A producer for a now-defunct California porn web site has been sentenced to twenty years in federal jail for coercing or tricking ladies into showing in intercourse movies
SAN DIEGO — A producer for a now-defunct California porn web site was sentenced to twenty years in federal jail Monday for coercing or tricking ladies into showing in intercourse movies.
Ruben Andre Garcia, 31, was sentenced for conspiracy and intercourse trafficking involving San Diego-based GirlsDoPorn.com.
Prosecutors stated that Garcia was a recruiter, producer and actor in films for the web site from 2013 to 2017.
He falsely promised fashions who answered advertisements that they’d stay nameless and their movies wouldn’t be distributed on the web however solely on privately-sold DVDs abroad, prosecutors stated.
In reality, Garcia knew the movies have been being posted on fee-based web sites and that excerpts have been being posted on free websites, together with well-liked websites that acquired thousands and thousands of views, prosecutors stated.
Some ladies additionally alleged that they have been coerced or threatened into doing intercourse scenes.
Garcia and others generally coerced victims into ending intercourse movies by threatening “to sue the victims, cancel flights house, and publish the movies on-line,” in line with a press release from the U.S. legal professional’s workplace. “Resort room doorways have been at occasions blocked by digital camera and recording gear, and the victims felt powerless and unable to go away.”
“This defendant lured one sufferer after one other with pretend modeling advertisements, false guarantees and misleading entrance corporations, finally devolving to threats to coerce these ladies into making intercourse movies,” authorities stated.
“Even when victims informed Garcia how the scheme had devastated their lives, he confirmed no regard for his or her well-being,” appearing U.S. Legal professional Randy Grossman stated. “The crime was totally callous in nature and there’s no excuse or justification for his conduct, which was pushed purely by greed.”
Garcia pleaded responsible to federal costs final December. He was amongst six folks charged. Most have pleaded responsible to federal costs.
The location’s co-creator, Michael James Pratt, stays at giant. A reward of as much as $50,000 has been supplied for info resulting in his arrest.
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