Porn site to pay $12 7m to women who didn’t know videos would be posted San Diego

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So the footage from that horrific night — which was uploaded to the platform without her consent — was downloaded millions of times. So, while GirlsDoPorn has since been shuttered and she now owns the rights to the videos, Jane Doe is forever playing a game of whack-a-mole, finding clips in new places all the time. She is forced to relive that night each time as she petitions for their removal. Jane Doe, one of the dozens of women trapped in a sex trafficking operation that lasted more than a decade, is speaking out about the dark chapter that radically changed the trajectory of her life.

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In response to the initial complaint against the company, Pratt denied the charges, saying through his attorney that the plaintiffs had “failed to exercise ordinary and reasonable care on their own behalf,” and thus had no right to claim damages. He also attempted to stall the trial by declaring bankruptcy in January, writing in a text message that “as soon as i bankrupt the business they [the plaintiffs] are fucked.” Last month, he fled the country and is officially considered a “fugitive” by the FBI. Twenty-one days after her 22nd birthday, she boarded a flight to San Diego that, unbeknownst to her, would change her life forever. Jane Doe grew up in Washington state with a loving family, never expecting that she’d be victimized by one of the largest trafficking schemes to date in today’s mainstream porn industry. Althaus is one of dozens of victims who have brought similar allegations against GirlsDoPorn and websites like Pornhub that promoted the since-closed website’s content, “generated millions of dollars in revenue,” the lawsuit states. “Unfortunately, GirlsDoPorn had posted the first video of Plaintiff on MindGeek’s network, and the video became wildly successful.

Women seek hundreds of millions of dollars from Pornhub over ‘Girls Do Porn’ videos

From now on, Girls Do Porn is required to explicitly state in recruitment postings that the videos will be posted online. Participants must also get copies of the contracts before arriving, and sign off on their names or personal information being used, Enright ruled. Meanwhile, the men still face federal charges of sex trafficking and producing child porn.

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Reminders of this incident will continue to haunt them as long as the internet exists… And until those that did them harm are finally convicted for their alleged crimes. Andre Garcia – the third of the men alleged to have participated in this long-running scheme – was called to the stand but refused to testify, pleading the fifth to every question asked of him. He failed to answer his court summons, having returned to New Zealand due to what friend and confidante Matthew Wolfe described as “health issues related to threats he had received,” but offering up no details about either the threats or the health issues involved.

• Others said that they were gagged or choked to the point of vomiting during the shoot.
• In the end, Jane was only paid $3,000 – roughly half of what she had been originally promised.
• She told police that after filming concluded on a subsequent photo and video shoot, Garcia pestered her with invasive questions.
• It can cover anything from digital forgeries made with generative AI to a video of a physical sexual assault to the nonconsensual sharing of photos that were first shared privately.

Dozens of women reported their social lives falling apart in the wake of the videos being published, and countless among them would report being kicked out of school, disowned by their families, fired from their jobs, attempting suicide, or suffering some other form of life-altering alienation. Dozens would even report long-lasting psychological problems stemming from the videos being published and shared among their loved ones and acquaintances. Dozens, if not hundreds, of the women featured on GirlsDoPorn were subjected to sex acts that they had not consented to, and which they had received guarantees they wouldn’t have to perform on video.

Beginning to grow confident that this was a decent way to earn a nice chunk of change, Jane would speak to Jonathan again on FaceTime. He again assured her that nothing she appeared in would be posted online and that the shoot would be quick and painless – taking less than 30 minutes of her time. He began making final plans to fly her out to San Diego to film the scene, offering an all-expenses-paid trip to Southern California, as well as an opportunity for this young woman to make decent money without having to ask her mom for help (who was already helping support two other children).

While the victims may never be fully free of the trauma they have suffered, one of the women, who months before had tried to take her life, told Holm after the sentencing that she has never felt better than knowing Garcia was finally held accountable. The women faced a dark reality – the knowledge that for the rest of their lives, people would use the crime scene footage of their abuse for both pleasure and profit. GirlsDoPorn’s victims were doxxed, harassed and humiliated, and they felt they had a full-time job they never asked for – trying to get the videos of their trafficking removed from the internet. Garcia’s victims were coerced, defrauded and forced to participate in recorded sex acts, some of which were violent to the point of drawing blood.

As survivors and data show, some people have been forced, tricked, or coerced into entering the industry in the first place, unable to leave once they’ve started. Not only that, but performers who are already in the industry can be forced, tricked, or coerced into performing sex acts they’re uncomfortable with, or performing with other performers on their “no” list. Still, from now on, Girls Do Porn is required to explicitly state in recruitment postings that the videos will be posted online.