Victims in a civil trial stated that Wiederhold and his associates lied to them, telling them their videos would never appear online and then refusing to communicate with them after the videos were distributed [8†L21-L23]. The indictment detailed how Wiederhold and ringleader Michael Pratt "conspired and agreed with each other and others to knowingly... recruit, entice, harbor, transport, provide, obtain, advertise, maintain, patronize, and solicit by any means a person" using force, fraud, and coercion [8†L27-L32]. Wiederhold was arrested in Michigan and faced a maximum sentence of life in prison [8†L4-L5][8†L32-L33].