Matthew Wolfe

GirlsDoPorn was a pornographic website active until 2020, when six people involved were charged on counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion in November 2019. In December 2019, two more individuals were charged with obstruction of sex trafficking enforcement. According to the United States Department of Justice, the website and its sister website GirlsDoToys generated over $17 million in revenue. Videos were featured on GirlsDoPorn.com as well as pornography aggregate websites such as Pornhub, where the channel reached the top 20 most viewed, with 670 million views.Pornography produced by the company—which was based in San Diego, California—was in the style of a casting couch, featuring women who were not professional pornographic actors. A lawsuit filed in 2016 involving 22 plaintiffs alleged intentional misrepresentation, fraudulent concealment, unlawful and fraudulent business practices, and the intentional infliction of emotional distress on the parts of Michael Pratt (owner), Matthew Wolfe (co-owner and cameraman), and Andre Garcia (pornographic actor). In January 2020, the plaintiffs received damages of $12.775 million, as well as ownership to videos they featured in.Lawsuits and other testimony describe alleged practices by GirlsDoPorn in detail. According to a lawsuit, women who responded to fake modeling advertisements on Craigslist were put into contact with reference girls who pretended to have had positive experiences shooting videos for the company. Some participants were told that they would be paid between $2,000 and $6,000 to have sex for 30 minutes on camera. All plaintiffs said that they were given verbal promises that the videos would never be released on the internet or in the United States, instead told the videos would be put on DVDs and sold only to private buyers or independent video stores in Australia, New Zealand, or South America. When they reached San Diego, they were made to sign contracts which did not mention the name GirlsDoPorn. The Department of Justice said that some [of the women] were sexually assaulted and in at least one case raped. Filming was described as lasting up to seven hours and, according to an ex-employee, 50% of women were not paid the amount they were promised.

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