6 discovered a compilation video of men looking at 'nude photographs of her at 14 years old' under the tag 'naked teen' on Pornhub in 2018, the lawsuit alleges. 'This anxiety caused her to quit her job and resort to online work that does not necessitate going out in public.' 2's anxiety is so severe that she rarely leaves her home because she fears that someone will recognize her from one of the Pornhub videos or photographs.
2 suffered from suicidal thoughts and has attempted suicide on more than one occasion. 2 to suffer severe anxiety, panic attacks, and body dysmorphia that led to significant weight loss, to a low of just 80 pounds. 'The illegal dissemination of CSAM and ongoing harassment has caused Jane Doe No. 'Two years later, she continues to receive regular messages and requests through social media. It read: 'Individuals who viewed her videos reached out to her through social media, denigrating her, and accusing her of posting the content intentionally and requesting additional content. Two years later, in December 2020, at least five separate links to videos of Jane Doe No. Pornhub removed the content - but it was swiftly re-uploaded, along with the then-17-year-old girl's home address and family’s social media accounts. The video was screen recorded and put on Pornhub, with other videos and photos of her appearing on the site that same month. 2 to film was shared to Snapchat by a classmate. One of the videos Elahi forced Jane Doe No. The videos were then shared on sites including Pornhub.Įlahi will be sentenced in September after he admitted 157 offences at Birmingham Crown Court earlier this month. 2 was blackmailed by now-convicted child sex offender Abdul Hasib Elahi, 26, into sending him sexually explicit photographs and videos when she was just 15 years old. It also says Miss Nicol still suffers 'significant emotional harm, including anxiety, suicidal thoughts, and panic attacks' over her ordeal. She was forced to stop playing professional sports for around a year due to the distress caused by the videos, the lawsuit states. The explicit footage - which was taken in 2014 - was eventually removed by Pornhub after 'numerous emails', which received 'generic, automated responses'.īut this was after at least one of the videos trended as one of Pornhub's top three most-popular across the site - and was downloaded and re-posted elsewhere. Miss Nichol claims she had videos and pictures of herself having sex aged 18 stolen and shared online by hackers who broke into her iCloud account in 2019. The claimant has waived her anonymity, revealing she is Crystal Palace player Leigh Nicol. They are are not named in the document, and are instead called Jane Doe followed by a number. Another 14 were victims of convicted sex criminals.įour of the women are British. Of the women making the claims, 14 were underage when the nonconsensual videos were uploaded. A total of 34 women are suing Pornhub in a 179-page lawsuit filed in California state court against the site's parent company Mindgeek.