A PORN website producer has been sentenced to 20 years for conspiracy and sex trafficking.
Ruben Andre Garcia, 31, the producer of GirlsDoPorn site has pleaded guilty to federal charges after it was revealed he tricked and forced women into appearing in sex videos.
Who is Ruben Andre Garcia?
Ruben Andre Garcia, 31, is a California-based producer and actor of GirlsDoPorn.
He has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to "conspiracy and sex trafficking" charges.
According to prosecutors, he tricked women into appearing in sex videos after promising them they would only be sold in DVD and not be distributed on the internet.
Why was Ruben Andre Garcia jailed?
Ruben Andre Garcia has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
According to prosecutors, the producer promised models who answered ads that videos they appeared in would remain anonymous and would be sold only as DVDs, not distributed on the internet.
He was sentenced for conspiracy and sex trafficking for his work as a recruiter, producer, and actor for the website between 2013 and 2017.
Garcia and the California-based website's co-owner, Matthew Isaac Wolfe, were both detained and hit with sex trafficking charges.
The other co-creator, Michael James Pratt, remains at large, with the FBI offering $50,000 for information leading to his whereabouts.
On October 19, 2021, Pornhub's parent company MindGeek settled a lawsuit brought forth by over 50 women who sued Pornhub claiming they were victims of a sex-trafficking operation.
The terms of the settlement remain private.
Brian Holm, the lawyer who represented the women spoke to BBC in an emailed statement about the lawsuit, saying: "The Parties reached a mutual resolution to resolve the dispute and the terms are confidential."
Additionally, MindGeek released a statement about the content shared on the platform, saying: "MindGeek has zero tolerance for the posting of illegal content on its platforms, and has instituted a comprehensive, industry-leading trust and safety policy to identify and eradicate any illegal material from its community.
"We are committed to remaining at the forefront of internet safety, and taking every measure to prevent bad actors from posting illegal content online."
Prosecutors said that Garcia knew that the videos would be posted online when he was assuring women that they would not be.
They said Garcia and other defendants went so far as to provide contracts to women with fake company names like "Bubblegum Casting" so that they would not make the connection to GirlsDoPorn, according to KNSD.
During Garcia's sentencing hearing, the judge heard from 20 victims who described horror stories like being allegedly forced into doing sex scenes and having the videos follow them for years.
Prosecutors said that Garcia and others sometimes threatened lawsuits, canceled flights home, or to post videos online if women refused to continue with a scene.
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"Hotel room doors were at times blocked by camera and recording equipment, and the victims felt powerless and unable to leave," according to a statement from the US attorney's office.
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"This defendant lured one victim after another with fake modeling ads, false promises and deceptive front companies, ultimately devolving to threats to coerce these women into making sex videos."
Garcia pleaded guilty to federal charges in December.
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