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Porn 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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Police officer Simon Häggström's new book gives a naked and brutal description of the sex trade in Sweden. The sex market is everywhere and reaches into teenagers' bedrooms. - I have met many shocked parents over the years.

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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…

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NBC San Diego broke the news in San Diego, United States on Thursday, June 5, 2025.
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