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Reason
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Eugene Volokh

$1 Compensatory Damages + $52K Punitives in Doula Porn Broker Defamation Trial

From Civil Beat (Hawaii) (Stewart Yerton):

Based on what they believed was evidence that Gallagher had advised pregnant women on how to make money selling erotic photos, many of the doulas ostracized him as a sexual predator seeking to infiltrate their community….

Gallagher's attorney, Megan Kau, acknowledged in an interview that her client advised women about selling nude photos on the creative artist platform Patreon…. But Kau said Gallagher never coerced anyone. And it was wrong to accuse Gallagher of being a "pimp" and a "predator" who groomed vulnerable women to produce and distribute pornography.

Courthouse News (Candace Cheung) has more:

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