Pornhub's Parent Company Admits It Profited From Sex Trafficking: Report
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Aylo will pay a fine of $1.8 million and compensate the sex trafficking victims as part of a deferred prosecution agreement reached with federal prosecutors.
Aylo, the parent company of Pornhub, has admitted to hosting adult videos featuring women who were coerced into performing sex acts by a production company, according to a recent CNN report.
Aylo will pay a fine of $1.8 million and compensate the sex trafficking victims as part of a deferred prosecution agreement reached with federal prosecutors. The agreement states that Aylo, which pleaded not guilty to engaging in unlawful monetary transactions involving sex trafficking proceeds, will face monitoring for three years. If the company complies with the terms of the agreement, the charges against it will be dropped.
According to CNN, between 2017 and 2019, Aylo accepted payment from a production company to stream pornographic content, knowing that some videos featured women who did not give their consent for the content to be posted online.
