Tag: sex trafficking
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Virginia Giuffre’s family urges Rep. Crank’s help in release of Epstein files
Family members of the late Virginia Roberts Giuffre, an accuser of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, and other survivors called for the release of the Epstein files outside 5th District U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank’s office Wednesday in Colorado Springs. “As Virginia’s brother, and on behalf of the survivors, I am here to remind you we…
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Virginia Giuffre’s family urges Rep. Crank’s help in release of Epstein files
Family members of the late Virginia Roberts Giuffre, an accuser of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, and other survivors called for the release of the Epstein files outside 5th District U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank’s office Wednesday in Colorado Springs. “As Virginia’s brother, and on behalf of the survivors, I am here to remind you we…
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Federal judge allows human trafficking lawsuit to proceed against Fort Collins motel operator
A federal judge agreed earlier this month that a lawsuit could proceed against the operator of a Fort Collins motel for allegedly violating a 20-year-old human trafficking law. The plaintiff, a transgender woman identified as P.C., alleged she was the victim of sex trafficking at the Motel 6 located at 3900 E. Mulberry Street. She claimed…
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Federal judge says defendant’s rights not violated by different meaning of ‘pimping’ in ‘Black culture’
A federal judge last week rejected the argument that a defendant should receive a new child sex trafficking trial because his attorney failed to ensure jurors understood “pimping” allegedly meant something different in “Black/African-American culture.” Jalil Lemason Robinson is serving a nearly 16-year sentence after jurors convicted him on two counts related to the attempted…
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Woodland Park human-trafficking survivor appointed to US advisory council
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After escaping the commercial sex trade at 17 years old, Woodland Park resident Jennisue Jessen has dedicated her life to combating human trafficking. The co-founder of an international organization that helps restore other human trafficking survivors and the co-creator of a tool used to educate…
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Woody Paige: Feel sorry for victims of human and sex trafficking, not Robert Kraft
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The New England Patriots are entangled in another “gate.’’ The latest controversy could be the most serious and consequential to be attached to the six-time Super Bowl champions. This unraveling scandal goes far beyond “Spygate’’ and “Deflategate.’’ Patriots’ owner Robert Kraft has been confronted with…