xxx neon signWhen Jane Doe Number 1—who is now a lawyer—agreed in 2015 to make three porn videos for $9,200, she says she was told that the videos would not be posted online or distributed in the United States, and that she would remain anonymous. Her DVD would supposedly go to one “private buyer” in Australia.

The filmmakers “assured her there was nothing to worry about, they promised her privacy, and said nobody she knew would see the videos,” according to a 2016 complaint filed in San Diego Superior Court.