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‘Tragically naive!’ 22 female pornstars sue porn site operators for ‘outing’ their identities – Damages for emotional distress, seek ownership rights to their clips, and cut of profits

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‘The women were allegedly assured the videos would only be distributed to private parties living overseas and would not be posted online’ – Plaintiffs
Civil lawsuit about the “outing” of 22 female adult entertainment actresses who made sexually explicit videos, but now claim it has ruined their lives, commenced Tuesday in a San Diego courtroom.
They are suing three men — Michael Pratt, Matthew Wolfe and Andre Garcia — involved with the porn site GirlsDoPorn.com
Porn stars in lawsuit filed in San Diego civil court, accused website operators of fraud and breach of contract. he women accuse the porn site operators of  ‘outing’ their identities 
The consequences allegedly has been tragic, some of the women tried suicide, others were ostracized by their family and friends,some lost their jobs or college sorority membership, their attorney said.
Civil suit against girlsdoporn.com filed by 22 women claims they were coerced into taking part in filmed sex scenes under false pretenses
Plaintiffs attorney Ed Chapin said the pornographers verbally promised the women, repeatedly, that the footage would be sold only on DVDs to rich buyers in Australia or New Zealand
The actresses, often young and desperate for money, allegedly were assured the videos would never be released on the internet
Claimants are seeking punitive damages, damages for emotional distress, ownership rights to their clips, and a cut of the profits made off videos
Defendant’s attorney Lawyer Aaron Sadock, told the court judge his clients did not force or deceive any women into making adult videos

The “outing” of 22 women who made sexually explicit videos has ruined their lives, a lawyer representing the women said Tuesday in a San Diego courtroom.
Edward Chapin said some of the women have attempted suicide, lost contact with family and friends or were fired from jobs as a result of the publication of their names on a pornography site.


The plaintiffs have sued three men — Michael Pratt, Matthew Wolfe and Andre Garcia — involved with the porn site GirlsDoPorn.com and other related companies.
The plaintiffs accuse the three men of fraud, breach of contract, and misuse of their names and photos without their consent — all while the men earned millions in profits, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported.
Chapin said the pornographers repeatedly verbally promised the women, often young and desperate for money, that the footage would be sold only on DVDs to rich buyers in Australia or New Zealand and would never be released on the internet.


Some women were also initially under the impression that they would be making modeling videos fully clothed.
But the defendants’ lawyers say the women were aware what they were signing up for as they were given written release forms and recorded on camera agreeing that they were making the videos willingly in addition to being paid thousands of dollars.

 

Ed Chapin 1Plaintiffs’ attorney Ed Chapin, [right], makes his his opening statement Tuesday in the civil suit against girlsdoporn.com filed by 22 women who say they were coerced into taking part in filmed sex scenes under false pretenses

 

Aaron Sadock 1‘The women weren’t naive about sexually explicit videos and knew most viewers of pornography watch online rather than on DVDs.’ – Defendant’s attorney Lawyer Aaron Sadock, [right],  told the court judge his clients did not force or deceive any women into making adult videos
Defense attorney Aaron Sadock, representing the website operators, said none of the women were tricked into visiting the site or flying to the set, reports Union-Tribune.

He added that some of the women accusing of them of wrongdoing actually made more than one sex video with the company or other companies.
The women are seeking punitive damages, damages for emotional distress, ownership rights to their clips, and to take a cut of the profits made off those videos.


Chapin said the women, after their names were leaked on the internet, were in a “living hell” as people began harassing and humiliating them.
The defense lawyer argued that it’s hard to prove that his clients leaked the women’s personal information and suggested that internet “trolls” may be behind the leak.
He added that the women weren’t naive about sexually explicit videos and knew most viewers of pornography watch online rather than on DVDs.
He claims the agreements each woman read stated their videos could be used across any media, worldwide, without limitation, the newspaper reported.

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