Hundreds of Women Who Agreed to Model Swimsuits Were Forced to Perform in Porn, Lawsuit Alleges
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Girls like myself have considered suicide as the only way out. I want the victims to know they have a voice. I want to put this company and industry of amateur porn to an end.
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One company goes rogue and everyone else, legit or not, gets thrown under the bus.
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Pratt and his colleagues relied on Craigslist to find women between the ages of 18-22, but in the advertisements for “Exceptionally Cute Ladies Wanted,” Girls Do Porn wasn’t mentioned anywhere. They completely misrepresented themselves as BeginModeling.com casting swimsuit models.
After the girls agreed, they were flown to San Diego, but instead of modeling gigs, they were told the job was actually to appear in an adult film. The women were reassured that their videos would only be released on DVD to collectors in Australia and New Zealand, not online.
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If you’re wondering how this scheme could be sex trafficking, allow us to introduce you to the Trafficking Victims Protection Act.
In 2000, in response to reports of international human trafficking, one of the broadest U.S. bipartisan coalitions in history came together to pass the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, or TVPA. [1] The landmark legislation identified “severe forms” of human trafficking, imposed harsh criminal penalties for offenders, and provided support systems for the victims. [2]
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The TVPA defines sex trafficking as a situation in which “a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, ...
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If Michael Pratt is indeed on the run, potential criminal charges after the civil suit may be the reason.