The owners of Girls Do Porn isn’t the only one in some hot water with authorities. They are now claiming that Czech Casting lured women by offering them modeling gigs and then manipulated them into shorting porn. Czech Casting has shot more than 1,600 scenes over the last 7 years.
Ten people from the company were arrested in July on charges of human trafficking, sexual coercion, and rape.
According to arrest records, the 10 who were arrested posed as legitimate modeling agents but then manipulated women into shooting adult scenes instead.
“From 2013, they have been advertised job offers presented as professional modeling photography for women over 18, promising earnings ranging from CZK 1,000 to CZK 5,000. However, according to our investigations, it was just a pretext to manipulate the women to produce and distribute pornographic videos,” said Ibehej.
The group was well organized. “They were bringing the women to the casting place, signing contracts for the casting, verifying the age of majority, and conducting professional interviews,” added Ibehej.
“Czech police is still in the process of identifying all the women recruited, filmed, coerced and defrauded by this conspiracy,” the complaint says. ““Many of them have experienced mental and health problems, including long periods of medical treatment.”
The videos were posted online causing personal and employment difficulties to many of the victims. The women say they were horrified to find out their shoots were online; many were harassed or ostracized as a result.
The CzechCash affiliate program was popular with adult webmasters. The program ran some 40 odd websites including Czech Amateurs, Czech Casting, and Czech Bang Bus (which I’m told is in no way related to the US version). Their website describes the history of the company.
All started in 2011 with a simple idea, just like many other successful businesses. The porn makers already had castings for girls, so they could choose the hottest ones, but it was all behind the closed doors. It was shot on the camera too, so one day one of the porn makers came with the best idea of his life. To use the tapes and show the first porn experience of the girls to the world. So far, the girls had no money from the casting, but it was going to change.
You can imagine the porn industry as the famous Hollywood. I know it sounds a little bit silly, but let me explain this comparison. If you have a dream to star in some Hollywood movie, you have to make a few smaller steps to reach your dream. Just like in the porn industry. You can’t think you make some homemade porn video, and you become a famous pornstar. Everything has a system, and you have to go through it.
The company’s lawyer said, “The women knew what they were getting into and signed contracts allowing the videos’ online distribution, and they knew the risks,” he said. “They did everything voluntarily, no one manipulated them. They changed their minds [about doing the scenes] and turned to the police.”
The company’s official statement is as follows:
During the production and distribution of erotic material, no one from NETLOOK or cooperating persons has committed any illegal actions. The process of creating erotic photos and videos works the same way in all countries of the world. The actresses were duly informed in advance about the nature of the material, its distribution and a written contract was concluded and signed with them, stating that the artistic performance consists mainly of sexual, erotic or pornographic acts. It was a legal business relationship between an adult actress and NETLOOK.
Each actress received an agreed financial reward for taking photos and filming. Most of the actresses were interested in shooting more materials and participating in other erotic projects. Everything took place in a professional studio. First, an interview with the actresses was recorded, where they were interviewed in detail. This was followed by a photo shoot and then a possible video shoot.
During the photo shoot and filming, the actresses had their personal belongings at their disposal, including mobile phones. The actress could call anyone at any time, tell anyone from the production her disagreement, or end the photo shoot or filming immediately. In the same way, each of the actresses could leave the filming at any time freely and completely voluntarily. That also happened. Many actresses stopped production already in the shooting phase, which can be demonstrated from the video recordings available to the police.
None of the few actresses who now claim to have been under duress have disagreed. This can again be demonstrated through the video recordings.
NETLOOK production is fully professional, complying with all applicable laws and complying with all international standards for the production of erotic material. In addition, castings are only a small part of NETLOOK’s production, which also has a number of other projects not only in the field of erotica, but also, for example, in IT.
As part of the Czech casting project, almost 2,000 videos were shot without any problem, so it makes no sense to jeopardize the entire work of NETLOOK and the company’s name internationally by forcing a few actresses to participate in the production involuntarily. It should also be emphasized that the demand for the position of actresses was high and the interest significantly exceeded the production capacity.
NETLOOK believes that the real motivation for several actresses to accuse NETLOOK of alleged coercion is the subsequent justification for their own decision to take pictures or film erotic or pornographic materials, under pressure from those around them. All the actresses are adults and had enough time and information before the photo shoot. The actress’ allegations of alleged pressure came only over time, most often after the publication of erotic material and reactions from their surroundings, which the women in question could not bear.
For these reasons, several actresses have approached the police in the past, who have repeatedly inspected the process of producing erotic material, but nothing illegal has ever been found. In one such case, the case ended up in court, where in the first instance there was a final immunity from criminal liability in full, because the court did not find anything illegal about the method of the production of erotic material.
The accused people disagree with the accusation and lodged a complaint against the resolution to initiate criminal proceedings, however, we fully cooperate with the investigators and voluntarily issued all requested materials and documents and subjected to all restrictions.
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Sounds like buyers regret with a handful of the girls.