I was groomed at 13 and sold for the first time on my 14th birthday. My trafficker was a man with a cue of girls in various stages of grooming or engagement in prostitution. He was charming. He’d be called a “Romeo Pimp”.
He seduced young girls and manipulated us into thinking we were making the decision to let grown men rape us for money. It was often brutal. It was never glamorous or empowering. It was not easy money. There was plenty of money changing hands, but we only saw enough for a meal or a high. | More…