Originally Posted by pornlaw

This... the criminal complaint has made it almost impossible for the plaintiffs to recover anything. As of now, the civil case is on hold until after the criminal case has been completed - which will take years and years.

The women may get justice with the defendants spending the majority of the rest of their natural lives in jail, but their lawyers will probably not get paid at all.

If there was no criminal complaint, the plaintiffs could have tried to seize the domains, copyrights, trademarks, the bank accounts and the future revenue of GDP. So they would be left in the position of operating a site and company that they know violated the rights of models - just to get paid -- or ripping it all down and shuttering the site completely. Again, with the lawyers not getting paid...