on stuff with his girlfriend.”
Really improper time to be pushing a propaganda argument for attention, Jeremy.
I’m not arguing things for attention, ajs; not attention about me, at least. Sledge’s agent was under the same impression I was.
I read this story with dis-belief. I knew Sledge and am very sorry that such a tragic death took place.
Tasers kill and should not be used by law enforcement. Hundreds of deaths each year are caused by the tasers which our government buys thousands of,for all its
domestic henchmen.
Tazing and airline punks touching your junk. The more power we give to evil authorties the more they take and the worse they make it. I hope those responsible are held accountable.
I am not his girlfriend.I am a friend. I am not affiliated with the adult industry. I am a college student, who works with children. But I had the opportunity to be around Marland alot, at his and Alexa’s apartment multiple times a week, I lived with Alexa for a year and he was over all the time. He was at my birthday parties, dinners, breakfasts, etc. he helped me move, I helped him move. He was a very special person to me and I just dont want people slandering his name when they didn’t really know him or the situation.
I don’t think anyone’s slandering Sledge. We’d just like to get to the bottom of this, understand what happened and why.
Jeremy,
Get off your self important soap box. Of course you saw this story as yet another chance for you to tell us all your IMPORTANT thoughts on yet another issue you know nothing about. Nobody wants to hear from you about conspiracies, medical issues, politics, or anything other than your porn experiences. Why do you feel the need to comment on every single thread? STFU once in a while and stop boring us all with your half-educated thoughts.
Much love to Marland’s friends and family. I worked with him several times and always found him to be a kind and considerate gentleman and an interesting guy. RIP.
Facts are important, Mr. Lane. I’m not. Alexa told me she was engaged to Sledge. Very sad.
Bullshit. You launched into one of your semi-litterate tirades about 9/11, BigPharm, and whatever other “I read on the internet” factiods you’ve latched on to in your desperately lonely life. Again, STFU and show some respect for the people who want to comment or read about the topic of each story. Every fuck’n story on here has some BS comment from you sounding like a tin foil hat wearing homeless person ranting on a street corner.
You have narcissistic disorder and delusions of granduer, plus you’re short, ugly, and woodless.
Bullshit yourself CLD. The topics you say are off topic ALL relate. When high crimes like 9/11, rigged presidential elections and the like are committed and gotten away with, then there it is no wonder whatsoever that cops and and the big pharm literally get away with murder again, again, again and again.
The fact that shits like you don’t give a flying fuck in the least to do the research and verification of things that junior high school students now know about = aiding and abetting the evil shit that goes down in the world. That’s why your niece may get sexually molested the next time she goes through airport security. Choke on that, asshole! Seriously, instead of absolutely meaningless blanket statements, I can take you to town on any subject you think you know about.
And as soon as you can explain exploding towers “falling” or show me a photo of a plane hitting the most guarded piece of real estate on the planet, I’ll STFU. But until then you can GFY. I have no delusions of grandueur, but you have delusions of the opposite, which I need not get into. You don’t know me or why I say what I say. It’s because people like you really don’t give a fuck to find out what’s going on in the world. We can end all the major problems in the world within a month if we really cared about people instead of money and power.
Btw, I already know what you’re gonna say before you say it, you pitiful shit. My latest response to yours was already there before yours to mine.
Tin foil hat a bit tight today, Mopey Dick? I will say it again so your junior high education can comprehend it. STFU. You are shitting on other people’s threads and if you EVER mention my family again I will take this from the internet into your real life in a way you could never imagine. I do know you. In real life. Who you are, where you live, who you hang out with. This is not some “meet me in the park” gay Roy Garcia threat. This is someone you know telling you to be very careful mentioning my neice or anyone outside of the adult industry. Once again for you to think about. Keep your rants in the topics to which they relate. Don’t go shitting your tin hat bullshit in EVERY single story on here. Final answer.
Gee, listen to Cody Lane’s Dad gettin’ all badass. I’ll just bet he has a grip of Affliction tees hanging in his closet. 5’4″ but comin’ TALL!
CLD, again you don’t get it. We may have had things in common with our mutual regard for that piece of shit Roypist. Just like many who have nothing in common shared a common sentiment for and effort against another evil moron named Donkey Long. But I was tossing out a hypothetical about your niece being molested by airport security to make a point about how we allow authorities to bullshit and abuse and kill us… and how that’s a fucking outrage! If we did a bit of independent research and thinking and held everyone accountable including ourselves for what goes down and the bullshit we are told/sold, then the abuses that go on, whether from cops, pharmaceutical drug pushers or bankster/pimps of war would not be going on. There are solutions to problems but for those ruling things the problems are their way of gaining power and making profit. As Orwell said, wars are not meant to be won, only continued. I know some may think things like 9/11, etc, are not exactly relevant to Sledge’s passing, but the bottom line is that creating chaos/hell is how these satanists’ seek control and gain power and profit. Sledge died because we give assholes power over us when they do not merit it. The only way I’m narcissistic is if you think in terms that we are all one and then yeah I’m all about me/us.
Do y’all know about the latest Supreme Court law allowing pigs to strip search you for any reason or alleged offense, regardless of how minor?
It’s this level of outrageous abuse of authority which also leads to innocents, friends and loved ones dying.
From http://thesocialpoets.blogspot.com/2012/04/obama-and-supreme-court-order-strip.html
“Your daughter can look good to a perverted thinking police officer and he has the right to arrest her, take her to jail, and, you guessed it, get an eyeful and strip search her. Police who are perverts, police who are racists and women-haters can all order you to get naked for an anal probing strip search, supposedly checking for drugs. You have no recourse. You have no rights, not any more in this country. Thank the Republicans and President Obama.”
That’s right: “Republicans AND President Obama”. What’s the difference?
awaiting moderation… and i’m still awaiting…
PLEASE CLD, tell me the above posting about cops rights to rape, Obama and the not so Supreme Court is completely irrelevant and narcissistic! ENLIGHTEN US!
First of all, the law requires female officers to handle arrests and processing of female suspects.
Secondly, this again is not appropriate for this thread about the death of Sledge Hammer.
Thirdly, nobody wants to hear any of this from YOU. You are a broke ass mope with a loud mouth and a desperately lonely need to engage others via the Internet. You’re a sad and needy little guy with no life and a head full of questions and no answers. Give it a rest already and show some respect to the readers of this site. It’s not the news story that is narcissistic, it is you…the person who believes the world wants to hear his opinions on everything and nothing. We don’t.
I realize you have no job, no career, no friends, and nothing to do besides spam the board with your tin foil hat bullshit, but start your own news blog or something. This site is for porn news and events, not your personal soap box about world events. We are all sick and tired of reading your bullshit in EVERY single story on here. Go to cable access TV and become the next Wally George.
No, it doesn’t. Male cops arrest and manhandle females all the time. There’s not always/usually a female on the beat.
You say I’m narcissistic. I never made this about me, you did with your stupid woodless unemployed mope epithets who also claims to know how lonely I am. It’s funny how much you’re sounding like Roy, now.
Out of respect for Sledge I decry issues which branch off of LIB’s main subject. Branching off is nothing new on LIB. If you can’t handle it, go hang out with more benevolent wankers on XPT.
And it very much relates. If you’re too dumb to see that, that’s your problem.
Don’t speak on behalf of the world. It sounds like you got a complex, not me.
I’d rather listen to Wally George’s soapbox than yours.