US EditionPorn site founder accused of sex trafficking pleads guilty in California
- Michael Pratt, founder of the GirlsDoPorn website, pleaded guilty to sex trafficking in federal court in San Diego, according to a U.S. Department of Justice news release.
- Pratt admitted to conspiring to traffic 15 victims from 2012 to 2019, though authorities stated this is just a fraction of the actual victims.
- Over 120 women are involved in civil litigation against GirlsDoPorn and related websites, which generated tens of millions of views.
- U.S. District Judge Janis Sammartino scheduled Pratt's sentencing for September, with the sex-trafficking charge carrying a 15-year mandatory minimum sentence.
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The cooperation of the security forces in Spain has allowed the United States to dismantle one of the largest child pornography networks in the world. Michael James Pratt , founder of the porn website GirlsDo Porn, was discreetly extradited from Spain and has pleaded guilty in a federal court in San Diego for crimes of sex trafficking, in one of the most serious cases of sexual exploitation in the American pornographic industry. Between 2012 and…
Porn Boss Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking Charges.
PULSE POINTS:What Happened: Michael James Pratt, the founder of the defunct porn website GirlsDoPorn, pleaded guilty to sex trafficking after years on the run. Who’s Involved: Pratt, his co-conspirators, and hundreds of women, many of them teenagers. Where & When: Operating out of San Diego from 2012 to 2019; Pratt fled in 2019, was arrested in Spain in 2022, and was extradited to the U.S. in 2024. Key Quote: “Pratt made ‘millions of dollars’ of…
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