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They sued a total of 13 affiliated businesses and individuals, including owner Michael Pratt, actor Andre Garcia, and videographer Matthew Wolfe. Michael James Pratt, who fled the United States during a San Diego civil trial and was subsequently charged criminally, made his initial appearance in a San Diego federal courtroom Tuesday afternoon. A not guilty plea was entered on Pratt’s behalf to a 19-count indictment that includes charges of sex trafficking, production of child pornography, sex trafficking of a minor, and conspiracy to launder monetary instruments. A hearing has been set for Thursday to discuss whether the 41-year-old should be released on bail. In July 2015, Jane Doe 1 responded to a Craigslist ad seeking models in the Las Vegas area.

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MindGeek, now Aylo, was also under fire in 2021 when 40 women sued the company for knowingly profiting from Girls Do Porn content. The judge ordered a “discovery into its corporate structure, finances, operations, and ownership to determine which entities and persons should remain in the case,” says law firm Brown Rudnick LLP. Ms Althaus describes in the lawsuit as being harassed over text by Mr Pratt, after she returned to college, to make more videos and threatened to make her original video public if she refused, as screenshots obtained by Fox News show. In one shoot, Mr Pratt was so infuriated with Ms Althaus and her pleas to stop that he broke a hotel lamp and got out his gun, according to the lawsuit. She is suing Aylo and Ethical Capital Partners for aiding and abetting sex trafficking, profiting from sex trafficking and advertising a victim of sex trafficking.

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The suit claims that the women were coerced into performing in x-rated scenes before being paid less than agreed. “Defendants take considerable, calculated steps to falsely assure prospective models that their videos will never be posted online, come to light in the United States, or be seen by anyone who might know them,” Enright wrote. The women behind the lawsuit, however, claimed that while they did accept money for appearing in a porn film, they were led to believe their videos would not be made available on streaming services and marketed. The victims whose videos repeatedly were posted to the site said they have “suffered damages including but not limited to, sever emotional distress, significant trauma, attempted suicide, and social and familial ostracisation.” Some people abused the feature to post revenge porn and stolen images and videos of people who did not intend for their images to be out in the public. Even if Pornhub responded to complaints and removed the videos, the way the site operated simply allowed the harassers to post the stolen images all over again.

Many of the models reported that, while they were getting their hair and makeup professionally done, GDP staff would offer them drinks and marijuana. The lengthy contract would make its one and only appearance at this point, a contract that the Jane Does, and many other models not in the lawsuit, were allegedly rushed to sign. “It’s vindication for the brave women who came forward after being manipulated and lied to by GirlsDoPorn,” Ed Chapin, the lead attorney for the plaintiffs, told BuzzFeed News. “They were young and inexperienced, and their lives were changed because they were sucked in by this disgusting, fraudulent scheme.”

• It was reported that the adult film company has attempted so far to disrupt proceedings by filing bankruptcy, intentional subpoena dodging, and another series of miscellaneous delays.
• Aylo, formerly MindGeek, told Fox News Digital in a statement that its “number one priority” is the “safety” of its community.
• The amended complaint brings the total number of plaintiffs up to 50, all filing anonymously  as Jane Does.
• In 2023, the North Carolina man, an accused sex trafficker, started grooming the 12-year-old girl over Facebook and later ordered an Uber to have her and her friend “delivered” to his home, according to a complaint filed July 24 in York County, South Carolina.

I just want to see this message and this story spread far and wide, so that we can actually do something about this and stop it from happening in the future. Without justice, there’s not healing, and there’s not closure, and they need justice, not only against the abusers who abused them, but against the executives who profited and globally distributed and immortalized their trauma. Sign up to receive a daily email of today’s top military news stories from Stars and Stripes and top news outlets from around the world. The girl’s parents are seeking an unspecified amount in damages and are demanding a jury trial. The company also offers drivers tips on preventing underage riding online and how to report a canceled ride due to unaccompanied minors.

A court document filed Friday noted that a settlement agreement had been reached and dismissed the claims. The plaintiffs are seeking damages under Section 1595 of US law, which lets victims of trafficking bring civil actions against either perpetrators or people who benefit when they “knew or should have known” about the crimes. Pornhub has faced increasing problems amid allegations that it hosted content featuring child sexual exploitation, nonconsensual violence, rape, and other illegal material. Pornhub has responded to the controversy by banning uploads from unidentified users and purging millions of user-uploaded videos. Besides Pornhub, the GirlsDoPorn videos were also hosted on other MindGeek properties referred to as “Tubesites” in the lawsuit.

At that time, Pornhub was one of the most popular websites in the world, attracting billions of visits each month. A day later, Williams messaged the 13-year-old on Facebook and shared a video of himself raping her friend, according to the complaint. The girl’s parents are suing Uber on multiple claims, including negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress and trafficking, the lawsuit shows. Out of fear, the 13-year-old girl told the driver “they were younger than their actual ages in an attempt to get him to cancel the ride and refuse to drive them,” the complaint says.

• Althaus says she agreed to another shoot and that Pratt and Garcia once again gave her alcohol, marijuana and Xanax and spiked her drink with oxycodone.
• First, Jane Doe 7 found out the photo shoot was actually a video shoot only when she was picked up at the airport by Matthew Wolfe, a videographer working for the porn website GirlsDoPorn.
• Meanwhile, the adult film star, called Andre Garcia, only paid her $3,000 and not the agreed higher sum because ‘she was pale and had bruises’.
• The website operators had also assured models that their real names would never be linked to the videos.

They (the victims) called it the immortalization of their trauma, where they understood that even after they’re dead, people will be getting profit and pleasure from the worst moments of their lives. While Mickelwait says she has no problem with legal pornography, she has zero tolerance for those who illegally profit from sex trafficking and child rape – and that’s what she found on Pornhub. Police were able to identify Bailey, and a forensic review of his electronic devices found about 200 images and 20 videos of child pornography. Bailey also used multiple online personas to attempt to solicit sexually explicit photos from an adult victim, which he then used to attempt to threaten and extort the adult for more photographs, court records say. District Court in Columbus to distributing child pornography and interstate communications with the intent to extort. The FBI is still searching for GirlsDoPorn creator Michael Pratt, who faces criminal sex-trafficking and child-porn charges.

On Friday, October 12, administrative assistant Valorie Moser, 37, appeared in court and was arraigned. Moser was accused of conspiracy in recruiting women to appear in sex scenes, and a preliminary hearing was scheduled for October 22. Moser testified that Pratt instructed her to create a Google Hangout to communicate with the models and that “at least a dozen young women” sent complaints and begged her to remove their videos.