An OnlyFans model has been banned from the platform after collaborating with a fan who was under 18, raising questions about the effectiveness of OnlyFans’ age verification process.
Michelle Comi, an Italian Instagram model, shared in a deleted TikTok video that she made a raunchy video with a fan who was underage. She explained that she held a contest to choose someone from her followers and then filmed the video with the winner. However, she admitted she hadn’t verified the fan’s age before shooting the video.
After the video was released, Comi faced backlash, and OnlyFans removed the video and banned her for breaking the platform’s rules. While the age of consent in Italy is 14, OnlyFans only allows content from users who are over 18.
Comi acknowledged her mistake, saying that she should have been more careful and confirmed the fan’s age. She admitted that, because it was her first time doing this, she trusted the fan without properly verifying him.
In a follow-up post, Comi said, “I hope he at least enjoyed himself.” After the ban, she informed her followers on Telegram that she had opened a new platform for support.
The incident has raised concerns about OnlyFans’ age verification process, which is supposed to block underage users. A BBC investigation revealed that minors, as young as 13, have been able to bypass the platform’s age check using fake IDs or documents from family members. In one case, a 14-year-old girl used her grandmother’s passport to sign up.
The investigation also showed that a 17-year-old girl sold explicit videos and made over $6,000 in a week before her account was suspended. There have been reports of children as young as 12 contacting adult creators on the platform, raising alarms about the potential risks of underage exploitation.
This has led to calls for better safeguards to prevent underage users from accessing adult content on the platform.
