The site has had previous claims related to videos of child sexual assault and sex trafficking.
In 2020, allegations that Pornhub hosts videos depicting child porn caused both Visa and Mastercard to cut ties with the platform.
According to the suit, Franklin spent most of 2019 abusing children for content to post on Pornhub. The porn-for-profit scheme made money for Pornhub and convicted child rapist.
Franklin’s account had multiple videos of “CV1” available for sale. Each video costs $15 to $20 to download. And some of them had received over 150,000 views.
The “CV1” video titles attempt to capitalize on the fact that the victim is an underage child. Titles include “my favorite nephew” and “An Uncle’s Secret.” And some of the titles are too graphic for public disclosure.
The lawsuit claims that Pornhub provided “assistance, platform, content mandates, and edits” to help generate “the maximum amount of views and drove the maximum volume of traffic for the mutual benefit of the Defendants and their unlawful scheme.”
