Ortega earned his promotion to protector of the world’s biggest sex trafficking hub, Backpage.com, by defending sexual predators—and he didn’t stop there.

As Ortega’s former bosses head for trial in summer 2023 on a 100-count grand jury indictment, his role comes back to haunt him—no matter what hush money he was paid.

As the pandemic death toll mounted, Tony Ortega answered human suffering by scorning the beliefs of those who sought solace in religion. It was nothing new for him.

Silverstein channels her antireligious extremism through financial support of her husband, blogger Tony Ortega.

Tony Ortega has tried to conceal the truth about his longest-running source: twice-convicted criminal and antireligious kidnapper Rick Ross.