Laila Mickelwait
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So the victim sued him, the FBI, the criminal accountability for girls do porn. But the way that they had distributed their content and made it very popular was through Pornhub. So they had one of the most popular partner channels. I think it was over 600 million views and 800,000 subscribers online. And they're each paying like five bucks a month or whatever?
Well, so you subscribe to the channel and then they give you clips and they advertise and then they drive you to pay for more content.
Well, so you subscribe to the channel and then they give you clips and they advertise and then they drive you to pay for more content.
Well, so you subscribe to the channel and then they give you clips and they advertise and then they drive you to pay for more content.
Yes. And they were splitting again. This is a profit sharing relationship with Pornhub and they were splitting the profits. And Pornhub was aware because victims were reaching out and begging them to take these videos down because it was destroying their life.
Yes. And they were splitting again. This is a profit sharing relationship with Pornhub and they were splitting the profits. And Pornhub was aware because victims were reaching out and begging them to take these videos down because it was destroying their life.
Yes. And they were splitting again. This is a profit sharing relationship with Pornhub and they were splitting the profits. And Pornhub was aware because victims were reaching out and begging them to take these videos down because it was destroying their life.
Oh, they were trafficked. And so there's no question. And that's part of the definition, of course, of trafficking is force, fraud, coercion. If you're under the age of 18 and you're using a commercial sex act. So if you're making money on that sex act that was induced by force or fraud or coercion, or if anybody's under the age of 18, you don't even need to prove any of that.
Oh, they were trafficked. And so there's no question. And that's part of the definition, of course, of trafficking is force, fraud, coercion. If you're under the age of 18 and you're using a commercial sex act. So if you're making money on that sex act that was induced by force or fraud or coercion, or if anybody's under the age of 18, you don't even need to prove any of that.
Oh, they were trafficked. And so there's no question. And that's part of the definition, of course, of trafficking is force, fraud, coercion. If you're under the age of 18 and you're using a commercial sex act. So if you're making money on that sex act that was induced by force or fraud or coercion, or if anybody's under the age of 18, you don't even need to prove any of that.
It's just automatically trafficking. So anyway, they were held accountable. But this was in the news at the time as well. And so all of this began to raise the question, how in the world was this happening on Pornhub? Because at the time, Pornhub was a cultural icon. It was all over the place.
It's just automatically trafficking. So anyway, they were held accountable. But this was in the news at the time as well. And so all of this began to raise the question, how in the world was this happening on Pornhub? Because at the time, Pornhub was a cultural icon. It was all over the place.
It's just automatically trafficking. So anyway, they were held accountable. But this was in the news at the time as well. And so all of this began to raise the question, how in the world was this happening on Pornhub? Because at the time, Pornhub was a cultural icon. It was all over the place.
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Walking New York Fashion Week. People are wearing their apparel. Jokes on Saturday Night Live, like faux commercials on Saturday Night Live. All of that. Mainstream brand. Not to mention that at the time, so by the end of 2020, they had capitalized on coronavirus. And they had actually become the fifth most visited website across the entire internet.
Walking New York Fashion Week. People are wearing their apparel. Jokes on Saturday Night Live, like faux commercials on Saturday Night Live. All of that. Mainstream brand. Not to mention that at the time, so by the end of 2020, they had capitalized on coronavirus. And they had actually become the fifth most visited website across the entire internet.
Walking New York Fashion Week. People are wearing their apparel. Jokes on Saturday Night Live, like faux commercials on Saturday Night Live. All of that. Mainstream brand. Not to mention that at the time, so by the end of 2020, they had capitalized on coronavirus. And they had actually become the fifth most visited website across the entire internet.
They made traffic soar. They had also done some crazy PR stunts. Like they offered Pornhub Premium for free to the entire world. So that instead of paying $9.99 for ad-free Pornhub, so you could watch porn or you could watch real rape or child abuse ad-free on Pornhub. They were just giving it for free. So their traffic was better than ever. They were making more money than ever.