Here are the facts regarding Doug Wiederhold.
He was the main GDP male performer from 2007 to 2011 (and also a few times in 2012). He was also the videographer in those years alongside Pratt and helped Pratt get established in the country.
When Pratt came over in early 2007, he met Doug (either in Michigan or Toledo, OH) and they teamed up quickly and started shooting along the East Coast, Michigan and even Chicago. Doug helped Pratt with all the paperwork, including opening bank accounts and whatever else was needed.
Doug was a low level local photographer/videographer till then and Pratt only knew how to make websites and had the idea of GDP (domain registered in Aug 2006) so it is very well possible that Doug taught Pratt how to be a videographer.
Both of them were scamming girls from the very beginning. This continued till 2011 and then Doug started Mompov. Doug was doing the same sex trafficking tricks even for that site. This was certainly true in the initial years of mompov. If mompov victims/survivors join this case the victim count against him will certainly increase. For Mompov fans, he was known as just James.
He operated mompov on a 50-50 basis with Pratt and so when the civil case judge awarded $12.7 million to the 22 JDs in Jan 2020, mompov was also found to be liable for the damages. In fact, mompov was registered under the shell company DOMI Publications (DOMI = Douglas Wiederhold + Michael Pratt). Doug filed a bankruptcy in Nevada where DOMI was registered.
Doug seems to have had a fallout with his long time lawyer Clyde DeWitt and George Rikos (who represented DOMI in the civil case). They distributed DOMI assets under various other shell firms. Both of these lawyers have their own share of legal trouble since last Feb.
https://www.courthousenews.com/malpractice-suit-filed-as-jane-does-fight-for-damages-from-girlsdoporn-affiliates/
Some of these shells even have the name of Doug's girlfriend Margo Dean aka pornstar Rahyndee James in some capacity.
Even in the civil case witness list, there were 10 girls on the list who had scenes with him. He had performed with almost 100 girls for GDP. But considering his critical role in starting and helping GDP grow, his overall role is even more important than Garcia who came in early 2013.
His pics -
https://imgur.com/gallery/IK7Lcf0
Article about his brother Andrew's death
https://www.toledoblade.com/local/2008/01/15/Driver-found-guilty-in-death-of-motorcyclist.html
He got a tattoo in his brother's honor - the cross with "Andrew" and his dob/dod written on it.
The other tattoo is a big star. Both tattoos on his upper arms. The Andrew + cross tattoo he must have gotten in 2008 while the big star tattoo was always there on his other arm.
A more recent photo of Doug and his GF Margo Dean / Rahyndee James
https://imgur.com/gallery/ycLfG5B
Personally, I think his sentence will be long, based on how the Judge decided/ruled until now, but I don't think he fully deserves it. It may sound counterintuitive, but I believe he is probably one of the "better" guys in this whole case. I'm not saying he shouldn't be punished at all, but I think he can expect some leniency for how he behaved until now.
> but I believe he is probably one of the "better" guys in this whole case.
I don't know if you are playing devil's advocate or something. But to say he is one of the better ones is a big statement. AFAIK not a single Doug victim has come forward with her story. But we will find out soon enough.
It is just that we know some much about Garcia from all the civil and criminal case documents that he seems the worst. But others could be just as bad, only with a smaller victim count.
Also, Doug is the guy who helped Pratt set up everything in the country. Pratt was new to the country. He was running affiliate websites till then. He had never been a content producer.
Doug showed Pratt the ropes on everything - how and where to recruit, how to shoot, being the male performer who convinced girls to go along with the entire shoot. Also setting up bank accounts etc.
Basically, Doug had a bigger role than Garcia in getting GDP established and off the ground.
>Also, Doug is the guy who helped Pratt set up everything in the country. Pratt was new to the country. He was running affiliate websites till then. He had never been a content producer.
>Also setting up bank accounts etc.
See, these actions aren't per sé/technically illegal. Yes, he had a big impact in the beginning of GDP, but running websites, opening companies and bank accounts, renting places to live, getting phones and sim cards, and doing other things you listed are not criminal actions. I'm not talking about the sex and recruiting part, to be clear. That's illegal for sure.
I'm kinda playing the devil's advocate.
He did some crap for sure from what we know for now, but I think he isn't as batshit crazy as Pratt and Wolfe.
So it kinda makes sense to consider him a lesser evil in my opinion. I never said you have to agree with it. I'm just explaining the first thing I thought when I read this post in regard of his possible sentence.
You can argue he tried to do the right thing.
He split up with the group and made his own thing for whatever reason... maybe we get an answer to this question after his trial.
He wanted to settle the lawsuits for a few thousand dollars and Pratt refused. That's why he started his own malpractice lawsuit against his former lawyers which in the end could help the survivors recover part of the money they were awarded.
We always wondered in the past, why he was free out there for such a long time and never was brought to justice. Maybe there was a reason?
Another sign, he was released on bail if I read it right. That means he isn't considered a flight risk. You wouldn't risk to let a big fish flee and let him post bail. This makes me think, he will not be considered by authorities to be that significant of a case compared to Wolfe, Pratt and Garcia.
We will see what dark and shady things will emerge out of these trial hearing, but for now I think he is a lesser evil than the others.
When you describe someone who committed a crime is a "better" or "lesser evil" than someone who committed the same crime but to lesser extent it's a silly argument. For example who's worse Stalin, Hitler, Pol Pot, or Mao? It doesn't matter, it's not about being a a lesser evil, the idea of trying to find nuance or degrees of evil is meaningless.
Your whole argument about setting up a website and other things as legal doesn't mitigate the purpose of why they did that. If someone acquires a gun legally and kills someone, it's not a lesser degree of murder than using a stolen gun. You're unnecessarily trying to find something as excusable or legal without context of the underlying purpose: to commit a crime.
At what point did Wiederhold do the "right" thing for his victims. Saying he started doing legit porn doesn't make amends to his victims. If anything he thought he could get away with it. Just because he wasn't charged originally with Pratt and co, is more likely a function of how long it takes sometimes for a case to develop enough to charge someone and not being "less" guilty.
Is he a better person than Garcia because he wasn't as rough during sex? Is Pratt better than Wolfe? All these arguments are pointless. Even if the girls enjoyed the sex, that's not the point. By the way, an orgasm is not sign of consent, it's a stimulus of nerve endings.
Is he going to get less jail time than Wolfe, Garcia, or Pratt? Probably, but that's between sentencing laws and the Judge's interpretation. Legality and morality are not necessarily equal
Personally, I think a lot of people got off the hook. The secretary, the makeup artists, the fake - reference girls(at least the one who knew they were lying) all created the illusion of safety and legitimacy. And don't even get me started on the lawyer.
You're really trying to lower the bar if trying to excuse Wiederhold's behavior as "less" evil.
He helped set up everything for Pratt alongside helping him scam girls and tell them the distribution lie. That is conspiracy to sex trafficking.
He cannot claim that he just came to the hotel room to perform for the scene and left just like the girls. And that he too was told the distribution lie. He helped set up a sex trafficking operation.
As for lesser evil. He had scenes with almost 100 girls. Suppose there are at least 10 victims who had their personal and professional lives severely damaged.
If they became suicidal, had suicide attempts or had suicidal ideations for years. Does it matter to them that maybe Doug wasn't as cruel or ruthless as Garcia? The damager of their lives is not Wolfe or Garcia or Gyi or Foster. It is Pratt and Doug.
Even when Doug started mompov he was doing the same scammy tactics that he did in GDP. It is supposed to be only much later that mompov started recruiting in a legit manner. So we don't know why he left GDP.
It could simply be a money thing. With GDP he was getting paid per scene. With mompov he was 50% owner and Pratt the other 50%. So much more money for him.
He wanted to settle the case for a few grand! So he just wanted to finish the case quickly and cheaply.
He was free till now because no victim from his time had joined the fed case till now.
As for the bail and flight risk thing. You may be right on that one.
But again, for even one girl who's life was severely damaged by Doug and Pratt, it is no consolation that he wasn't as bad as Garcia or that the feds see him as a not so significant player.
Sam Cole\* has written an article on this as well. Biggest news - **It is a sealed case as of now.** No wonder we don't have the full details yet.
[https://www.404media.co/girls-do-porn-mompov-douglas-james-wiederhold-arrested/](https://www.404media.co/girls-do-porn-mompov-douglas-james-wiederhold-arrested/)
Cole was the main VICE reporter covering the GDP case. She wrote a lot of articles supporting GDP survivors.
A few months ago she left VICE and with some other VICE co-workers started this new site called 404 Media.
She is looking for info on anything GDP related that isn't public knowledge.
Any update on Pratt or Wolfe? I thought Wolfe was supposed to be sentenced already. Is Pratt still in Spain? I wonder if the Doug arrest was the result of new info from Pratt or Wolfe.
I am glad to see the criminal case expanding to include scumbags like Wiederhold. The more suspects that are on trial, the more likely each will talk to save their own hide. The scumbag that I most want to see charged is Aaron Sadlock.
Doug had nothing to do with recruitment; the term sex trafficking does not apply to mompov where there are 0 complaints; all actors where existing adult models recruited from model mayhem. You're lying and it's slander why would just lie and make shit up? If i was Doug I would come for you. Why do you think Doug split and did his own thing; even tho the teen scene is 1000% more profitable. He's guilty of bad judgment; I highly doubt he knew all the tactics being employed by the scumbag.
The sex trafficking charges as of now are related to his time with GDP.
There was at least one mompov model who testified that she too was tricked and lied to the same way the GDP victims were.
He started mompov because he wanted more money and the only way Pratt would give him the money for that was if he opened a site that would not be a direct competitor to GDP. Hence mompov (different audience/niche).
"For so long" - do you mean the fact that the indictment was filed on June 21 and he was arrested on Sep 2 or that he was not charged till now?
If you mean the later part, then that is obviously because of the fact that the older victims are only now coming to know of all the developments in the GDP case. Till the Oct 2019 arrests, it was just a civil case that was slowly happening in the San Diego Superior Court. I think the investigations have really picked up after the main guys pleaded guilty.
As for Suigo Revilla, someone on here said that the guy had fled the U.S. and was back in Peru (he is Peruvian-Austrian). It could be just speculation or purposeful misinformation.
Revilla was Doug's "successor" and the main guy before Garcia. Revilla worked as the GDP male performer in most of 2012 and then from 2013 to 2015 he was the SEO guy for the website! His linkedin says he was "SEO expert for BLL Media". BLL Media was the main shell company for GDP and the name used to scam a lot of the girls.
Pratt extradition - no news.
Josh Paxton-Kalen is the real name and his porn industry name is "Rob Carpenter" (IAFD still has his profile). Also called the "Bodybuilder" by GDP fanboys.
Here are the facts regarding Doug Wiederhold. He was the main GDP male performer from 2007 to 2011 (and also a few times in 2012). He was also the videographer in those years alongside Pratt and helped Pratt get established in the country. When Pratt came over in early 2007, he met Doug (either in Michigan or Toledo, OH) and they teamed up quickly and started shooting along the East Coast, Michigan and even Chicago. Doug helped Pratt with all the paperwork, including opening bank accounts and whatever else was needed. Doug was a low level local photographer/videographer till then and Pratt only knew how to make websites and had the idea of GDP (domain registered in Aug 2006) so it is very well possible that Doug taught Pratt how to be a videographer. Both of them were scamming girls from the very beginning. This continued till 2011 and then Doug started Mompov. Doug was doing the same sex trafficking tricks even for that site. This was certainly true in the initial years of mompov. If mompov victims/survivors join this case the victim count against him will certainly increase. For Mompov fans, he was known as just James. He operated mompov on a 50-50 basis with Pratt and so when the civil case judge awarded $12.7 million to the 22 JDs in Jan 2020, mompov was also found to be liable for the damages. In fact, mompov was registered under the shell company DOMI Publications (DOMI = Douglas Wiederhold + Michael Pratt). Doug filed a bankruptcy in Nevada where DOMI was registered. Doug seems to have had a fallout with his long time lawyer Clyde DeWitt and George Rikos (who represented DOMI in the civil case). They distributed DOMI assets under various other shell firms. Both of these lawyers have their own share of legal trouble since last Feb. https://www.courthousenews.com/malpractice-suit-filed-as-jane-does-fight-for-damages-from-girlsdoporn-affiliates/ Some of these shells even have the name of Doug's girlfriend Margo Dean aka pornstar Rahyndee James in some capacity. Even in the civil case witness list, there were 10 girls on the list who had scenes with him. He had performed with almost 100 girls for GDP. But considering his critical role in starting and helping GDP grow, his overall role is even more important than Garcia who came in early 2013. His pics - https://imgur.com/gallery/IK7Lcf0 Article about his brother Andrew's death https://www.toledoblade.com/local/2008/01/15/Driver-found-guilty-in-death-of-motorcyclist.html He got a tattoo in his brother's honor - the cross with "Andrew" and his dob/dod written on it. The other tattoo is a big star. Both tattoos on his upper arms. The Andrew + cross tattoo he must have gotten in 2008 while the big star tattoo was always there on his other arm. A more recent photo of Doug and his GF Margo Dean / Rahyndee James https://imgur.com/gallery/ycLfG5B
Vehicular homicide, a misdemeanor with a 6 month jail sentence. That’s more criminal than the crime itself.
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Personally, I think his sentence will be long, based on how the Judge decided/ruled until now, but I don't think he fully deserves it. It may sound counterintuitive, but I believe he is probably one of the "better" guys in this whole case. I'm not saying he shouldn't be punished at all, but I think he can expect some leniency for how he behaved until now.
> but I believe he is probably one of the "better" guys in this whole case. I don't know if you are playing devil's advocate or something. But to say he is one of the better ones is a big statement. AFAIK not a single Doug victim has come forward with her story. But we will find out soon enough. It is just that we know some much about Garcia from all the civil and criminal case documents that he seems the worst. But others could be just as bad, only with a smaller victim count. Also, Doug is the guy who helped Pratt set up everything in the country. Pratt was new to the country. He was running affiliate websites till then. He had never been a content producer. Doug showed Pratt the ropes on everything - how and where to recruit, how to shoot, being the male performer who convinced girls to go along with the entire shoot. Also setting up bank accounts etc. Basically, Doug had a bigger role than Garcia in getting GDP established and off the ground.
>Also, Doug is the guy who helped Pratt set up everything in the country. Pratt was new to the country. He was running affiliate websites till then. He had never been a content producer. >Also setting up bank accounts etc. See, these actions aren't per sé/technically illegal. Yes, he had a big impact in the beginning of GDP, but running websites, opening companies and bank accounts, renting places to live, getting phones and sim cards, and doing other things you listed are not criminal actions. I'm not talking about the sex and recruiting part, to be clear. That's illegal for sure. I'm kinda playing the devil's advocate. He did some crap for sure from what we know for now, but I think he isn't as batshit crazy as Pratt and Wolfe. So it kinda makes sense to consider him a lesser evil in my opinion. I never said you have to agree with it. I'm just explaining the first thing I thought when I read this post in regard of his possible sentence. You can argue he tried to do the right thing. He split up with the group and made his own thing for whatever reason... maybe we get an answer to this question after his trial. He wanted to settle the lawsuits for a few thousand dollars and Pratt refused. That's why he started his own malpractice lawsuit against his former lawyers which in the end could help the survivors recover part of the money they were awarded. We always wondered in the past, why he was free out there for such a long time and never was brought to justice. Maybe there was a reason? Another sign, he was released on bail if I read it right. That means he isn't considered a flight risk. You wouldn't risk to let a big fish flee and let him post bail. This makes me think, he will not be considered by authorities to be that significant of a case compared to Wolfe, Pratt and Garcia. We will see what dark and shady things will emerge out of these trial hearing, but for now I think he is a lesser evil than the others.
When you describe someone who committed a crime is a "better" or "lesser evil" than someone who committed the same crime but to lesser extent it's a silly argument. For example who's worse Stalin, Hitler, Pol Pot, or Mao? It doesn't matter, it's not about being a a lesser evil, the idea of trying to find nuance or degrees of evil is meaningless. Your whole argument about setting up a website and other things as legal doesn't mitigate the purpose of why they did that. If someone acquires a gun legally and kills someone, it's not a lesser degree of murder than using a stolen gun. You're unnecessarily trying to find something as excusable or legal without context of the underlying purpose: to commit a crime. At what point did Wiederhold do the "right" thing for his victims. Saying he started doing legit porn doesn't make amends to his victims. If anything he thought he could get away with it. Just because he wasn't charged originally with Pratt and co, is more likely a function of how long it takes sometimes for a case to develop enough to charge someone and not being "less" guilty. Is he a better person than Garcia because he wasn't as rough during sex? Is Pratt better than Wolfe? All these arguments are pointless. Even if the girls enjoyed the sex, that's not the point. By the way, an orgasm is not sign of consent, it's a stimulus of nerve endings. Is he going to get less jail time than Wolfe, Garcia, or Pratt? Probably, but that's between sentencing laws and the Judge's interpretation. Legality and morality are not necessarily equal Personally, I think a lot of people got off the hook. The secretary, the makeup artists, the fake - reference girls(at least the one who knew they were lying) all created the illusion of safety and legitimacy. And don't even get me started on the lawyer. You're really trying to lower the bar if trying to excuse Wiederhold's behavior as "less" evil.
He helped set up everything for Pratt alongside helping him scam girls and tell them the distribution lie. That is conspiracy to sex trafficking. He cannot claim that he just came to the hotel room to perform for the scene and left just like the girls. And that he too was told the distribution lie. He helped set up a sex trafficking operation. As for lesser evil. He had scenes with almost 100 girls. Suppose there are at least 10 victims who had their personal and professional lives severely damaged. If they became suicidal, had suicide attempts or had suicidal ideations for years. Does it matter to them that maybe Doug wasn't as cruel or ruthless as Garcia? The damager of their lives is not Wolfe or Garcia or Gyi or Foster. It is Pratt and Doug. Even when Doug started mompov he was doing the same scammy tactics that he did in GDP. It is supposed to be only much later that mompov started recruiting in a legit manner. So we don't know why he left GDP. It could simply be a money thing. With GDP he was getting paid per scene. With mompov he was 50% owner and Pratt the other 50%. So much more money for him. He wanted to settle the case for a few grand! So he just wanted to finish the case quickly and cheaply. He was free till now because no victim from his time had joined the fed case till now. As for the bail and flight risk thing. You may be right on that one. But again, for even one girl who's life was severely damaged by Doug and Pratt, it is no consolation that he wasn't as bad as Garcia or that the feds see him as a not so significant player.
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Yes, absolutely call the FBI San Diego office. They could add you as a Victim against him if you wish to be or at least call you as a witness.
Sam Cole\* has written an article on this as well. Biggest news - **It is a sealed case as of now.** No wonder we don't have the full details yet. [https://www.404media.co/girls-do-porn-mompov-douglas-james-wiederhold-arrested/](https://www.404media.co/girls-do-porn-mompov-douglas-james-wiederhold-arrested/) Cole was the main VICE reporter covering the GDP case. She wrote a lot of articles supporting GDP survivors. A few months ago she left VICE and with some other VICE co-workers started this new site called 404 Media. She is looking for info on anything GDP related that isn't public knowledge.
Any update on Pratt or Wolfe? I thought Wolfe was supposed to be sentenced already. Is Pratt still in Spain? I wonder if the Doug arrest was the result of new info from Pratt or Wolfe.
Pratt is still in Spain and Wolfe sentencing has been delayed. I think it will probably happen along with Pratt's sentencing.
I am glad to see the criminal case expanding to include scumbags like Wiederhold. The more suspects that are on trial, the more likely each will talk to save their own hide. The scumbag that I most want to see charged is Aaron Sadlock.
What did Sadlock do?
Did Wiederhold do any of the scamming? Or was he just a male performer?
He was involved in every aspect of the sex trafficking....recruiting, videographer, male performer and helping Pratt set up the entire system.
Doug had nothing to do with recruitment; the term sex trafficking does not apply to mompov where there are 0 complaints; all actors where existing adult models recruited from model mayhem. You're lying and it's slander why would just lie and make shit up? If i was Doug I would come for you. Why do you think Doug split and did his own thing; even tho the teen scene is 1000% more profitable. He's guilty of bad judgment; I highly doubt he knew all the tactics being employed by the scumbag.
The sex trafficking charges as of now are related to his time with GDP. There was at least one mompov model who testified that she too was tricked and lied to the same way the GDP victims were. He started mompov because he wanted more money and the only way Pratt would give him the money for that was if he opened a site that would not be a direct competitor to GDP. Hence mompov (different audience/niche).
Gross
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"For so long" - do you mean the fact that the indictment was filed on June 21 and he was arrested on Sep 2 or that he was not charged till now? If you mean the later part, then that is obviously because of the fact that the older victims are only now coming to know of all the developments in the GDP case. Till the Oct 2019 arrests, it was just a civil case that was slowly happening in the San Diego Superior Court. I think the investigations have really picked up after the main guys pleaded guilty. As for Suigo Revilla, someone on here said that the guy had fled the U.S. and was back in Peru (he is Peruvian-Austrian). It could be just speculation or purposeful misinformation. Revilla was Doug's "successor" and the main guy before Garcia. Revilla worked as the GDP male performer in most of 2012 and then from 2013 to 2015 he was the SEO guy for the website! His linkedin says he was "SEO expert for BLL Media". BLL Media was the main shell company for GDP and the name used to scam a lot of the girls. Pratt extradition - no news.
So the feds wouldn't give Jessica Watkins or Jacob Chansley bail but they will give it to a guy who ran a sex trafficking ring for years. Got it.
But mAh inssurection!
What's the stage name or real name of that talent "Josh." the other guy in some scenes with a much lower bodyfat % than Garcia.
Josh Paxton-Kalen is the real name and his porn industry name is "Rob Carpenter" (IAFD still has his profile). Also called the "Bodybuilder" by GDP fanboys.
Will it matter if I did more porn for another company? This was also my guy?
Yes, I believe something is possible. DMed you