“Created by an Essex family in 2016, OnlyFans works by encouraging users (fans) to pay monthly subscriptions to creators, anywhere between $5 and $50 a month, whom they can message and request personalised content.”

“The Stokely family sold the business to Radvinsky in 2018 for an undisclosed sum while it was still a relatively small, growing business.”

“Radvinsky, who owned the firm outright, placed his shares in the family trust in 2024, when his illness became more severe, and several attempts were made to sell the company before he died.”

“Radvinsky made an early career decision to keep a low profile and was at pains to keep his family out of the public eye; he never gave a media interview and only one photograph of him, smiling with his arms crossed across his chest, has been circulated.”

“Adreena Winters, an OnlyFans performer, said she was grateful to the site for helping her to earn a regular income from producing adult content.”

“In an Instagram post marking Radvinsky’s death, Exodus Cry, an American Christian non-profit that campaigns against commercial sexual exploitation, said the firm was 'grooming an entire generation of girls to believe self-objectification is the easy path to a successful life'.”