Former teen beauty queen claims she was sex-trafficked and forced into porn

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But earlier this month, during the civil trial, Moser tried to distance herself from her bosses and colleagues. She thought, she told the judge, that she was working for a company called BLL Media, supposedly initials for BMW, Lamborghini and Land Rover, the brands of Pratt’s vehicles. Pratt’s uninterrupted tale of success came to a halt in June 2016, when four former GDP models, the original Jane Does represented by nemesis Brian Holm, filed their civil lawsuit in San Diego.

• Garcia also admitted that he recruited and paid other young women to act as “references” to falsely reassure reluctant victims that the videos would not be posted online and that there was “no way” anyone would find out.
• Fernanda, a 21-year-old participant also from Brazil loves women’s football, but said she is reluctant to engage with online discussions about the sport.
• The U.S. Attorney’s Office in San Diego declined to comment on the indictment or the timing of it.
• A woman who had been accused of posing as a fake reference model to help coerce the women was charged initially, but her case was dismissed.

Former teen beauty queen claims she was sex-trafficked and forced into porn

Once flown to San Diego, the women said, they were put in hotel rooms set up for porn films and pressured to sign long, complicated contracts with hardly any time to read them. They were also often threatened to participate and given drugs and alcohol before the shoots, the judge said. Moser was also arrested, but it’s not clear when she was taken into custody.

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At one point, she said wanted to leave but saw that lighting equipment was blocking the exit. When she said she wanted to stop, Garcia and Wolfe made her feel like she was not free to leave. She noticed there was blood on the bed, but “was told it was fine and that she would get used to it,” according to the indictment. Others detailed how they had lost jobs, been evicted, and were estranged from friends and family.

GirlsDoPorn operator admits videos part of a sex-trafficking conspiracy

In a previous statement to NBC 7, Aaron Sadock, the website owners’ attorney, said all of the women were of age and signed contracts agreeing to be in the videos. The case is ongoing, with more women still preparing to provide their testimony. 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. The lawsuit alleges that the company made millions in profits by coercing young women into the scenes, by initially advertising themselves online as a modelling website and lying to them about the conditions of the scenes. A whistleblower has revealed that the owner of Girls Do Porn was prone to having ‘man tantrums’ and allegedly stabbed an employee in a shocking testimony for an ongoing class-action lawsuit against the company.

Michael Pratt, the owner of GirlsDoPorn, appeared in a federal court on Tuesday and pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking charges filed in the Southern District of California on Oct. 10, 2019, according to a Justice Department news release. 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. Wolfe admitted he was aware that the names and social media accounts for some women were posted on another website controlled by Pratt, resulting in severe harassment of the women by internet trolls. Still, Wolfe and others continued to assure recruits that their videos, and identifies, would remain secret. To promote the websites, video content from both sites was posted on free porn sites such as Pornhub.com, one of the world’s most visited websites.

Six production outfits nabbed business development awards, including Modern Films, Wild Swim Films, Fennec Labs, T A P E Collective, The Illuminated Film Company and Turnover Films. With India’s sex toy market projected to reach $200 million in five years, “Bad Toys Inc.” aims to shed light on a rapidly growing industry that’s rarely discussed in mainstream media. Girish Dwibhashyam, COO of DocuBay, touted the film as a “novel viewing experience” that uncovers surprising facts about the Indian market. Producer Richa Sahai of Black Iris noted the challenges and excitement of creating content on this taboo topic. DocuBay, the Indian documentary streaming platform under IN10 Media Network, is set to release “Bad Toys Inc.,” a 45-minute original film exploring India’s burgeoning sex toy industry.

Three other co-defendants have already pleaded guilty in the case, while the remaining defendant, GirlsDoPorn owner Michael James Pratt, 39, remains a fugitive. CNN As Equals and Plan International collaborated to survey 619 girls and young women and five non-binary people aged online through Plan’s country offices in Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Colombia, Kenya, Malawi, Nepal, Philippines and Timor-Leste in February 2024. Surveys were shared online across Plan’s networks in these countries for up to one month, inviting girls aged to complete them until an adequate sample size was reached. Fernanda, a 21-year-old participant also from Brazil loves women’s football, but said she is reluctant to engage with online discussions about the sport. “I’m very afraid of commenting on my team’s posts, because I know how toxic the comments are (against girls),” she said adding that taking time offline has helped her deal with the stress. Nearly one in five young women and girls surveyed reported taking a break from the internet entirely to cope with the dangers they face online, and studies show online abuse has a silencing effect on women and girls.

He awarded the women $9.45 million collectively in compensatory damages and $3.3 million in punitive damages. As part of his plea, Garcia admitted to threatening and deceiving the women, and paying other women to lie to reluctant recruits, falsely asserting that the footage would not be seen in the U.S. but was intended for private DVD collections overseas. To see some of the text messages sent by the alleged “reference women,” scroll through below or click here. Court exhibits shown at the trial show the man then known as Johnathon followed up with another email.

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. I jumped out of my seat,” said one victim about learning of Pratt’s presence in the courthouse Tuesday. 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. Pratt was so enraged by her pleas to stop that he broke a hotel lamp and flashed a gun when she fled to the bathroom, the suit alleges.

After the videos were posted on-line and widely available, many women contacted Moser to ask that their videos be taken down. Pratt, Wolfe and co-defendant Ruben Garcia all told Moser to block any calls from these women. Moser, who worked for GirlsDoPorn (GDP) from 2015 to 2018, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Linda Lopez to Conspiracy to Commit Sex Trafficking by Force, Fraud and Coercion. Moser, the third of six defendants to plead guilty, admitted that she served as GDP’s bookkeeper, made travel arrangements for models, provided transportation for approximately 100 models once they arrived in San Diego, and performed miscellaneous other tasks. Moser reported her accounting activities to co-defendant Matthew Wolfe, and her interactions with the models to co-defendant Michael Pratt and others.