France has been rocked by a scandal in the world of pornography that is in danger of becoming another scandal #me too. As reported by local media, four men They are arrested and taken into custody human trafficking aggravated, gang rape and exploitation of prostitution. In particular, two of the three are the producers of the French online platform Bukkake, which has been under investigation since October 2020.
According to investigators, men in exchange for subscriptions regularly organized group sex sessions with some actresses for their clients. It was general women in difficult circumstances Business agents contacted online under false identities – posing as alleged allies named “Arlette” – initially convinced they were prostitutes. As soon as a sexual service was offered, the victims were not paid and “Arlette” re-entered the scene and, as reparation, suggested the victims shoot some hard video highly profitable destined for Canada.
Videos, which were ultimately also made available in France, triggered the lawsuits and the scandal. More than forty victims Bourgeois parties were formed, to which some associations are added. A source close to the dossier said the arrests on Tuesday September 27 will be the last before a possible trial in 2024.
However, the sector was already under investigation by the judiciary before the French bukkake case. In which July 2020following revelations by several women about alleged violence during filming, a ‘detection on Adult site Jacquie et Michel, pillar of the French amateur porn industry that led to the indictment of four men last June – including the founder, Michael Piron – for exploitation of prostitution, human trafficking in organized gangs, rape with torture and an act of barbarism.
This series of events has led to politicians becoming more and more interested in the topic. there Delegation of the Senate for Women’s Rights presented a report that sheds light on the phenomenon. According to Franceinfo, the Senate report concludes that “the French porn industry generates Systemic violence against women“. Specifically, “90 percent of the sex scenes involve physical and verbal violence and perpetuate misogynistic, racist, lesbian-phobic, and hypersexualized stereotypes.” Not only. The sites emphasize that “the approach to porn is always the same. You are chosen very young women, precarious and mentally fragilewho are raped for the first time to be consistently submissive ».
Part of the report then laments the actions of the porn industry right to be forgotten of the actresses and the attitude of the producers, who “urge women to sign contracts depriving them of the rights to the image indefinitely” and who demand remuneration in the event of a request for the videos to be deleted by those concerned ten times higher to the salary recognized for the scenes shot.