Overview

• U.S. District Judge Janis Sammartino imposed the 27-year term on convictions for sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion and conspiracy.
• The sentence exceeded prosecutors’ nearly 22-year recommendation and went above the high end of the federal guideline range.
• Pratt pleaded guilty earlier this year, admitting he conspired to traffic 15 victims between 2012 and 2019, though survivors and authorities say the total number is far higher.
• Nearly 40 women addressed the court with accounts of enduring trauma, harassment and lost opportunities, with some noting peers who later died.
• Co-defendants received sentences of 20, 14 and 4 years, further sentencings are pending for Valorie Moser and Douglas Wiederhold, and related suits against Pornhub’s parent include one settlement with another case stayed.