British adult content creator Bonnie Blue is to be deported from Indonesia and barred from returning for at least a decade after officials concluded she had misused her visa while touring Bali in a branded “BangBus” to film material with young male tourists. The decision follows a week of scrutiny that saw the 26 year old detained during a police raid on a villa in Badung, questioned on suspicion of breaking the country’s strict anti pornography laws and briefly facing the prospect of a prison term of up to 15 years.
Blue, whose real name is Tia Billinger, was arrested alongside three male associates and 14 male tourists, mostly Australians, during the raid on the studio-style property last week. Police and immigration officers said the group appeared to be involved in filming sexually themed content in a country where both pornography and unauthorised work on a tourist visa are criminal offences. All 14 tourists were later released, but Blue and the three crew members had their passports confiscated while officials investigated possible breaches of both Indonesia’s anti pornography statute and immigration rules.
Details of what investigators found inside the villa have been at the centre of competing claims about whether the group were producing explicit material or staging a provocative but non pornographic social media stunt. According to Bali’s Badung police, officers discovered cameras, lighting equipment, branded clothing and a blue pickup truck known as the “BangBus”, which had been widely promoted on Blue’s social channels during Schoolies celebrations. The bus, used to ferry young men around the island, was later seized over alleged registration issues and has become one of several strands of the case that remain open despite the decision to deport the star.
Acting head of public relations for Badung Police, Aiptu Ni Nyoman Ayu Inastuti, said the group had been taking part in a filmed “game” rather than a sex act when officers entered the property. “When they were raided, they were making collab content about a game where the winner would sleep with Bonnie Blue,” the officer said, explaining that the footage was designed to create a sense of competition and excitement for viewers. “No pornographic activities or acts have been found in the collaborative content.”
Despite those findings, police said they did uncover a private sexual video on one of the men’s phones. That recording was judged not to constitute a criminal offence because there was no evidence it had been distributed, but its discovery helped fuel public concern in Bali over what exactly had been taking place in the studio and whether it breached local norms. Indonesian authorities have repeatedly stressed that the country’s laws prohibit the production and dissemination of pornographic material, and that even foreign tourists are expected to respect local standards of decency.
As the pornography investigation progressed, attention shifted to the immigration status of Blue and her crew. At a press conference outside the Ngurah Rai Immigration Office on Thursday, regional immigration chief Hery Winarko announced that officials had concluded the group used their tourist visas to conduct commercial activity. “They have misused the visa they have to make content in Bali,” he said, confirming that the authorities would not allow them to remain in the country. “They will be blacklisted from entering Indonesia for at least 10 years, that could be extended.”
The decision effectively ends the threat that Blue could face a lengthy prison term in Indonesia, where producing pornography can carry a sentence of up to 15 years and heavy fines. Legal experts had already suggested she was more likely to be expelled than jailed, pointing out that no explicit acts had been found on the material seized during the raid. However, the case has underscored how quickly transgressive content that may be tolerated online or in some Western jurisdictions can collide with the much stricter legal and moral framework in force in the world’s largest Muslim majority nation.
Although the pornography allegations are expected to be dropped, Blue and her team still face potential administrative sanctions over other issues uncovered during the operation. Indonesian media have reported that the BangBus was not properly registered on the island, and that a British member of the crew may have been driving without the required international licence, matters that could lead to fines or further immigration consequences. Authorities have also retained cameras, condoms and other items seized during the raid as part of the ongoing immigration case.
The episode has nonetheless extended the controversial public profile that has followed Blue since she emerged as one of the most talked about figures in the online adult industry. Born in 1999 in Nottinghamshire, she built a lucrative career on subscription platforms after leaving conventional work, quickly becoming known for videos with very large numbers of male partners, many of them 18 or 19 year old students. She has said in interviews that she turned to webcam work and then OnlyFans after becoming disillusioned with a traditional nine to five lifestyle.
Her notoriety increased dramatically in early 2025 when she claimed to have had sex with 1,057 men in 12 hours in an attempt to break a world record for the most sexual partners in a single day. The stunt, filmed and then widely shared online, involved men queueing to participate, many of them wearing balaclavas, and quickly became a viral talking point across social media platforms. A Channel 4 documentary later examined the event in detail, contributing further to debate about the ethics and impact of extreme content in the subscription pornography economy.
In the months that followed, Blue repeatedly sought to position herself at the centre of provocative set pieces, including a proposed “petting zoo” in which she would be tied up naked in a glass box and invite members of the public to touch her. That plan drew criticism from campaigners and fellow creators, and was ultimately cancelled. OnlyFans then permanently banned her account for what the company described as prohibited “extreme challenge” content, prompting Blue to migrate to alternative platforms while continuing to cultivate a large following.
Her clashes with authorities have not been confined to Indonesia. In 2024, Australian officials cancelled her visa after she promoted plans to film with “barely legal” 18 year old men during Schoolies week on the Gold Coast, concluding that she intended to work without appropriate permits. Soon afterward she was also removed from Fiji and declared a prohibited immigrant there, again over concerns that she was seeking to create explicit material in ways that clashed with local regulations and community expectations.
Those earlier expulsions form the backdrop to the latest controversy in Bali, where videos posted on Blue’s social media pages showed her arriving in a blue pickup emblazoned with her branding and interacting with young holidaymakers. According to local reports, the men who took part in the villa shoot were aged between their late teens and early twenties and had been recruited from Schoolies style celebrations on the island. Police said the collaborative content they reviewed appeared designed to simulate reality television style competition, with the promise of a night with Blue acting as the prize rather than depicting the act itself.
The arrest has also prompted discussion inside Indonesia about the role of foreign social media personalities in the country’s tourism economy. Officials have stressed that they welcome visitors but will act when they believe the line has been crossed between holiday making and unauthorised commercial activity, particularly where the content in question may affect the country’s reputation. Immigration authorities have in recent years deported a series of influencers over stunts ranging from semi nude photo shoots at sacred sites to unauthorised business activities, and have indicated they see the Bonnie Blue case as fitting into that wider pattern.
For Blue, the outcome in Bali appears to be a familiar one. Once the outstanding immigration processes are complete and any remaining local matters such as vehicle registration are resolved, she is expected to be placed on a flight out of Indonesia, probably over the weekend, with her name added to a national blacklist that will prevent her return for at least ten years. Her publicist has said she is cooperating with officials and that she is “doing OK”, but did not comment in detail on what she had been filming on the island or what impact the ban could have on her career.
The longer term consequences of the case may be harder to measure. Supporters and critics alike have pointed out that controversy has often propelled Blue to greater visibility, bringing fresh waves of subscribers even as mainstream platforms distance themselves from her. Her prolific content output, headline grabbing stunts and willingness to push against legal and moral boundaries have made her one of the most recognisable faces of a new generation of online sex work, a position that has also drawn scrutiny from regulators, broadcasters and campaigners.
In the immediate future, however, the focus remains on the final steps of the Indonesian process. Officials in Bali have said the deportation order reflects both the technical misuse of a tourist visa and wider public unease about the nature of Blue’s activities in the resort region. For the young men who took part in the filmed game, the incident appears likely to end with little more than an unusual holiday anecdote. For Bonnie Blue, it adds another entry to a growing list of countries that have decided her brand of sexual performance is not welcome within their borders, even as it continues to attract an audience online.
