Italian 'pornoprof' is suspended

An Italian teacher has been suspended from school because of her extra-curricular activities as a porn star, local authorities have announced.

The out-of-hours behaviour of Anna Ciriani, who calls herself "Madameweb" in hard-core videos on the Internet and at erotic shows, was "not compatible with educational activity," the head of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia education authority said.



Ciriani, dubbed the "porno-prof" by Italy's main newspapers, said she never let her hobby get in the way of her teaching. "My behaviour at school has always been extremely professional and upright. Always punctual, never in provocative clothes, never made up, never (wearing) heels," she said.

Madameweb's popularity surged after a video of her shot at the Venus erotica festival in Berlin last month attracted a wide Internet following, prompting the authorities to suspend her from teaching altogether.