PornHub Investors, Hedge Fund Lenders Dismissed From Woman’s Trafficking Suit

( September 19, 2025, 1:08 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A California federal judge in two orders dismissed with prejudice claims brought against hedge funds that lent money to MindGeek S.a.r.l., the company that owns and operates pornography website Pornhub, and claims against former partial owners of MindGeek, in a lawsuit brought by a woman accusing MindGeek and its affiliates of violating sex-trafficking laws and California’s unfair competition law (UCL) by monetizing child sex abuse material (CSAM) that was made while she was a minor....