Court rejects Pornhub parent company's motion to dismiss sex trafficking lawsuit

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An Alabama federal judge has denied Pornhub's and its parent company MindGeek's motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought against the company on behalf of two sex trafficking victims.

Plaintiffs' attorneys are seeking injunctive relief for the class members, which would require MindGeek, the owner of various pornography websites, to put additional website protections in place such as user verification.

The plaintiffs say they were under 18 when they were allegedly "depicted in commercial sex acts and child pornography, which was then made available for viewing on websites owned or operated by the Defendants," which are named as MindGeek and MG FREESTIES, LTD doing business as Pornhub.Plaintiffs' attorneys argue the defendants violated the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act.

In the judge's order to reject MindGeek's July 2021 motion to dismiss the lawsuit, he stated that "if Plaintiffs’ allegations are confirmed, Defendants, through their ownership and operation of Pornhub and other sites, are no different than the thousands of individuals who are convicted of non-production child pornography offenses in the United States each year."

 

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