Michaela didn't mind talking about this, especially since Iestyn needed to know there was a darker side to this kind of thing. "Please know, before I tell you any of this, if I didn't trust my managers completely I never would have let them anywhere near you," she promised him. "And if anyone ever hurt you I would sue their dicks off." It was more legal than just killing them.
"When I first started out I was nineteen. I had just started HRT and we could barely afford it. I was doing amateur nights and hustling and I got approached by this guy and I was just so excited I signed a contract immediately. He was a real manager, part of a legit company so why would I think twice, right? I start doing real jobs so I can help pay rent and then Dan sold some art and all of a sudden I could have my surgeries. A few years into the contract my appearance had changed a lot. And apparently...this guy liked that. He'd always been a bit sleazy but I was in his office one day and he ran his hand up my skirt. Told me if I wanted to keep getting booked I would stay quiet.
"You know me. I'm not quiet. I slapped him in this face, but I was too scared to tell anyone and he didn't send me out for any more auditions. I was trapped in that contact for two years and when it ended I had to start all over again."