Police bust ‘OnlyFans house’ where women were allegedly abused, forced to make adult content

BELLEVUE, Wash. (KING) - What neighbors thought was an out-of-control party house in Washington state turned out to be something much more troubling, according to police who raided the property as part of a human trafficking investigation.

Neighbors feel relief after weeks of crowded streets, loud parties and repeated calls to police outside a sprawling Bellevue mansion that transformed the normally quiet neighborhood.

“They started having parties every Saturday night,” said one neighbor, who asked to remain anonymous for safety reasons. “Just piling out of cars. Some of them would be brandishing bottles of vodka, reveling in the street on their way to the house.”

Neighbors say the activity began shortly after new tenants moved into the home last fall. The gatherings quickly became a nuisance, with one neighbor estimating she called police nearly every weekend since August.

“It became a real nuisance because nobody could go anywhere,” she said. “So, we all started calling 911.”

Everyone thought they were dealing with an out-of-control party house, but Bellevue Police say what they found inside was so much more.

Police raided the mansion before dawn Thursday as part of a human trafficking investigation. According to court documents, detectives believe the property was operating as an OnlyFans content house.

Investigators say they found more than 300 cell phones, more than 50 laptops, a notebook listing women’s names and earnings, a whiteboard labeled “Content Plan” and financial records. Police also seized multiple luxury vehicles from the property.

Court documents allege several women were recruited to create adult content for sites like OnlyFans and Chaturbate with promises of thousands of dollars in payouts every month, but they told detectives they were locked out of their accounts and couldn’t access the money they made.

The victims also allege the suspects forced them to stay online chatting with “fans” for at least eight hours every day, plus several more hours of recording videos. When they pushed back against the demands of the work, they say the suspects threatened, beat and restrained them.

Police arrested a man in connection with the investigation during Thursday’s raid. He is being held on $5 million bail and is expected in court Monday.

For neighbors, the investigation has transformed what they believed was simply a party house into something much more troubling. The questions that lingered for months now have answers they never expected.

But after months of crowds, traffic and sleepless weekends, the quiet has returned.