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Matthew Isaac Wolfe: GirlsDoPorn co-owner pleads guilty to sex trafficking conspiracy

Matthew Isaac Wolfe pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion, which can lead to a lifetime sentence
PUBLISHED JUL 28, 2022
Matthew Isaac Wolfe (R) has pled guilty to the charges while his partner Michael James Pratt (L) is still on the run (FBI)
Matthew Isaac Wolfe (R) has pled guilty to the charges while his partner Michael James Pratt (L) is still on the run (FBI)

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA: One of the co-creators of San Diego-based adult movie site GirlsDoPorn.com pled guilty in federal court on Tuesday to conspiring to force hundreds of young girls into filming sex videos for several porn websites, the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of California announced.

Matthew Isaac Wolfe, 40, of New Zealand, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion, which can lead to a lifetime sentence. A report by San Diego Union-Tribune claimed the conspiracy to which Wolfe pled guilty on Tuesday pertains to 15 adult victims.

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“This crime had a devastating impact on the victims,” Attorney Randy Grossman said in a Tuesday statement. “We will seek justice for human trafficking victims in hopes that it will help them reclaim their lives and leave the pain of this experience in the past.”

Wolfe admitted to coercing women between the ages of 18 to 23 into making explicit videos that he promised would be distributed only to VIP customers living outside the United States. But he cheated on the models and posted the videos on the US website GirlsDoPorn for the public to stream for free. He revealed that he not just fooled the girls into making the videos, but also trained cameraman and co-defendant Theodore Gyi on how to shoot videos without letting his face show up. During training, Wolfe also taught the cameraman how to convince the women that the videos were not going to be posted on the internet.

Wolfe also revealed that the co-owner of GirlsDoPorn, Michael James Pratt, 39, who is currently on the run, operated a site named pornwikileaks.com that was used for digging out the personal details and social media information of the models being filmed. The website was dedicated to “exposing” the true identities of the women appearing in those sex videos, “causing the victims to be subjected to severe harassment,” the DOJ said in a press release.

Despite being aware of what Pratt was doing with pornwikileaks.com, Wolfe continued to assure the models that their videos were not going to be posted online in the US and no one was ever going to know about their identity.

“Wolfe lied to and preyed on vulnerable young women, subjecting them to years of relentless harassment, fear, and mental anguish,” Stacey Moy, special agent in charge of the FBI San Diego Field Office, said in a statement. “Identifying, investigating, and apprehending sex trafficking offenders is a critical part of our mission. We will continue to work with our partners every day to hold these perpetrators accountable for their crimes.”

Meanwhile, FBI authorities are offering a reward of $50,000 for information leading to Pratt’s arrest. Apart from the charges of sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion, the absconder is also facing serious charges of production of child pornography and sex trafficking of a minor by force, fraud, and coercion, according to the DOJ. The 39-year-old fugitive has ties to or may visit New Zealand, Australia, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Singapore, Japan, Chile, Croatia, and France, according to the FBI.

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