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PornHub parent company sued by Texas AG for failing to verify users' ages
The Texas attorney general has filed a lawsuit against the parent company of adult website PornHub, alleging the pornography platform has failed to conform to the state’s new regulations.
Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against Aylo Global Entertainment and Aylo USA, Incorporated for failing to verify users’ ages before granting access to its pornographic websites.
“Instead of abiding by Texas law requiring purveyors of obscene sexual material to institute age verification systems, the company immediately presents minors who access their websites with pornographic content,” Paxton alleged in a press release announcing the lawsuit.
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks outside the U.S. Supreme Court. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
He added, “I look forward to holding any company accountable that violates our age verification laws intended to prevent minors from being exposed to harmful, obscene material on the internet.”
House Bill 1181 was made law in Texas in June of last year, requiring adult websites to “use reasonable age verification measures to ensure those viewing their pornography are 18 years of age or older.”
The success of the legislation made Texas the seventh state to implement age verification laws on pornography outlets.
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Companies that violate the state law are subject to up to $10,000 a day for failing to verify age, an additional $10,000 per day if the sites retain user information, and an additional $250,000 if a child is exposed to pornographic material due to failures in verification.
“AYLO GLOBAL ENTERTAINMENT, INC.’s and AYLO USA, INCORPORATED’s publication or distribution of sexual material harmful to minors on the internet without implementing the reasonable age verification methods required by Chapter 129B harms, and continues to harm, Texas children and adolescents,” Paxton’s office alleges in the lawsuit.
Paxton alleges that Aylo is liable for up to $1,600,000 plus $10,000 a day from September of last year to the date of the lawsuit.
Aylo, the conglomerate that owns major pornographic websites such as Pornhub, has allegedly failed to comply with the Texas state law requiring users’ age verification. (Adrien Fillon/NurPhoto)
The attorney general is also seeking Aylo to pay out attorney’s fees and all other costs suffered by the state in filing the lawsuit against the company.
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Jurors deliberating the fate of the man accused of starting the Palisades Fire, one of the most destructive wildfires in California’s history, failed to reach a verdict Thursday afternoon, telling the judge they were deadlocked.
A spokesperson from the United States Attorney’s Office told KTLA that jurors will continue to deliberate until they reach a verdict or give up.
Jonathan Rinderknecht, 30, a former Uber driver and one-time Pacific Palisades resident, is accused of starting the Lachman Fire on New Year’s Eve. The fire continued to smolder underground for about a week, even after Los Angeles firefighters believed it had been extinguished.
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The U.S. Dept. of Justice booking photo of Jonathan Rinderknecht over the Palisades Fire devastation in Malibu, California in January 2025 (AP).
Prosecutors argued that Rinderknecht deliberately set the fire, claiming he had grown increasingly resentful of wealthy residents and viewed Pacific Palisades as a symbol of that frustration.
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The defense argued there is no direct physical evidence tying Rinderknecht to the fire and said the prosecution’s case relies entirely on circumstantial evidence. Rinderknecht did not testify during the trial.
Defense attorney Steve Haney spoke outside the courthouse Wednesday about why he believes it will be difficult for prosecutors to prove how the fire started.
“The lack of scene preservation. The fact that they got there after a lot of the evidence was missing. Not a lot of direct evidence. This is a circumstantial case, which is always difficult as a prosecutor to prove,” Haney said.
Rinderknecht, who was arrested and indicted last October, faces up to 45 years in prison if found guilty of three arson counts, including destruction of property by means of fire, arson affecting property used in interstate commerce and timber set afire.
Tony Kurzweil contributed to this report
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