Woman sues hotels where she was allegedly raped 1,000 times

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LOS ANGELES – A woman who alleges she was raped by guests nearly 1,000 times at motels operated by a trio of nationwide brands sued all three Tuesday, alleging the companies regularly profit from sex trafficking and do not do enough to stop it.
The plaintiff is identified only as Jane AB Doe in the Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit brought against Motel 6 franchisor G6 Hospitality LLC, Wyndham Hotel Group and Red Roof Inn, alleging violation of the federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act.
She seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages.
Doe says she was raped nearly 1,000 times at the defendants’ hotels and during that time the plaintiff knew of “countless” other victims who were also raped at the hotels.
“Often, hotel employees would not only witness Jane AB Doe being trafficked, but they would actively help her trafficker perpetrate the crime, and on some occasions, would even watch Jane AB Doe as she was being raped or participate in the rape themselves,” the suit states.
Representatives for the three hotel chains did not immediately reply to requests for comment.
The hotels where Doe alleges she was abused were located in California and Texas, including Motel 6 franchises in downtown Los Angeles and Gardena.
All of the defendants “financially benefited from the sex trafficking of Jane AB Doe and other victims like her and developed and maintained business models that attract and foster the commercial sex market for traffickers,” the suit alleges.
Instead of stopping the alleged illegal activities, the chains “enjoy the steady stream of income that sex traffickers bring to their hotels,” the suit states.
“Therefore, these defendants’ failure to investigate and monitor human trafficking is sufficient to establish defendants knew or should have known of human trafficking for commercial sex occurring at their brand properties, including the locations where Plaintiff was trafficked,” the complaint further alleges.
Doe met her trafficker in Dallas, Texas, after she ran away from child protective services at age 13 and that night he sexually assaulted her at gunpoint and later told her that he owned her, the suit states.
“She wakes up the next morning and her trafficker gives her clothes and heels,” the suit states, adding that she began being trafficked within 24 hours.
Each day, the trafficker forced Doe to service enough customers to satisfy his daily minimum and she was not allowed to leave hotel rooms, including to feed herself, the suit states.
“Her trafficker would beat, yell and torment Doe often and loudly in the public common areas of the hotels in which she was trafficked,” the suit states.
Maids allegedly told Doe they were not allowed to service the rooms where the plaintiff was being kept and hotel employees instructed Doe, her trafficker and the customers to use specific entrances and exits so as to limit they chance of being seen, the suit states. (CNS)