A federal judge in California has denied Visa’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit by a woman who says the credit card firm profited from a video of her being sexually abused as a 13-year-old in 2014.
U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney wrote Friday in his ruling that Serena Fleites “adequately pled” the credit card company “conspired” to profit from her abuse by processing advertising purchases on the adult website Pornhub.
That means Visa could bear financial liability “regardless of whether Visa knew of or interacted with Plaintiff or her primary traffickers,” Judge Carney wrote.