DOE #1 v. MG FREESITES, LTD

7:21-cv-00220-LSC.

676 F.Supp.3d 1136 (2022)

Jane DOE #1, and Jane Doe #2, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. MG FREESITES, LTD, d/b/a "Pornhub", a foreign entity; MG Freesites II LTD, a foreign entity; Mindgeek, S.A.R.L., a foreign entity; Mindgeek USA, Incorporated, a Delaware corporation; MG CY Holdings LTD, a foreign entity; Mindgeek Content RT Limited, a foreign entity; 9219-1568 Quebec Inc. d/b/a Mindgeek, a foreign entity; MG Billing LTD, a foreign entity, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Alabama, Western Division.

Signed February 9, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory M. Zarzaur , Kelsie Marie Overton , Zarzaur Law LLC, Birmingham, AL, Joshua Patrick Hayes , Prince, Glover, Hayes, Tuscaloosa, AL, Alexandria MacMaster , Brian Dooley Kent , Pro Hac Vice, Gaetano Anthony D'Andrea , Pro Hac Vice, Jillian Patricia Roth , Pro Hac Vice, M. Stewart Ryan , Pro Hac Vice, Victor Paul Bucci, II , Pro Hac Vice, Laffey, Bucci & Kent, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Joseph W. Jesiolowski , Pro Hac Vice, Conrad O'Brien PC, Philadelphia, PA, Kevin D. Kent , Mark B. Schoeller , Vanessa Huber , Pro Hac Vice, Clark Hill, PLC, Philadelphia, PA, Benjamin W. Bull , Pro Hac Vice, Christen M. Price , Pro Hac Vice, Danielle M. Bianculli Pinter , Pro Hac Vice, Peter A. Gentala , Pro Hac Vice, National Center on Sexual Exploitation, Washington, DC, Daniel Blake Williams , Prince Glover & Hayes, Tuscaloosa, AL, James Michael Papantonio , Pro Hac Vice, Levin-Papantonio, Pensacola, FL, Kimberly Lambert Adams , Pro Hac Vice, Barr & Mougey, PA, Pensacola, FL, Kathryn L. Avila , Pro Hac Vice, Levin, Papantionio, Rafferty, Penscola, FL, for Plaintiff Jane Doe #1.

Hayden A. Coleman , Pro Hac Vice, Kathleen N. Massey , Pro Hac Vice, Dechert LLP, New York, NY, Angela Liu , Pro Hac Vice, Dechert LLP, Chicago, IL, Christopher R. Boisvert , Pro Hac Vice, Dechert, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Diane L. Cafferata , Pro Hac Vice, Michael Ernest Williams , Pro Hac Vice, Michael Zeller , Pro Hac Vice, Thomas D. Nolan , Pro Hac Vice, Robert Jason Becher , Pro Hac Vice, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Lindsay Pickell Lounsbury , Sara M. Turner , William G. Somerville, III , Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, Birmingham, AL, for Defendants MG Freesites LTD, MG Freesites II LTD, Mindgeek S.A.R.L., Mindgeek USA Incorporated, MG CY Holdings LTD, Mindgeek Content RT Limited, MG Billing LTD.

Hayden A. Coleman , Pro Hac Vice, Kathleen N. Massey , Pro Hac Vice, Dechert LLP, New York, NY, Angela Liu , Pro Hac Vice, Dechert LLP, Chicago, IL, Christopher R. Boisvert , Pro Hac Vice, Dechert, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Diane L. Cafferata , Pro Hac Vice, Michael Ernest Williams , Pro Hac Vice, Michael Zeller , Pro Hac Vice, Thomas D. Nolan , Pro Hac Vice, Robert Jason Becher , Pro Hac Vice, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Lindsay Pickell Lounsbury , Sara M. Turner , Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC., Birmingham, AL, for Defendant 9219-1568 Quebec Inc.


MEMORANDUM OF OPINION AND ORDER

I. Introduction

This cause comes before the Court on Defendants' motion to dismiss Plaintiffs' First Amended Complaint. (Doc. 24.) Plaintiffs, two individuals proceeding pseudonymously who are victims and survivors of childhood sex trafficking, bring...

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