Seattle Men Forced 14-Year-Old Into Prostitution by Threatening Family

"And he threatened her both with her own life, and that he would also kill her family if she didn't comply."

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August 8, 2008 at 8:12 am - KING-TV
Dateline: Seattle, WA
crazy forrest   August 8th, 2008 - 10:19 am

Yeah… I’ve never found it fair either when someone with a long history of infractions with the law is arrested again for doing something stupid, dangerous, and criminal.

Matt   August 8th, 2008 - 11:36 am

It doesn’t matter if the girl was willing. If these men want to live like thugs, they’ll die like thugs. Give the father a bat and 15 minutes with them.

tduck   August 8th, 2008 - 11:53 am

… hang ‘em

B1tch   August 8th, 2008 - 1:18 pm

I have no idea where the truth lies here, but I am pretty sure the reported convicting the guy at the end “and he has a felony drug conviction” with her smarmy attitude is not necessary, just irritating.

Knobbery in Seattle at I Blame The Patriarchy   August 9th, 2008 - 9:58 am

[...] a spectacular display of rape-blindness, these Seattle news-blobs call it “prostitution” when two criminals kidnap a 14-year-old girl and force her to “have sex with” five men [...]

Niko Bellic   August 9th, 2008 - 12:19 pm

If they don’t want it to seem racist maybe people of color should start policing their own communities. I live in WA, I am white, Would I set foot on Rainier Ave/MLK Way? Hell no, as much as I would like a bullet coming my way, and I’m not in the crack market, so I’ll stay in white neighborhoods where as odd as it may seem things like this just don’t happen.

Sita   August 10th, 2008 - 11:36 am

When a 14 year old (who cannot legally give consent) is kidnapped and threatened, you cannot call what happened to her body “prostitution” or “hav[ing] sex.” She was raped! Non-consensual contact means rape – not sex. Get your terms correct.

spigette   August 12th, 2008 - 6:52 pm

Why are they not being charged with rape? What about the 5 men she was “forced to have sex with” i.e. was raped by? Are they being charged?

When a person is forced to have sex against her will, it is not prostitution, it is rape. This makes me sick.

[...] Crime. (Via.) Prospective help for the victim and people like her. (See also.) Support the Trafficking Victims Protection Act. Thank you and good night. [...]

Anarcha-Feminist Superstar   August 13th, 2008 - 7:08 am

Niko, you’re an idiot. White men rape too, and constantly. They just get away with it.

B1tch, the truth is that someone kidnapped and raped a fourteen year old. I’m not sure how there’s any other way to spin it.

Matt, it matters very much if she was willing and, given that this girl is important in and of her own right and not just as the damaged property of the nearest male relative, I’d much rather she be allowed to enact her own revenge. As long as we’re engaging in useless fantasies, why not hand her a knife, chain the dudes to some chairs, and see what happens?

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