{"id":565244,"date":"2021-06-16T10:21:56","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T14:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=565244"},"modified":"2021-06-16T10:21:59","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T14:21:59","slug":"girlsdoporn-recruiter-sentenced-to-20-years-for-sex-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/girlsdoporn-recruiter-sentenced-to-20-years-for-sex-trafficking\/","title":{"rendered":"GirlsDoPorn Recruiter Sentenced To 20 Years For Sex Trafficking\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgirlsdoporn-recruiter-sentenced-to-20-years-for-sex-trafficking%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=565244&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-79253426-e1623852667463.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"e12o35pe0 css-1wr5klf\" readability=\"44.097215315763\">\n<div class=\"crd clln--it\" data-type=\"text\" readability=\"9\">\n<div class=\" crd--cnt \" readability=\"13\">\n<p class=\" \" data-page=\"1\" data-item-type=\"depthscroll\" data-item-id=\"depth_scroll_top\" data-item-number=\"top\">A San Diego schemer for porn website GirlsDoPorn was sentenced Monday to 20 years behind bars for human trafficking.<\/p>\n<p data-page=\"1\" data-item-type=\"depthscroll\" data-item-id=\"depth_scroll_top\" data-item-number=\"top\">Thirty-one-year-old Ruben Garcia, who pleaded guilty in December, forced young women to film pornographic videos and lied to them about their distribution.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cGarcia and the company\u2019s co-owners, Michael Pratt and Matthew Wolfe, tricked young women into filming the videos by posting modeling ads and then coercing their victims into filming porn, the Justice Department said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-sdca\/pr\/twenty-year-sentence-girlsdoporn-sex-trafficking-conspiracy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press release<\/a>,\u201d The New York Daily News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/national\/ny-girls-do-porn-sentence-ruben-garcia-sex-trafficking-20210616-lrye27jga5aydmh5hqhepat5mm-story.html\">reported<\/a>. \u201cWolfe is still awaiting trial, Pratt fled and is on the FBI\u2019s Most Wanted list.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"crd clln--it\" data-type=\"text\" readability=\"10\">\n<div class=\" crd--cnt \" readability=\"15\">\n<p class=\" \">\u201cGarcia, Pratt and Wolfe clearly knew their scheme was illegal because they forced victims to sign lengthy contracts and required them to film videos saying they weren\u2019t coerced into making porn, according to the feds,\u201d the report added. \u201cThey also convinced the women that the videos would never appear online, but always intended to post them and spread them wildly, the feds said.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Activist and #TraffickingHub movement founder Laila Mickelwait celebrated the sentencing on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cJUSTICE SERVED: Today Ruben Garcia of the Pornhub sex trafficking partner channel \u2018GirlsDoPorn\u2019 was sentenced to 20 years in prison. <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Traffickinghub?src=hashtag_click\">#Traffickinghub<\/a>,\u201d she posted to Twitter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.7707317073171\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JUSTICE SERVED: Today Ruben Garcia of the Pornhub sex trafficking partner channel \u201cGirlsDoPorn\u201d was sentenced to 20 years in prison. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Traffickinghub?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Traffickinghub<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Laila Mickelwait (@LailaMickelwait) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LailaMickelwait\/status\/1404649165963948036?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"crd clln--it\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"crd clln--it\" data-type=\"text\" readability=\"10\">\n<div class=\" crd--cnt \" readability=\"15\">\n<p class=\"stop-here\">In January 2020, Garcia, Pratt, and Wolfe were ordered to payout\u00a0$13 million to 22 victims. The \u201ccivil court judge ordered GirlsDoPorn to remove the videos from its site and convince other sites, including Pornhub.com, to do the same,\u201d the NYDN report noted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Mickelwait stood alongside one of the GirlsDoPorn survivors in October. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cThis is a brave survivor of the Pornhub sex trafficking partner channel \u2018Girls Do Porn\u2019. Her story is heartbreaking. She is one of many women trafficked for Pornhub\u2019s profit. Listen to survivors. <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">#Traffickinghub,\u201d the activist captioned the video post.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The survivor said her predators profited off of every click from her videos as she fought off thoughts for years about wanting to die. Though 22 victims were legally recognized, she estimated about 100 victims in total from the traffickers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.1270903010033\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is a brave survivor of the Pornhub sex trafficking partner channel \u201cGirls Do Porn\u201d. Her story is heartbreaking. She is one of many women trafficked for Pornhub\u2019s profit. Listen to survivors. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Traffickinghub?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Traffickinghub<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qEHaNxnxx4\">pic.twitter.com\/qEHaNxnxx4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Laila Mickelwait (@LailaMickelwait) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LailaMickelwait\/status\/1314462483676045312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 9, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"crd clln--it\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"crd clln--it\" data-type=\"text\" readability=\"14.449956859362\">\n<div class=\" crd--cnt \" readability=\"23.917169974116\">\n<p class=\" \" data-item-type=\"depthscroll\" data-item-id=\"depth_scroll_bottom\" data-item-number=\"bottom\">\u201cThis 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,\u201d U.S. Attorney Randy Grossman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-sdca\/pr\/twenty-year-sentence-girlsdoporn-sex-trafficking-conspiracy\">said<\/a> in a press release on the matter, which was issued in November. \u201cEven when victims told Garcia how the scheme had devastated their lives, he showed no regard for their well-being. The crime was utterly callous in nature and there is no excuse or justification for his conduct, which was driven purely by greed. The harm inflicted by this defendant will last a lifetime for his victims. Hopefully today\u2019s sentence will offer them a sense of justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-item-type=\"depthscroll\" data-item-id=\"depth_scroll_bottom\" data-item-number=\"bottom\">\u201cRuben Garcia chose to exploit and deceive these young women for his personal satisfaction and financial gain and today he was held accountable for those decisions,\u201d FBI Special Agent in Charge Suzanne Turner added. \u201cToday\u2019s sentence is the first in this case, however it is definitely not the last. I hope this sentence serves as a start to the healing process and brings some sense of justice for these young women, each with their whole life ahead of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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