Their mother gave birth to them when she was just 15, and they grew up in poverty in Camden. While the twins had a strong connection, their home life lacked stability. “I’d be in school and close my locker door and there’d be three guys standing there wanting to fight me because of him. He was the only one Keyontyli confided in about his sexual orientation.
Goffney said he stepped in frequently to defend his twin. In school, Keyontyli, who is gay, was often picked on by classmates for not being “manly” enough. Goffney won awards and trophies - some taller than he was - for karate, while his brother excelled at gymnastics. Goffney’s path wasn’t always pointed toward prison.įrom a young age, the twins exhibited an aptitude for physicality.Goffney’s path wasn’t always pointed toward prison.įrom a young age, the twins exhibited an aptitude for physicality. “But we ended up learning from all the wrong people.” “My mom did what she could with twins at 15,” Goffney said. When he was 18, Goffney had his first major run-in with the law. He and a friend were accused of robbing someone with a starter pistol. Goffney said the incident was a joke, but it was one that landed him more than three years in prison.
When those doors slammed, it felt like I was never coming out,” he said. “All these guys were super big and I was this skinny, 18-year-old kid. He said he rarely left his cell for the first two months but eventually did so to avoid being targeted for being a recluse. Visits with his brother were difficult, Goffney said. I fought for him his whole life, and this was a time he wanted to stick up for me and he couldn’t do it because there were walls between us.”Īfter three-and-a-half years, Goffney said he emerged a changed man - for the worse.
And that’s how I started making the dark choices that led to 2008.” I came out cold and hard, with this chip on my shoulder. When Goffney got out of prison, he got a job at Bally’s gym at 15th and Walnut. He said the job worked out for a while, until supervisors found out about his record, and he was summarily fired.ĭuring Goffney’s time in prison, Keyontyli, an aspiring model, had entered the gay-porn business. Knowing his twin was eager to make cash, Keyontyli offered to bring him into the industry. This was the only way Keyon could help me. He told me no one was going to know about it. Goffney, who identifies as straight, said the gig started easily, but quickly progressed. “First it was still shots and I was like, OK, take my shirt off? I can do this. “It was then, ‘Do this for the video and do this.’ There were times when - and I don’t mean to be graphic - but to get hard for a scene, I’d have a female magazine and be chewing Viagras.” But then it got more … demanding,” he said. The Vegas job paid $750, which Goffney blew that night. “After we did the scene, they all wanted to go to the gay club and I jumped right in a cab and went to a strip club. I drank all these beers and spent the whole $750. On the plane ride home, he said Keyontyli recognized the effect the job had on him Goffney said he was transfixed, staring straight ahead at the seat in front of him, while his twin put his hand over his. He just held my hand and I was staring, thinking, I can’t believe I did that.