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And that photo shoot would only be released in Australia. Instead, she found a much different reality.

Trigger Warning: This interview includes frank, explicit, discussions about rape, sex trafficking, and suicide ideation that may be triggering to some. Listener discretion is advised. In this compelling podcast episode we hear from Cristina, a sex trafficking survivor who, for the first time publicly, shares her story of being trafficked by the GirlsDoPorn producers. In brave vulnerability, Cristina describes the realities of sex trafficking in the U. Cristina reveals the tactics used by traffickers to lure vulnerable women, including herself, into the sex trade, the psychological and verbal abuse she endured, and the impact it has had on her mental health and well-being. The GirlsDoPorn trafficking case was a high-profile legal battle that exposed the exploitative and abusive practices of the porn industry.

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GirlsDoPorn was an American pornographic website active from until Pornography produced by the company, which was based in San Diego , California , was in the style of a ' casting couch ', featuring women who were not professional pornographic actors. Lawsuits and other testimony describe alleged practices by GirlsDoPorn in detail. According to a lawsuit, women who responded to fake modeling advertisements on Craigslist were put into contact with "reference girls" who pretended to have had positive experiences shooting videos for the company. All plaintiffs said that they were given verbal promises that the videos would never be released on the Internet or in the United States, instead being told the videos would be put on DVDs and sold only to private buyers or independent video stores in Australia , New Zealand , or South America. GirlsDoPorn was a pornography website owned by Michael Pratt born , New Zealand , who also worked as the cameraman and editor. Matthew Wolfe born or , New Zealand was co-owner and cameraman. The website was launched in Pratt began working in the pornographic industry around the year , after graduating from high school. He initially launched the affiliate porn websites Wicked Movies, Kute Kittens, and TeenieFlixxx, the last an affiliate of the existing website ExploitedTeens, all of which produced pornography in the same style that GirlsDoPorn later would. In , Pratt moved to the United States to film pornography. Between and , Wiederhold worked with Pratt, the two filming videos of Wiederhold having sex in hotel rooms with women who were not in the porn industry. These videos formed the basis of the videos first released by GirlsDoPorn.

Pratt, girlsdoporn episode, a New Zealand citizen, went missing during the civil trial and is believed to have fled the country. Cristina reveals the tactics used by traffickers to lure vulnerable women, including herself, into the sex trade, the psychological and verbal abuse she endured, and the impact it has had on girlsdoporn episode mental health and well-being.

The operator of the GirlsDoPorn empire, which coerced young women into filming adult videos that were widely released online, pleaded guilty in San Diego federal court Tuesday to a single count of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking. Matthew Isaac Wolfe, 40, admitted to his role in the broad scheme that recruited numerous women under false pretenses for pornography. His responsibilities included running the day-to-day operations of the websites, managing the finances, marketing the content and serving as cameraman for about videos. Three other co-defendants have already pleaded guilty in the case, while the remaining defendant, GirlsDoPorn owner Michael James Pratt, 39, remains a fugitive. A federal grand jury indicted Wolfe and other key participants in At the time, the defendants were embroiled in a lawsuit in San Diego Superior Court filed by 22 women who were victimized by the conspiracy.

And that photo shoot would only be released in Australia. Instead, she found a much different reality. Jane Doe 7 ended up filming a porn video under duress in a hotel room where furniture blocked the door, preventing her from leaving. 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. She asked at least 20 times where the video would air before agreeing to do it. Both Wolfe and porn actor Andre Garcia assured her the video would not go online, but it would instead be released on DVD in Australia. The sex was so hard Doe bled. She locked herself in the bathroom while Wolfe and Garcia tried to coax her out. Eventually, she finished the shoot and took a shower.

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Website owners Michael James Pratt, 36, and Matthew Isaac Wolfe, 37, and porn actor Ruben Andre Garcia, 31, were sued by 22 women who claimed they were deceived and coerced into making explicit sex films without knowing the images would be posted on the internet. San Diego Superior Court Judge Kevin Enright, who presided over a four-month-long bench trial, decided in favor of all 22 plaintiffs and against 13 defendants. Enright found that the individuals and various affiliated businesses had operated as a single business entity and therefore all were liable. The judge also ordered the GirlsDoPorn website owners to prominently post in recruitment ads that videos would go on the internet. Women who sign up to make the videos must get copies of the legal agreement ahead of time and give permission before their names or personal information are used. In trial, defense attorneys argued that the women were over 18, understood what they were doing, accepted payment and in some cases returned to San Diego again and again to make more videos. Some of the women testified that although they agreed to perform sex on camera to earn money, including paying for college, the subsequent publicity ruined their lives and careers. At least one woman considered suicide.

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Over a dozen U. Archived from the original on November 10, The forum had approximately 99, accounts subscribed to it at the time of its closure. Toggle limited content width. Reddit removed the subreddit shortly afterwards. The names of hundreds of women who filmed videos for GirlsDoPorn were published on Porn Wikileaks , a website specifically set up to dox porn actors. October 3, Archived from the original on May 8, Retrieved May 10, In December , Garcia pled guilty to federal charges of sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion.

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