GirlsDoPorn's Pratt Pleads Not Guilty After Partner Gets 14 Years
March 20, 2024
SAN DIEGO—Michael James Pratt, the founder of the criminally-operated GirlsDoPorn website, appeared for the first time in a San Diego federal district court this afternoon on the 19-count indictment against him on charges including sex trafficking, production of child pornography and money laundering, The San Diego Union-Tribune reports. A plea of not guilty was entered on his behalf.
A hearing is set for Thursday to determine whether Pratt will be granted bail. He will first have to be determined not to be a flight risk, but this would be a hard sell given the fact that he fled the country in 2019 just before the civil trial against him on similar charges got underway. Pratt was arrested by law enforcement in Spain in 2022.
Pratt was placed on the Federal Bureau of Investigation's most wanted list along with terrorists and drug cartel bosses.
Pratt's court appearance today followed the sentencing earlier in the day at the same courthouse of his former business partner, Matthew Isaac Wolfe. Wolfe was sentenced to 14 years in prison for crimes related to his involvement in the operation of GirlsDoPorn.
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