 Through South's agency, 15-year-old Lords started nude modeling; she had introduced herself with a fraudulent identification card on the name Kristie Elizabeth Nussman that made her 22 years old.Lords became the September 1984 "Penthouse" "Pet of the Month," for which she earned $5,000, and first performed in pornographic movies in October 1984.Following the May 1986 revelation that most of Lords' porn work was illegal, South was arrested on March 4, 1987, and was among those later charged by the U.S. government with pandering and child pornography.