Victims Win Nearly $13 Million in Lawsuit Against GirlsDoPorn

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Jonathan made the final arrangements, and Jane prepared to be treated like a celebrity for a day. A short time later, she received a written response from an individual calling himself “Jonathan N” (who responded using the email address). In this email, Jane was offered $4,000 for a first photoshoot – just regular modeling, mind you – but was told that she could be paid an additional $1,000 for an additional video shoot…

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Jane Doe is hoping to expose the dark underbelly of the pornography industry and desires to play a role in “ruining” pornography for others the way her trauma has ruined it for her little brother. Even as she’s seeing some level of justice served against those who trafficked her, Jane Doe’s pain is still very palpable. Each time she goes on a date, she internally hopes the man sitting across from her won’t search her name on the internet. Michael Pratt, who allegedly manipulated hundreds of young women into making sex tapes and then lied about not distributing them, was included on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list this year. “Most consumers in general do not feel comfortable uploading their IDs” when online, noted Mike Stabile, director of public policy for the Free Speech Coalition, an adult entertainment trade association that has joined in fighting the lawsuits. Pornhub, Aylo, and Ethical Capital Partners are aggressively fighting these lawsuits, some of which are nearly four years old.

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The woman said she’s about to graduate from college, but said that though “I’m proud to be the first in my family to go to college, when I graduate, it’s not going to be my name that’s called.” WIRED is not naming the deepfake abuse website due to its role in spreading abusive content or the celebrities featured in the videos. The website is the largest website of its kind—hosting tens of thousands of videos and receiving millions of visitors.

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. Attorneys successfully arguing that the two were significant flight risks that posed a danger to the community (especially the victims, whom they had already shown a proclivity to harassing and threatening in the past). It would later be released by authorities that during the search of the GirlsDoPorn office, investigators found evidence that hinted at the defendants fleeing to countries without extradition agreements. And since Michael Pratt, the site’s founder, had yet to be located, that argument seemed to carry some added weight. Some illuminating information would come from the testimony of two people employed by GirlsDoPorn but were not involved in the running of the company itself.

• Pratt, who spent years on the lam after being charged in October 2019 and fleeing the U.S., according to prosecutors, was eventually placed on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted list.
• The owner of a pornographic site who federal authorities consider the “mastermind” behind a commercial sex trafficking ring was recently extradited from Spain to appear in court nearly five years after felony charges were filed against him in San Diego.
• Over time, it just became a regular part of their casting and filming process.
• Over the past year, the GirlsDoPorn website – as well as its affiliates, MomPov and GirlsDoToys – have been permanently shuttered.
• The website’s co-owner, Matthew Isaac Wolfe, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion in July.

Althaus reportedly lost her Miss Teen Colorado runner-up crown after the video surfaced. Wolfe admitted to posting those videos on the U.S. website GirlsDoPorn for public viewing. The FBI is advising anyone who was a victim of Girls Do Porn or Girls Do Toys and wants to enforce these rights to call CALL-FBI or visit the bureau’s tip website. Authorities still haven’t located Pratt, the ringleader of the group, who they suspect fled the country during the civil case against Girls Do Porn and was added to the Most Wanted list in September 2020.

In February 2011, an earthquake struck New Zealand, killing 185 people and causing widespread damage. Wolfe’s attorney, Jeremy Warren, wrote that the country’s economy ground to a halt, leaving young people like Wolfe with few job prospects. That’s when childhood schoolmate Pratt offered Wolfe a job in San Diego, telling him that he needed technical help to run his business. Sammartino sentenced Garcia to 20 years in prison and sentenced Theodore “Teddy” Gyi, a cameraman who filmed about 120 of the videos, to four years in prison. Victims who consumed alcohol or smoked marijuana were directed to make a recorded statement saying that they were not under the influence of any drugs or alcohol, even though they had just smoked marijuana or drank alcohol. Most of these women were enticed to hotel rooms in San Diego through modelling shoot ads posted by Girls Do Porn.

Videographer Theodore Gyi was sentenced to four years in prison, while administrative assistant Valorie Moser awaits sentencing later this year. Evie’s parents are upset with the choices that Evie has made and refuse to attend the trial. When Benson tries to explain to Evie’s father that Evie is a victim, he leaves the room and his wife follows.

• Sonny and Rollins discover her on the set of a movie in New Hampshire where Evie refuses to go back to home or to school.
• Sammartino sentenced Garcia to 20 years in prison and sentenced Theodore “Teddy” Gyi, a cameraman who filmed about 120 of the videos, to four years in prison.
• Some said they were told they would not be allowed to leave, or their flights home would be canceled, if they did not complete filming.

“Even when victims told Garcia how the scheme had devastated their lives, he showed no regard for their well-being. The crime was utterly callous in nature and there is no excuse or justification for his conduct, which was driven purely by greed. Hopefully today’s sentence will offer them a sense of justice.” Grossman praised prosecutors Joseph Green, Alexandra Foster and Sabrina Feve; FBI Special Agents; and the U.S. Attorney’s Office Victim Witness Unit for their excellent work on this case. Since deepfake sexual abuse videos appeared more than half a decade ago, those targeted by them have struggled to get them removed from the web, and US lawmakers have been slow to regulate or criminalize the abusive behavior.

Pratt’s attorney didn’t immediately respond to USA TODAY’s message for comment on Wednesday. Aside from the main criminal prosecution of Pratt, Wolfe and the others, the GirlsDoPorn case has also spawned other related criminal prosecutions and civil lawsuits. One victim said her video was viewed “tens of millions of times.” She changed her name, appearance and profession, and she fears she will never heal. Pratt fled the country during the civil trial but was arrested on a San Diego warrant in late 2022 by Spanish National Police in Madrid.