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On Friday, sexual predator Stephen Lee McIlvenny, 21, was sentenced in the UK to 23 years in prison on 77 counts for brutally beating and raping 3 boys. He filmed the crimes and posted monetized rape videos on P*rnhub, earning revenue for him and the site owners. Police who discovered over 1000 images of the abuse on his devices described McIlveny as a “brutal child predator.” “The sexual offences were committed by enticing each of the three victims into the defendant’s lair of depravation by a combination of lies, intimidation, bribery, coercion and exploitation,” said judge Donna McColgan. A mother of one of the boys said, “Not only was the abuse my son suffered of a sexual nature, he was also beaten, leaving him with a bleed on the brain and if members of the public hadn’t have stepped in I dread to think what would have happened. This was all to keep him quiet about the sexual abuse, terrify him into silence.” P*rnhub provided the means for McIlveny to globally distribute the filmed rape to its millions of daily site visitors, and the profit sharing relationship with P*rnhub enabled them both to profit from the assaults. A victim’s mother said the “sick crimes” have had a “profound” effect on her son. “There is still very much a stigma around male victims of sexual crimes that has made him feel like he has to carry shame. This has led to severe depression and anxiety.” She urged any other victims to speak up. Because of the dissemination on P*rnhub, the trauma of the boys has been immortalized online as the photos and videos could be recorded, downloaded, re-shared in perpetuity. Shockingly, McIlvenny began the predatory abuse when he was only 16 indicating the dangers minors can pose to other minors and the fact that minors are accessing sites like P*rnhub. McIlveny was not the only predator in this situation. His accomplice was P*rnhub and its executives, who have knowingly been profiting from the trauma of countless victims since 2007. In order for justice to be fully served for these victims, P*rnhub must be held accountable just like McIlveny has been. Shut down P*rnhub, pay restitution to all victims, and put its executives behind bars. #Traffickinghub