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SAN DIEGO - The founder of a defunct California -based porn website was sentenced to 27 years in federal prison on Monday for sex trafficking.

What we know:

Michael James Pratt, a native of New Zealand, founded the now-defunct GirlsDoPorn website in San Diego.

He was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Janis Sammartino to 27 years in federal prison for one charge of sex trafficking and one count of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking.

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Pratt and his co-defendants used false modeling offers to recruit women, many of whom were teenagers, and then allegedly plied them with alcohol and marijuana before having them sign contracts they were not allowed to read.

Some victims also claimed they wer

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