The suspects are actors. They were placed in police custody as part of a judicial investigation for aggravated human trafficking, gang rape or aggravated pimping.
Four men were arrested Tuesday, September 27 in the morning in the investigation in Paris on the platform of pornographic videos “french bukkake“, AFP learned from sources familiar with the matter. These suspects,actorsaccording to these sources, were placed in police custody as part of the judicial investigation opened in October 2020 for aggravated human trafficking, gang rape or aggravated pimping, added these sources.
Since then, more than forty victims have joined as civil parties, as well as associations. Twelve men, actors, directors, producers, are prosecuted in this exceptional case by its magnitude. The vast majority are incarcerated. Among them, the producers nicknamed “Pascal OP” and “Matt Hadix», very well known in this porn scene which plays with the image of amateurism.
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The survey is part of the site of “french bukkake” of “Pascal Op“, and of suspicions on pimping practices which it would shelter. Throughout their investigation, the gendarmes of the research section of Paris wondered about the reality of the consent of young women to the various sexual services presented, since in certain isolated passages by the investigators they verbally opposed practices that were imposed.
Substantial sums
The victims, often with a chaotic and impoverished life course, would have been lured into these filmings by devious processes, in particular the promise that high-paying films would only be broadcast on Canadian sites with confidential audiences. But these films ended up being also accessible in France, and the producers asked the victims for substantial sums for the withdrawal of the circulation of the images which, massive duplication on the Internet obliges, proved to be ineffective.
Another investigation carried out in Paris since July 2020 targets the site “Jacquie and Michael“, incarnation in France of amateur porn, after a report sent by Dare feminism, the Effronté-es and the movement of the Nest. In June, four men, including the owner of the site, Michel Piron, were indicted as part of an open judicial investigation, in particular for aggravated pimping, trafficking in human beings in an organized gang, rape and complicity in rape, rape with torture. and acts of barbarism.
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After the revelations about the violence and practices imposed during filming, major French groups in the sector, such as “Jacquie and Michaeland Dorcel, announced in November 2020 their desire to adopt ethical and deontological charters. The Senate Women’s Rights Delegation is due to present its report on the pornography industry on Wednesday.
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