Porn star Tera Patrick adult-film superstar

Porn star draws plenty of fans during Hayward visit
Tera Patrick attracts crowd, defends free speech at local shop

HAYWARD Ñ An ex-military brat who became a multimillionaire before she hit age 30, Tera Patrick has a proverbial story to tell about living the American dream.

But on a Thursday night visit to Main Street in downtown Hayward, the adult-film superstar skipped the Chamber of Commerce and landed one door down at L'Amour Shoppe. None of the crowd awaiting her there asked any stodgy questions about her business acumen.

"I asked her for her phone number, and she just smiled," said San Jose resident Chris Abastilla, 23. "You got to try."

Abastilla, wearing a plaidshirt and a rosary around his neck, arrived at the Hayward porn shop more than two hours early to be the first of hundreds of people to greet Patrick.

Cynthia Falcon, 23, traveled all the way from Salinas and was swooning after getting an autograph and picture of herself standing with the star.

"She's hot. What can I say?" Falcon said. "She's amazing. And she's very warm and gracious, very nice."

Patrick's husband, Evan Seinfeld, stood nearby with a wad of cash in his hand. He ushered in the line of fans and hawked DVDs, posters and calendars.

Seinfeld, formerly of Brooklyn metal band Biohazard and VH1 reality TV show "SuperGroup," also stars in Patrick's latest release: "Reign of Tera 2," about a high-end Asian brothel.

"I love the acting, the scenes, the way they present them," said Guillermo Placencia, 33, another Patrick fan from Salinas. "She still looks good for her
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age."

The married duo Ñ Patrick is 31 and Seinfeld is 39 Ñ run a veritable porn media empire that, as of later this month, will include an interactive video game with Patrick as the star.