The owner of the San Diego-based GirlsDoPorn.com website, which featured pornographic videos of young women who were forced or coerced into appearing in the films under false pretenses, is slated to be sentenced to federal prison Monday.

Michael James Pratt, described by prosecutors as "the ringleader in a wide-ranging sex-trafficking conspiracy" surrounding the now-defunct website, pleaded guilty earlier this year to charges of sex trafficking and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking.

Federal prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence of nearly 22 years for Pratt, while his defense attorney is expected to request a term of 17-and-a-half years.

Prosecutors said the website's operators led women to believe the videos in which they appeared would be distributed only to private customers li

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