Porn lawyers: legal help when sexual images or videos of you are online
Whether the images or videos were never meant to be seen, or you agreed once and now want them gone, the law is with you, and we can usually have them removed. You may be frightened and ashamed, and imagining everyone you know coming across it. You did nothing wrong by coming here, and you are not alone. We act for performers and creators, for people who were filmed in secret or pressured into filming, for people whose ex-partner shared their images, and for people who find a fake image of themselves online. This article sends you straight to the help that fits what has happened to you.
If you run an adult website, a subscription platform or a production company, our adult website lawyers page is the place to start.
If intimate content of you is online
Films you once agreed to make can often come down too, not only images shared behind your back. The law has also moved a long way. Sharing someone's intimate image without their agreement, or threatening to, is a crime under section 66B of the Sexual Offences Act 2003. Since 6 February 2026, section 66E of the same Act has made it a crime to create a fake sexual image of an adult who has not agreed. And under section 10(3A) of the Online Safety Act 2023, a platform reached from the UK now has 48 hours to act once you report an intimate image shared without your consent. When it is gone, the checking, the dread and the sleepless nights can finally stop.
Pick the guide that matches what has happened to you:
- Remove porn images and videos from the internet: how we get content taken down from adult sites, search results and file-sharing sites
- Remove porn films from the internet: when your films have spread across many sites
- Regret over porn film: you said yes to being filmed back then and want the film taken down now
- Privacy injunction to remove a porn video: when a publisher refuses and a court order is needed
- Sexual coercion and pornography: you were pressured or forced into making the content
- Secretly filmed: you were recorded without knowing, and the footage is online or someone is threatening to share it
- Deepfake intimate images of you: someone has used AI or editing to put you in sexual content, or is spreading it
- Revenge porn legal advice: an ex or anyone else has posted or sent private images of you, or threatens to
- How to remove revenge porn from the internet: the practical steps to take now
- Sexual blackmail and sextortion: someone is threatening to share images unless you pay or do what they say
If you perform in or make adult content
Performers and creators come to us when something about their work has gone wrong: a producer will not honour what was agreed, a film is being used in a way they never signed up for, or someone online has found out who they are. You chose this work, and that does not mean you have to put up with being exploited or harassed because of it. These guides cover the problems we see most:
- Is a release form by porn film actor valid: when a release form or performer contract can be challenged
- Using copyright to get videos of you taken down: who owns the rights in your content, and buying back the rights to your films
- OnlyFans harassment legal support and advice: protecting your identity as a creator and stopping stalkers and harassers
- Legal help for sex workers and cam performers: contracts, harassment, and keeping your identity out of court
- Is my adult content legal?: what the law allows, and the few things that are illegal
If your account has been taken over or shut down, our legal support for influencers covers getting it back.
How we work
The first step is a private consultation with one of our solicitors. We know that talking about something this personal can be hard, so we start by listening, without judging. Then we explain your options and what each is likely to achieve, and tell you how long it should take and what it will cost. We agree a plan with you and carry it out, starting with the quickest route, which in most cases is a letter. Afterwards we keep an eye out for anything that resurfaces and deal with it, so the watching is no longer your job.
If something is about to be published, or has just gone up, tell us straight away. We act the same day where we need to, because content is far easier to stop before it spreads. Everything you tell us is confidential, and we keep your name out of correspondence with sites and producers wherever we can. From the moment you contact us, you no longer have to deal with this on your own.
You need not face this alone, and a single solicitor's letter often settles it.
If the site is in the United States or Canada
You have come to the right place. Many adult sites and platforms are based in North America, and over the years we have built a close network of internet lawyers across the United States who, like us, do this work every day. Some of them act as in-house or outside lawyers to the platforms themselves. That sometimes lets us reach the right person quickly and get personal content removed quietly, without anyone going to court. You deal with us, and we bring in the right people.
People we have helped
We have changed names and some details in these stories to protect our clients' privacy.
He was homeless when a maker paid him £180 for a film, and he pleaded for it never to be released. We traced the anonymous operator behind the site, who turned out to be a headteacher, and the film came down along with his whole site. Read the case of Mario Rogers, the porn headmaster.
A mother dreaded her employer, and one day her child, finding films she was pressured into making as a young woman. We challenged the contracts she had signed with four producers, and she now controls most of those films. Read the removal of old online adult content case study.
Frequently asked questions
What does a porn lawyer do?
A porn lawyer helps people who have sexual images or videos of themselves online that they did not agree to, or no longer agree to. That usually means getting the content taken down and stopping the people who share it or threaten to share it. It also means helping performers and creators with contracts, release forms and harassment.
I agreed to the filming, or was paid for it. Can you still help?
In many cases, yes. A release form or performer contract can sometimes be challenged, and if you own the copyright in your content you can use it to have copies taken down. We look at what you signed, and what you did not, before telling you where you stand.
It is about to be published, or has just gone up. What can I do today?
Contact us straight away. We can write to the site, the host and the person involved the same day, report the content under the 48-hour takedown duty, and, where the threat is serious, ask the court for an urgent order to stop publication.
Will anyone find out I contacted you?
No. Everything you tell us is confidential. We write as your solicitors and tell sites and producers no more than they need to locate the content, and should a case ever reach a judge, you can ask to stay anonymous.
Do I have to go to court to get content removed?
Usually not. Often one firm letter to the website, its host or the uploader is all it takes. A court order is the fallback when someone refuses.
Do you act for adult websites and producers?
Yes, on age checks, platform terms and performer contracts. That work has its own guide, adult website lawyers, so this article stays with the people the content is about.
