Trigger Warning: This article contains discussions of sexual violence, coercion, and exploitation, which may be distressing to some readers. Please proceed with caution. A bolt-out-of-the-blue investigation has brought to light that over 1, alleged crimes linked to OnlyFans have been reported to UK police over the past five years.
The shocking revelation has posed serious concerns about coercion, blackmail, revenge po-n, and child exploitation on the platform. However, a recent investigation uncovered a dark side and brought to notice cases of forced participation, financial exploitation, and revenge porn that have left victims powerless.
Among the most disturbing are at least 10 reports of women being forced into sex work on OnlyFans by controlling partners. These victims described being subjected to physical, emotional, and financial abuse as their abusers were allegedly earning profits from their content. One woman from South Yorkshire reported that her partner strangled and r- β -d her and forced her to perform on OnlyFans while he was in charge of all the earnings, reported Mirror in its investigative report.
Another in West Mercia said she endured 16 years of emotional and mental abuse as she had to create an account on the platform against her will. A third woman in Lincolnshire claimed she was threatened with death and forced into sex work to generate income on the platform. Beyond cases of coercion, other disturbing claims are in light, too. Two of those are revenge porn and unauthorized distribution of explicit material.
Police recorded at least 77 reports from victims who discovered intimate content of themselves uploaded on OnlyFans without consentβmany by ex-partners. Another case included a Lancashire suspect who was secretly filming his partner during sex and monetizing the videos without her knowledge. The investigation found 21 cases of reported rape where OnlyFans was mentioned. Among them, 10 were in Kent, where six arrests and three charges were made.
