US Edition‘8 Minutes’: 10 Years Ago, Sex Workers Said a Pastor Duped Them on A&E’s Controversial Show
- On May 5, 2015, A&E discontinued the series 8 Minutes partway through its debut season and removed the episodes following criticism regarding its portrayal of sex workers.
- The series centered on retired officer Kevin Brown, who posed as a client to spend brief, eight-minute intervals with sex workers in an effort to persuade them to leave the profession, a concept drawn from a 2013 report by the Los Angeles Times.
- Sex workers featured claimed the promised support of health care, employment, and rehabilitation was a ruse, and advocacy groups criticized the show as exploitative and harmful to marginalized individuals.
- A petition opposing the show, describing it as degrading and manipulative, gathered over 2,300 supporters, while a group of women involved in the series filed a lawsuit against A&E and the producers for providing minimal compensation and failing to deliver the promised support services.
- The cancellation left a lasting reputation stain on A&E, as participants like Kamylla described the show as a disaster in their lives, with some forced to return to sex work under difficult circumstances.
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