What Happened To The Real Erica Boyer? When Did She & Rand Divorce?
Portrayed by Taylor Schilling on Hulu's Pam & Tommy, Erica Boyer was a legendary adult film star in the eighties and nineties. Born Amanda Margaret Gantt, Boyer worked in the porn industry for over 25 years, accumulating 184 credits throughout the length of her career. As depicted in Pam & Tommy, Boyer was briefly married to Rand Gauthier, the former porn star turned electrician who infamously stole and distributed a private tape belonging to the titular couple. It is also accurate that Boyer introduced Gauthier to the adult film industry, after which he performed in at least 75 videos before he became a handyman.
Boyer and Gauthier met and got married in the late eighties, ultimately filing for divorce in 1991. While Pam & Tommy shows the couple being separated — but not legally divorced — in 1995, this was not the case in reality. Though Boyer maintained some contact with Gauthier, she did not know that he was responsible for the leak of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee's honeymoon tape until years after the fact.
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In 1996, Boyer was once again married, this time to NFL tight end Derrick Jensen, who played eight seasons for the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders from 1979 to 1986. In the late nineties, the couples' only son, Davis Jensen, was born. Around that time, Boyer also retired from the adult film industry and moved to Florida to settle down with her new family. She opened her own massage therapy business and did volunteer work as a clown and face painter.
Boyer was respected and well-known in the adult film industry throughout her career. She was especially distinguished for her lesbian work, winning the «Lascivious Lesbian» award at the
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