The GirlsDoPorn civil trial has concluded after four months and the producers were found liable of fraud and breach of contract. The models were awarded an eye-popping $9.45 million dollars as compensatory damages and an additional $3.3 million in punitive damages. In a nutshell, the models claimed the producers promised them the content would not “be seen by anyone who might know them.” Instead, the videos were promptly uploaded to website for members to download and view. Ownership rights also reverted by the models and Girls Do Porn was ordered to remove the footage.
When it rains, it pours. The owners are now also facing Federal Sex Trafficking charges by Force, Fraud and Coercion and could be sentenced to life in prison and fined $250,000. The allegations are described in a recent DOJ press release:
“According to the complaint, the circumstances [of the shoots] were not at all what was promised. Some of the women were pressured into signing documents without reviewing them and then threatened with legal action or outing if they failed to perform; some were not permitted to leave the shooting locations until the videos were made; family and friends and the general public eventually saw the videos online; some victims were harassed and ridiculed and estranged from their families as a result; and some were sexually assaulted and in at least one case raped. Some were forced to perform certain sex acts they had declined to do, or they would not be paid or allowed to leave.”
Clearly, this seems to be the end of the road for GirlsDoPorn.
Source: ABC News Women win $13M in lawsuit against porn site in California
10 replies on “GirlsDoPorn Slammed”
Do you have any of your old interview episodes you could re-upload or share? Was wondering about the Nia Yu interview.
Thanks!
I may post them again at some point in the future and even some interviews that have never been posted before. Thanks for asking Bill!
If you want to use the photo it would also be good to check with the artist beforehand in case it is subject to copyright. Best wishes. Aaren Reggis Sela
Thank you Aaren. That is excellent legal advice! I will keep that in mind. Feel free to share any other preventive law tips you have.
Whatever happened to your site and the forums?
Hello Dave! Sadly, the hosting costs regularly started to exceed any revenue generated by the website and forum. Commissions from DVDs fell like a rock and the banners were not converting very well (or a lot of skimming was going on). =(
The forum was running in the red due to hosting and other ongoing costs.
Hello,
I’m wondering if I can get in contact with people from the Tolly Crystal thread for a documentary. I’m primarily interested in the circumstances surrounding her death and her surviving relatives. People in the thread claimed to know her such as being an ex-boyfriend in Hungary. Any information you can help me with will be greatly appreciated.
Kind regards,
Liam
Hello Liam:
I cannot give out people’s contact information from the forum, but if they see your post here they might choose to reach out to you. Tell us more about your documentary.
Hi Liam:
There’s no easy way to access the old messages or user database. The data is compressed now in a archive – there’s no working copy of the installation of the forum software.