Utterly false. The female victims, none of whom spoke English, were freed, not charged. The participants in the ring were charged. I’ll never forget seeing the conditions in which the victims were kept -
Not allowed to leave the parlors, forced to eat all their meals & sleep in a small room they shared with other victims. I remember the pink suitcase of one young woman who had only just arrived (from Asia via California), spoke no English, & hadn’t even had time to unpack
Before being forced into sex work. This is the exploitation you are defending. And it’s revolting
Please do look it up. Do watch video taken at the scene and the news reports filed that day. And the court record from the next day. Please do look good and hard at the conditions these women were forced to live and work in. And then ask yourself why you call that freedom
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