OnlyFans couldn’t shake the chatter lawsuit and agencies running creator DMs are still on the hook. Fans say they paid to DM OnlyFans creators and were really talking to hired chatters.
A federal judge let part of that lawsuit keep going, including claims against the agencies that run creator accounts.
The fans are suing OnlyFans and the management agencies they say put chatters on creator accounts.
Most of the case has already been thrown out, but on October 20th the judge let a few claims move forward.
Against the agencies, the fans can keep arguing that they were misled about who they were talking to and that their personal info was shared with chatters. That second claim falls under a federal video privacy law, and the judge pointed to specifics like one fan’s $18 video purchase.
Against OnlyFans, contract claims survived. The judge tied them to platform tools like mass messages, spending stats and a notes field for each fan. The lawsuit says chatters use those notes to hand fans off between shifts.
The judge also said fans can only sue agencies that managed creators they actually paid for.
OnlyFans and the agencies have until November 20 to answer.