US woman wants to sue video-sharing sites associated with PornHub in Irish Courts

The American woman claims that recordings of her being sexually abused appear on the site

In a preliminary application before Mr Justice Mark Sanfey at the High Court on Thursday, the woman's lawyers asked the court for permission to grant her anonymity in the proceedings. File picture

An American woman who claims that recordings of her being sexually abused appeared on video-sharing sites associated with 'PornHub' wants to bring a damages action before the Irish Courts.

The woman, who lives in the United States, claims that that she was drugged and raped by a man when she was a minor.