Tag: Sex
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Psychology Expert Was Allowed to Opine on Voluntary Adult Sex-Work Subculture
Defendants Brandon Washington and Maria Georgianna Palm are charged with various crimes arising out of their scheme to recruit, entice, harbor, transport, provide, obtain, and maintain vulnerable women, and to perform commercial sex acts for their financial benefit via threats of force, fraud, and coercion. The United States of America filed a motion in limine…
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Law Enforcement Expert Was Not Allowed to Opine on Trafficking at Hotels
This case arises under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA), which provides victims of sex trafficking a civil remedy against the perpetrators and beneficiaries of their trafficking. Plaintiff C.L.F. filed this action to recover for alleged harm she experienced from being trafficked at a Motel 6 in Wichita, Kansas, that she claims was owned…
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Hotel Security Expert Was Not Allowed to Opine on the Adequacy of Training
Jane Doe K.R. sued Defendants, Choice Hotels, Choice Hotels International, Inc., and Choice Hotels International Services Corp. under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA). Plaintiff alleged that between March and May 2013, she was the victim of sex trafficking at an Orlando, Florida hotel owned and operated by WHG, a franchisee of the Choice…
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Human Trafficking Expert’s Testimony About Shell Companies Admitted
Jane Doe 3, a victim of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse, sued Darren K. Indyke and Richard D. Kahn in their capacities as the executors of Jeffrey Epstein’s estate for participating in a sex-trafficking venture in violation of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA). Doe’s rebuttal expert, Jane Khodarkovsky, is a former state and federal prosecutor who…
