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"Girls Do Porn"
The lawsuit claims the "porn scheme" was hatched by actor Ruben “Andre” Garcia (left), co-owner and videographer Matthew Wolfe (middle), and owner Michael Pratt (right).
Craigslist ads linked back to modeling websites like ModelingGigs[dot]com. According to the lawsuit, the owners of Girls Do Porn's website own these sites as well.
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A woman testified in court on Wednesday to an elaborate scheme hatched by three men who operate a San Diego-based pornography website to get her and 21 other women into appearing in a sex video.
The woman, known only as Jane Doe 15, is the first plaintiff to testify in the civil trial against popular adult website, Girls Do Porn, its owner Michael Pratt, videographer Matthew Wolfe, and actor and director Ruben Andre Garcia.
During her testimony, the woman described what her attorneys call an “elaborate scheme” to convince her and hundreds of other women to appear in sex videos which were later posted to some of the most popular websites in the world.
Jane Doe 15 said she was 18-years-old and attending college in 2016 when she found an ad on Craigslist for a modeling gig. She had been on the job hunt in order to help pay for tuition, room and board when she found the ad posted on her city’s Craigslist page. The ad directed her to a website owned by Pratt. She said she filled out the online form and attached pictures of herself.
“I had been applying to a lot of jobs and not having heard back, I was very intrigued to get $300 to do clothed modeling,” testified the woman. “I could have used the money.”
After completing the online form, Jane Doe 15 said she received an email from a man identifying himself as “Johnathon.”
Johnathon, who attorneys for the plaintiffs say is the alias for owner Pratt, gave her an offer she wasn’t expecting: Get paid $5,000 to have sex on camera.
The woman said she did not respond to the email. Court exhibits shown at the trial show the man then known as Johnathon followed up with another email. That was when Jane Doe 15 said the scheme began to unfold.
“He kept insisting I hear him out on the other offer,” she testified in court. “He said it would be thirty minutes of having sex, it would be $5000…he repeatedly said not online, not online, he said the videos would be on DVDs in Australia and other countries. I asked if I could do other modeling and he said no.”
She said she again did not respond. But, Pratt persisted, she said, continuing to tell her that the videos would be sold to private collectors in Australia or New Zealand and would not be released online.
“I wasn’t interested in doing porn. I knew how being in a porn could affect your future, your job opportunities, and how people believe you,” she said. “But he kept saying that no one would ever find out it wouldn’t go online.”
The woman said Pratt told her that he could provide a list of 200 women who would vouch for the company and ease any of her concerns about the distribution of the videos.
“He was very insistent that I hear the offer. Five positions, five to seven minutes each, it wouldn’t be in the U.S., it wouldn’t be online, it would be on DVD in other countries, and there were hundreds of girls who did not have any problems.”
She then spoke to two reference women, who assured her that everything Pratt had promised was true.
“It helped to know that girls do regular modeling and go to school, they were regular girls just like me.”
During the hour-long phone call, she said he insisted on booking her flight to San Diego.
“He said let’s book it just in case, we can always change it.”
Added Jane Doe 15, “I still wasn’t fully convinced yet.”
Soon after she got a text from two reference women, Amberlyn Carter and Kailyn Wright.
To see some of the text messages sent by the alleged “reference women,” scroll through below or click here .
“It was comforting to know I could talk to a woman who had done this before.”
Wright told her that she had done two shoots, and no one ever found out.
“It was encouraging to know that another cheerleader had done it,” said Jane Doe 15. “She had done two shoots and no one had discovered her.”
Again Jane Doe 15 said she asked, “These aren’t distributed in America right?”
Wright responded, “no prob and no they aren’t.”
Wright said there was no way anyone would find out.
“It got me a step closer and resolved all of my worries. I was assured it was safe by Wright and Johnathon and they had said no names, no internet, just DVDs in Australia.”
Jane Doe 15 agreed to come to San Diego the following week.
After arriving, she testified that she asked the videographer, the make-up artist, as well as the actor, Andre Garcia, that the videos would never be published online.
She said each had the same answer: No.
Minutes before the shoot, Jane Doe 15 said she had been given marijuana and then handed a stack of papers which she later learned was the contract. The videographer gave her the pages, “He just flips through them; this says these won’t go on the internet, only on DVD to Australia, and this one says no name would be used, and then he gave them to me and I couldn’t understand what he handed me so I just signed it.”
After the filming, she said she was paid $2,000 less because she had bruises and pale skin.
She left shortly after but not before taking screenshots of all of the text messages she exchanged with the man she knew as “Johnathon.”
“I feel humiliated.,” she said crying. “I’ve gotten random texts from strangers. It made me feel kind of unsafe that a stranger would find me like that. It made me feel unsafe and violated.”
Jane Doe 15 will take the stand again Thursday, August 22, for cross-examination. Also testifying will be the woman known as Jane Doe 12.
In a new podcast from NBC 7 Investigates called INSIGHT, journalists Dorian Hargrove and Tom Jones share some of the women’s stories who were featured in these videos and what they uncovered about the Girls Do Porn website, including the company’s ties to shell companies that were charged with laundering billions of dollars for a Mexican drug cartel and trafficking illegal weapons.
To listen to that podcast, click here or hit ‘Play’ below.
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Girls Do Porn Cameraman Pleads Guilty, Admits to Lying to Women
Teddy Gyi is the second of six Girls Do Porn defendants to plead guilty in the federal case against them.
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On Thursday, Girls Do Porn cameraman Theodore "Teddy" Gyi pled guilty to counts of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion.
According to the FBI's announcement of his plea agreement, Gyi admitted that Michael Pratt and Matthew Wolfe—who ran Girls Do Porn and Girls Do Toys—instructed him that if any of the models asked about how the videos would be used, he should tell them they wouldn't be posted online. This was to uphold the lie that Pratt and Wolfe used to coerce many of them into having sex on camera in the first place: they were told that the footage would only be available on DVDs in brick-and-mortar porn stores in Australia and New Zealand, and wouldn't reach their own communities.
Pratt and Wolfe posted the videos all over the internet, including to tube sites like Pornhub and their own production company websites, sometimes within days of shooting. For many models, this resulted in severe harassment and doxing , often within their own home communities, that upended their lives.
Gyi said he realized throughout working for Pratt and Wolfe that this was a lie, but continued to tell it anyway. "To help convince them that the sex videos would not be posted on the internet, Gyi told some that he believed on-line pornography was 'cheap,'" according to the announcement. "Gyi also admitted that he was aware that Pratt, Wolfe, co-defendant Ruben Andre Garcia, and others were falsely assuring the women that if they agreed to appear in a video, the video would not be posted on the internet."
Gyi said he filmed approximately 120 videos for Girls Do Porn and Girls Do Toys, from 2015 to 2017. He also admitted to knowingly lying to the women during the civil trial last year.
“Today’s plea underscores the FBI’s commitment to aggressively pursuing anyone who seeks to profit from the exploitation of young women," FBI Special Agent in Charge Suzanne Turner said in the press release. "Theodore Gyi’s actions, in support of the Girls Do Porn conspiracy, caused significant emotional pain and distress to the victims they targeted. This conviction is another step forward in the pursuit of justice for sex trafficking victims and the FBI’s role in holding perpetrators accountable for their crimes.”
In December, the male performer in Girls Do Porn, Ruben Andre Garcia, pled guilty to federal counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion. Michael Pratt, the owner of Girls Do Porn, is still on the run as one of the FBI's Most Wanted fugitives . The FBI is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to his arrest.
Gyi will be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Janis L. Sammartino on April 9.
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Looks like they're trying to get a charge that applies to the USA/NZ extradition treaty from 1970. Article II, section seven: "Unlawful sexual acts with or upon children under the age specified by the laws of both the requesting and requested parties." I think the production of child pornography would apply, but I'm no expert on extradition treaties.
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- 11/9/2019, 1:30 AM
Michael Pratt, the principal owner of the GirlsDoPorn website, is already facing criminal charges for sex trafficking involving adult women. A new indictment, unsealed Thursday, has added child pornography charges .
For years, Pratt has been recruiting young women to San Diego to shoot pornographic videos. Dozens of women say that Pratt and his colleagues lied to them and used physical coercion to induce them to participate—claims that led to federal sex trafficking charges last month.
Now prosecutors say that Pratt flew a 16-year-old girl to Southern California to have sex on camera. That would be a violation of federal laws against production of child pornography as well as sex trafficking of minors.
It's not clear if Pratt will ultimately stand trial for his alleged crimes. Pratt, a New Zealand native, reportedly left the United States in September in the midst of a long-running civil trial that is still ongoing.
Criminal charges were filed against Pratt and three others in October. Two of Pratt's co-defendants are now in federal custody, while a third is out on bail. But Pratt is believed to be in New Zealand.
Courthouse News reports that the new indictment was unsealed at "a hearing attended by Pratt’s co-defendants, GirlsDoPorn videographer Matthew Wolfe, actor Andre Garcia, and administrative assistant Valorie Moser." The judge entered a not guilty plea for the trio.
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While her name may not be as well known as the aforementioned, Qi featured in a very big movie with a certain Jason Statham - yes, in The Transporter. The Taiwanese actress has made a number of mainstream movies since ending her career in pornography - The Transporter and The Eye 2 being the most notable of her work.
While the majority has been Asian films, she's nevertheless successfully made the transition from porn star to mainstream actress in Hollywood. Qi has even won multiple awards for the movies she's been in post-porn. She's been nominated best actress on eight occasions - winning once. Now more synonymous with mainstream work for to the majority now, such flicks like Viva Erotica, Sex & Zen II, while appearing in the Chinese version of Playboy are all now in the past.
Her former co-star from The Transporter, Jason Statham, may be intrigued to check out her previous work had he known about Qi's past. If he's reading this, and it's safe to say he is, the two aforementioned films should be available somewhere. I can't imagine money being an issue with the Hollywood star, so ordering a copy won't break the bank. Preferably, could you buy two as well please?
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