Miami influencer turned tech entrepreneur Lucy Guo spoke out against the bombshell lawsuit claiming she forced [[https://www.newsweek.com/search/site/underage%20girls underage girls]] to create porn to boost her social media platform.  --- --- --- --- --- --- image class="left" url="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Kathie_Browne_Bonanza_1963.JPG"The 30-year-old multi-millionaire and her platform Passes have been accused of running a scheme to recruit teen girls and groom them to create sexually explicit material to sell on the app. --- --- --- --- --- --- Passes is a subscription-based content app - with big money backing from the likes of Jake Paul and Paris Hilton - that allows children between the ages of 15 to 17 to join with parental consent. --- --- --- --- --- --- The lawsuit, filed in the Southern District of Florida, claimed Guo knowingly waived Passes' safety controls so her employees could sell content of then 17-year-old Alice Rosenblum. --- --- --- --- --- --- Guo - whose net worth is $500 million - vehemently denied the allegations and claimed the lawsuit is a 'coordinated attempt to defame Passes' founder and [[https://ukim.ac.id/krs/?siswa=sensa69 olxtoto]] status as the premier creator platform.' --- --- --- --- --- --- 'To be clear, these accusations are false and being wielded to undermine the success of the company we have built over the last three years,' she said in a statement shared on Instagram. --- --- --- --- --- --- 'Lucy Guo and Passes never approved or condoned the posting of underage explicit content on our platform. --- --- --- --- --- --- 'We disapprove of the actions allegedly taken by the plaintiff's talent manager and any attempt to involve us in this matter is baseless, which we intend to prove.' --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Lucy Guo (pictured) spoke out against the bombshell lawsuit claiming she forced underage girls to create porn to boost her social media platform --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Then 17-year-old Alice Rosenblum (pictured) claimed she was groomed into creating porn and then Guo waived the parental controls to upload the content to her app Passes --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Passes is a subscription-based content app that allows children between the ages of 15 to 17 to join with parental consent --- --- --- --- --- --- Rosenblum - now 18 - claimed in the new lawsuit that she was recruited by one of Passes' agents, Alec Celestin, to 'create images and videos of herself engaged in sexually explicit conduct.' --- --- --- --- --- --- Celestin allegedly started messaging Rosenblum online in July 2024 and recruited her to 'knowingly produce, market, sell and distribute child pornography' despite her telling him that she was underage. --- --- --- --- --- --- The lawsuit claimed Celestin invited the then-17-year-old to his Los Angeles home on August 10 to 'create images and videos of her engaged in sexually explicit conduct.' --- --- --- --- --- --- That same day he allegedly helped Rosenblum create a profile on Passes and got Guo to waive the age requirement so the pornographic material could be uploaded to the app's data storage known as 'The Vault.' --- --- --- --- --- --- 'Guo, knowing that [Rosenblum] was a minor and of Celestin's plans, directly orchestrated the removal of the Passes verification of parental consent requirement,' the lawsuit said. --- --- --- --- --- --- 'Guo instructed [Rosenblum], among other things, on how and where to upload content onto the Passes Vault system. Guo also told [her] that "you can upload anything."' --- --- --- --- --- --- The filings then claim that Guo and her company directed Rosenblum to continue creating pornographic content that they used to target and profit off of high-spending subscribers. --- --- --- --- --- --- '[Defendants] conspired to market, sell and distribute images and videos of [Rosenblum] engaged in sexually explicit conduct through the Passes internet messaging system to Passes customers, including those known as "big spenders" and "whales," in exchange for money,' the lawsuit said. --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- The filings then claim that Guo and her company directed Rosenblum to continue creating pornographic content that they used to target and profit off of high-spending subscribers --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Guo broke her silence on social media and denied the allegations --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Guo - whose net worth is $500 million - vehemently denied the allegations and claimed the lawsuit is a coordinated attempt to defame her --- --- --- --- --- --- The tech entrepreneur claimed she never spoke to Rosenblum and denied Celestin worked for her. --- --- --- --- --- --- 'I I HAD ZERO interaction with the plaintiff (calls, texts, calendar invites, emails, etc). I do not have any contact information of hers,' she said on X.  --- --- --- --- --- --- 'I do not condone the actions described, and Alec Celestin was not an agent of passes nor was he ever an employee. --- --- --- --- --- --- 'We are confident the facts are on our side and look forward to presenting those facts in court.' --- --- --- --- --- --- Guo made named for herself as a successful programmer at a young age by creating one of the first-ever Twitter bots that allowed users to auto-follow based on specific hashtags, according to the New York Post. --- --- --- --- --- --- She was once awarded the coveted PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel Fellowship and made the Forbes '30 Under 30' list in 2018, then founded Passes in 2022. --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Paris HiltonJake Paul