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GirlsDoPorn Founder Michael Pratt Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking

He now awaits September sentencing under a plea admitting he profited more than $17 million through deceiving hundreds of women into pornographic videos under false pretenses.

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The FBI is offering a reward for tips that lead to Michael James Pratt’s arrest.
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Overview

  • On June 5 Pratt entered guilty pleas to federal sex trafficking and conspiracy charges in San Diego.
  • Court filings state he and co-defendants coerced hundreds of women—often by posing as a modeling opportunity—into adult videos they were told would never be posted online.
  • Investigators say the GirlsDoPorn network generated over $17 million in subscription revenue between 2012 and 2019.
  • Pratt fled the US in mid-2019, was arrested in Spain in December 2022 after a stint on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list, and was extradited to San Diego in March 2024.
  • He faces a potential life sentence at his September 8 hearing following earlier prison terms for co-defendants Ruben Andre Garcia, Matthew Isaac Wolfe and Theodore Gyi.