‘Girls Do Porn’ Victims Reach Settlement With Pornhub

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‘Girls Do Porn’ Victims Reach Settlement With Pornhub

https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7e5ad/girls-do-porn-victims-reach-settlement-with-pornhub

Fifty victims who were coerced into having sex on camera by Girls Do Porn have reached a settlement with MindGeek, Pornhub's parent company, according to a court document filed Friday. Terms of the settlement between the women and Pornhub were not disclosed.

"The Parties reached a mutual resolution to resolve the dispute and the terms are confidential," Brian Holm, the women's lawyer, told Motherboard.

In 2019, Girls Do Porn owners were found guilty of intimidating and coercing 22 women into having sex on camera and lying to them about how widely the videos would be distributed. After telling the women that the videos would only be distributed abroad and to private collectors, they appeared on the Girls Do Porn website. The videos also reached millions of viewers after Girls Do Porn uploaded them to Pornhub and other porn tube sites, where women were often doxed in the comments. The doxing in turn led to the women being harassed at their jobs and schools. Multiple women said the harassment was so vicious that they contemplated suicide.

In December of 2020, 40 victims filed a lawsuit against MindGeek for a litany of accusations, including knowingly benefiting from Girls Do Porn videos on Pornhub and failing to moderate the images circulating rampantly on its network of tube sites. The lawsuit was later expanded to include 50 plaintiffs. In total, the lawsuit demanded more than $40 million in damages—at least $1 million per plaintiff—as well as the money MindGeek earned from hosting and promoting their videos and legal fees.

On July 7, the women and MindGeek filed a joint motion to suspend proceedings for 30 days so they could discuss a "possible resolution of this action (including potential mediation or other alternative dispute resolution." The court granted the motion. A court document filed Friday noted that a settlement agreement had been reached and dismissed the claims.

 

[stickygirl]

'Private collectors' wtf? you mean wankers have a connoisseur title now?

 

[Pairaclities]

'Private collectors' wtf? you mean wankers have a connoisseur title now?

Of course, it is impolite to call them perverts. They may be due compensation for that.

 

[pecksniff]

Sounds like they were not so much coerced as deceived.

 

[bronzeage]

'Private collectors' wtf? you mean wankers have a connoisseur title now?

"Private collectors" are the idiots who pay for porn in the porn in the 21st century.

I once worked with a man who paid monthly subscription fees to several porn sites. He said, "You get better stuff that way."

 

[Champakian]

Sounds like they were not so much coerced as deceived.

I think that's right on the money.

Coercion is when Vinny shows up with a baseball bat
or "Mr. Jones" shows up with intimate pictures of you
and your girlfriend and then mentions your wife...

 

[jaF0]

So, did they get their million bux? Or did they get like a couple of hundred?

"Private collectors" are the idiots who pay for porn in the porn in the 21st century.

Or the spilled jerkwads who have signature sections longer than their posts.

 

[bronzeage]

So, did they get their million bux? Or did they get like a couple of hundred?






Or the spilled jerkwads who have signature sections longer than their posts.

Good thing you brought your A game.

 

[Cubantripod]

So, did they get their million bux? Or did they get like a couple of hundred?






Or the spilled jerkwads who have signature sections longer than their posts.

The lawsuit sought a million per victim. A settlement is going to a significant amount less. That's why it's a settlement.