Pornhub's parent firm has reached an agreement with 50 women who claimed they were victims of a sex-trafficking ring.

Girls Do Porn, an adult content distributor, allegedly forced the ladies to have sex on camera and misled about how the footage would be disseminated, the women had alleged.

The 50 women who had filed a lawsuit against Pornhub, saying that the company was aware of the claims yet continued to work with them regardless.

The company has not disclosed the terms of the settlement.

Girls Do Porn was a MindGeek partner until October 2019, when the US Department of Justice arrested and charged the porn producer's senior personnel with sex trafficking and other offenses, essentially shutting it down.

It had made a slew of graphic films available on Pornhub and other public platforms. After US authorities brought charges against Girls Do Porn, Pornhub deleted these videos.

Girls Do Porn is said to have advertised modeling employment. Young ladies who applied were then informed that the job required them to make sex movies.

They were assured that the employment would be anonymous and that their movies would not be put on the internet, but would instead be created for private collectors' DVDs or marketplaces in other countries. According to US Attorneys, the films were then disseminated publicly via sites such as Pornhub.

The first complaint against MindGeek was filed on behalf of 40 female plaintiffs in December of last year. After afterward, the number of plaintiffs increased to 50.

Jane Doe and a number were the pseudonyms used in the case to refer to the women. They were each claiming damages of more than $1 million (£739,000) and had requested a jury trial.

Ruben Andre Garcia, who worked as a recruiter, producer, and actor for Girls Do Porn and was sentenced to 20 years in jail in November, was one of those connected with the group.

The FBI is currently looking to arrest Michael James Pratt, the former co-owner of Girls Do Porn, for allegedly coercing young women into recording sexually graphic videos for the site.

The bureau upped the maximum prize for information leading to Pratt's arrest to $50,000 (£36,450) earlier this month.

According to the FBI, his claimed victims number in the hundreds.