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The company's primary legal identity has been as a plaintiff—a copyright holder aggressively pursuing pirates who steal its content. But the more profound legal questions have been asked by others: by the family of a 19-year-old student who died by suicide after her appearance on the site; by judges reinterpreting federal sex trafficking laws to encompass the coercive exchanges that have long been normalized in entertainment; by lawmakers and advocates pushing for greater protections for vulnerable young adults.

"He told me the couch was where stars were made," she testified, her voice thin but steady. "He said that every Oscar winner he’d launched had sat there, had 'proven' their dedication to the craft. He made it sound like a rite of passage. If I walked out, I wasn't just losing a job—I was proving I didn't have the stomach for greatness." casting couch x trial

The case against Harvey Weinstein in New York (and subsequent trials) served as a watershed moment. It transformed the vague concept of "casting couch" accusations into specific, actionable charges of sexual assault and rape 1. The company's primary legal identity has been as