Judge doesn’t dismiss pimping charges against Backpage executives [Updated]

A California judge said Wednesday that he will decline to dismiss the pimping and other charges that California's attorney general levied against the Backpage.com CEO and two of its former owners. He has asked both sides for further briefing, according to The Recorder.

Carl Ferrer.

Carl Ferrer, 55, was charged with pimping a minor, pimping, and conspiracy to commit pimping in connection to online advertisements posted on the online ads portal.

California's attorney general and US Senator-elect, Kamala Harris, alleged that advertisements amounted to solicitation of prostitution. Ferrer and co-defendants were accused of making millions in profits off the backs of women and children forced into sexual servitude. The charges were brought as Harris—who decried the site as "the world's top online brothel"—was running for a US Senate seat, which she won last week.

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