Now, she is speaking out about the accusations against her to the News 3 investigative team. On March 6, Virginia Beach police were called to a hotel at the Oceanfront for domestic violence. A search warrant states that they encountered a woman who said she had allegedly been forced into human sex trafficking by a year-old woman from Florida.
Three days later, police arrested that suspect in Hampton. She denies the accusations. It was a friend of mine and we were both prostituting," she said. She admits she's worked as a prostitute for years, but says she's not a trafficker. She says she herself knows what it's like to be trafficked and the violence that goes along with it. WTKR does not identify people who say they've been victims of human trafficking.
I haven't done anything to them by force, ever," she said. Court records state that she had been to New York, Virginia and Florida for prostitution. She says she's been all over the United States over the past 15 years. Probably like 36 states I've been to, prostituting," she said. Nonprofit Samaritan House helps survivors locally. They say Hampton Roads is a hub for human trafficking, ranking 15th in the nation for trafficking cases.
Samaritan House is opening a place for trafficked youth called The Hallows hopefully by this fall. Gauthier says the idea came after a year-old survivor showed up at their facility detoxing from drugs several years ago. That's how sick she was. I said, we have to do something about that.
That's what motivated me to build The Hallows," said Gauthier. We have a local human trafficking task force in Hampton Roads. You can report suspicious activity to police or the National Human Trafficking Hotline. We have more information on our website. For more information on the help Samaritan House provides, click here. The hotline has tips on how to get help, report a tip and more are available here. News Investigations. Actions Facebook Tweet Email. Woman charged with human sex trafficking denies accusations in jailhouse interview.
