Janice is a Berlin, Germany-based adult model, porn star, internet personality, and entrepreneur. Samantha Schimmel was born to parents with a history in law enforcement and was raised by them in Queens, New York. In her younger years, she attended a private Catholic school and went to high school in Queens as well as in Long Island, New York, where her biological father was staying at the time. Her mother is a Muslim and she has stated that she considers herself “culturally Muslim”, even despite facing constant online harassments for her work from Muslims. Her father is of German, Italian, and Irish descent. Ethnically/racially, she has described herself as Multiracial and half-Indian. Janice Griffith entered the adult industry in 2013 after she had just turned eighteen with the intention of doing just a single scene with James Dean. However, she decided to stay in the industry owing to the pay that it offers and owing to the fact that it involves sex, which she has stated that she loves. Janice was featured in a photoshoot with Dan Bilzerian for Hustler magazine in April 2014, which involved Bilzerian throwing her off the roof of a house and into a pool. She fell short of the pool, hitting the edge, and broke her foot. The 18-year-old asked Bilzerian for $85,000 for her injuries, which was rejected. In December 2014 she filed a lawsuit against both Hustler and Bilzerian. Bilzerian's attorney responded that she was under contract for the event by Hustler, that Hustler hired Bilzerian for the event, and that Bilzerian was not at fault.