Pornhub Parent MindGeek Sued by 40 ‘Girls Do Porn’ Victims for $40M
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. As they faced Garcia at the sentencing last week, all of the women recalled the deep trauma they faced as a result of his actions. Half of them said the widespread proliferation of their abuse videos convinced them death was a better option than living in perpetual pain and humiliation.
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When victims expressed hesitation, Garcia directed other young women to contact the victims and falsely reassure them that the videos would not be posted online and that none of the victims’ friends, families, colleagues or classmates would find out. Young women were selected as references, because Garcia, Pratt and Matthew Wolfe believed the victims were more likely to believe other young women over Garcia or Pratt. The references were paid a fee for each victim they attempted to recruit, with additional compensation for victims who agreed to film a video.
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- Porn and pop culture distort our thinking, providing a script for sex that leaves many young people feeling insecure and alienated.
- The women filed the suit on Tuesday against MindGeek, Pornhub’s parent company, alleging that it hosted Girls Do Porn videos in the knowledge of the company’s illegal practices.
- The videos persisted with repeat reuploads to other tube sites like PornHub, a problem that has historically tormented anyone who’s needed to get their videos removed.
- Although many guidelines for screen time exist, preschool-aged children spend an average of 2.5 hours per day using screens, and online videos from platforms like YouTube are extremely popular for children this age.
Dr. Hoffman is the Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer of AddictionHelp.com and ensures the website’s medical content and messaging quality. Someone who spends hours on end watching porn may begin to experience wrist and hand pain or even pain on and around their genitals from excessive masturbation. It may also cause issues with self-esteem due to the unrealistic image portrayed on screen. Many men have reported self-esteem issues due to an unreasonable comparison to penis size and expectations of their partner orgasming with limited, focused stimulation.
Donald Findlater, the director of the Stop It Now helpline, says that while the numbers are “relatively modest” compared to the overall number of warnings displayed, they are still seen as a “big success” as it’s a sign that people may want to get help. “If people have been doing something dodgy on a site, clicking through is quite a bold step to make,” Findlater says. According to the report, detectives were able to identify one of the victims in the photos, who they said lives outside of the City of Miami Police Department’s jurisdiction. Kids who are bullied online are at greater risk than their peers for depression and anxiety. Victims of cyberbullying (and to a lesser degree, the perpetrators as well) are at increased risk of self-harm and suicidal ideation.
- Because of this knowledge, MindGeek is, at minimum, civilly liable to Plaintiffs under Section 1595 for damages and attorney fees.
- In October, 50 victims of GirlsDoPorn and GirlsDoToys won a settlement with MindGeek, owner of the PornHub and tube site empire; the terms of the settlement were not disclosed.
- “I’m going to kill myself if this stays up here. I was scammed and told this was only going to be on DVDs in another country. Please I’m begging you I’ll pay,” one plaintiff said in a 2016 message to Pornhub.
- Attorney’s Office and testimony from the civil trial, the women were flown to San Diego from across the U.S. and Canada to film scenes for the site, which advertised that its content featured women outside of the porn industry.
- But this term excludes non-binary and trans people who are not female but have vaginas.
You will typically want to speak with a mental health professional, like a psychologist or licensed social worker. They will help you address some of the underlying factors that are maintaining your sex or porn addiction, and teach you to cope with your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in a healthy way. If you or someone you love suffers from a sex addiction, you might not have healthy boundaries.
Pratt fled the US in 2019 as a civil lawsuit against him and his business partners was underway in San Diego. Twenty-two women accused him and his co-conspirators of coercing them into making porn videos and then lying about their distribution, leading to severe harassment and psychological pain. 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. If the women ever changed their minds about filming or completing the scenes, the defendants threatened to sue them, cancel their flights home or post footage that had already been filmed online, federal prosecutors said. Pratt and his co-defendants allegedly paid other women to pose as “reference women” to falsely assure the victims that their videos would not be uploaded to the internet.
