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A woman who was reportedly a “sex slave” in a hotel is suing one of the largest hotel franchisors in the world, saying the chain should have stopped the rampant sex trafficking.
R.B., who calls herself a survivor of sex trafficking, has filed a civil lawsuit in Massachusetts federal court against Choice Hotels International.
She’s seeking compensation after she was reportedly sex trafficked at Choice Hotels’ Quality Inn and Suites in Worcester.
“For one to two years, between January 2016 and December 2017, R.B. was forced to be a sex slave in a sex trafficking venture between the Harboring Defendants and her Traffickers at the Quality Inn,” her Boston lawyer wrote in the suit.
For up to 20 days at a time, R.B. was repeatedly trafficked for sex through coercion, threats and force at the Quality Inn by members of the Kilby Street Gang, she claims in the lawsuit.
R.B. was reportedly forced to have sex with multiple “Johns” every day that she was trafficked at the Quality Inn. Every time she stayed at the hotel, a minimum of five “Johns” came through the hotel to purchase sex.
R.B. says she was sexually assaulted hundreds of times as part of her sexual servitude at the hotel.
She’s arguing that the Quality Inn and Choice Hotels knew or should have known that sex trafficking was going on, and that the chain financially benefited from it.
“The Harboring Defendants derived financial benefit from facilitating sex trafficking by providing venues where traffickers could exploit victims, including victims such as R.B. with minimal risk of detection or interruption,” her attorney wrote.
“The Defendants continued supporting the Traffickers despite evident and apparent signs of widespread and ongoing sex trafficking at its hotel and specifically at the Quality Inn,” the lawyer added. “The Harboring Defendants were, therefore, knowingly receiving a benefit from participation in a venture that Defendants knew or should have known was engaged in sex trafficking.”
R.B. claimed that she encountered the same hotel staff multiple times at the Quality Inn.
The staff members became familiar with R.B. and her traffickers due to their repeated presence, extended stays, frequent room changes, and constant stream of male visitors, she added.
“The Harboring Defendants’ staff saw signs of R.B.’s and other trafficked women’s abuse perpetrated by their Traffickers, including bruising and physical and verbal abuse occurring in public areas of the Quality Inn property,” her lawyer wrote.
When most of the Kilby Gang members operating out of the Quality Inn were arrested in late 2016, other perpetrators allegedly took over the area and continued to traffic R.B. and other women at the Quality Inn.
“… R.B.’s Traffickers frequently rented rooms at the Choice Quality Inn because the rooms provided convenient, anonymous, and relatively central locations for ‘Johns’ that would pay to engage in sex with R.B.,” her lawsuit reads.
“The relationship between the Traffickers, the Harboring Defendants, and the Quality Inn was continuous and obvious, and the Harboring Defendants knew or should have known about it,” the suit states.
R.B.’s traffickers reportedly connected with “Johns” by posting ads on Craigslist and Backpage. The traffickers allegedly posted many of these ads and had conversations with “Johns” while connected to Choice’s managed Wi-Fi at the Quality Inn.
On multiple occasions, R.B. said she was subjected to verbal and physical abuse.
“The loud abusive, destructive noise was never investigated by hotel staff and law enforcement was never notified,” the lawsuit reads. “The Harboring Defendants maintained and had access to security camera footage documenting the constant stream of buyers from cameras placed throughout the hotel and would have seen the trafficking of R.B. if it had followed any reasonable measure to ensure guest safety at the Quality Inn.
“The Harboring Defendants further maintained reservation systems, guest-complaint databases, and Wi-Fi records that documented unusually high foot traffic, short-term male visitors, and repeated disturbances associated with R.B.’s trafficking,” the suit states. “Despite access to this information, Defendants took no corrective action and continued profiting from the venture.”
Choice Hotels did not immediately respond to comment about the lawsuit.
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A woman who was reportedly a “sex slave” in a hotel is suing one of the largest hotel franchisors in the world, saying the chain should have stopped the rampant sex trafficking.
R.B., who calls herself a survivor of sex trafficking, has filed a civil lawsuit in Massachusetts federal court against Choice Hotels International.
She’s seeking compensation after she was reportedly sex trafficked at Choice Hotels’ Quality Inn and Suites in Worcester.
“For one to two years, between January 2016 and December 2017, R.B. was forced to be a sex slave in a sex trafficking venture between the Harboring Defendants and her Traffickers at the Quality Inn,” her Boston lawyer wrote in the suit.
For up to 20 days at a time, R.B. was repeatedly trafficked for sex through coercion, threats and force at the Quality Inn by members of the Kilby Street Gang, she claims in the lawsuit.
R.B. was reportedly forced to have sex with multiple “Johns” every day that she was trafficked at the Quality Inn. Every time she stayed at the hotel, a minimum of five “Johns” came through the hotel to purchase sex.
R.B. says she was sexually assaulted hundreds of times as part of her sexual servitude at the hotel.
She’s arguing that the Quality Inn and Choice Hotels knew or should have known that sex trafficking was going on, and that the chain financially benefited from it.
“The Harboring Defendants derived financial benefit from facilitating sex trafficking by providing venues where traffickers could exploit victims, including victims such as R.B. with minimal risk of detection or interruption,” her attorney wrote.
“The Defendants continued supporting the Traffickers despite evident and apparent signs of widespread and ongoing sex trafficking at its hotel and specifically at the Quality Inn,” the lawyer added. “The Harboring Defendants were, therefore, knowingly receiving a benefit from participation in a venture that Defendants knew or should have known was engaged in sex trafficking.”
R.B. claimed that she encountered the same hotel staff multiple times at the Quality Inn.
The staff members became familiar with R.B. and her traffickers due to their repeated presence, extended stays, frequent room changes, and constant stream of male visitors, she added.
“The Harboring Defendants’ staff saw signs of R.B.’s and other trafficked women’s abuse perpetrated by their Traffickers, including bruising and physical and verbal abuse occurring in public areas of the Quality Inn property,” her lawyer wrote.
When most of the Kilby Gang members operating out of the Quality Inn were arrested in late 2016, other perpetrators allegedly took over the area and continued to traffic R.B. and other women at the Quality Inn.
“… R.B.’s Traffickers frequently rented rooms at the Choice Quality Inn because the rooms provided convenient, anonymous, and relatively central locations for ‘Johns’ that would pay to engage in sex with R.B.,” her lawsuit reads.
“The relationship between the Traffickers, the Harboring Defendants, and the Quality Inn was continuous and obvious, and the Harboring Defendants knew or should have known about it,” the suit states.
R.B.’s traffickers reportedly connected with “Johns” by posting ads on Craigslist and Backpage. The traffickers allegedly posted many of these ads and had conversations with “Johns” while connected to Choice’s managed Wi-Fi at the Quality Inn.
On multiple occasions, R.B. said she was subjected to verbal and physical abuse.
“The loud abusive, destructive noise was never investigated by hotel staff and law enforcement was never notified,” the lawsuit reads. “The Harboring Defendants maintained and had access to security camera footage documenting the constant stream of buyers from cameras placed throughout the hotel and would have seen the trafficking of R.B. if it had followed any reasonable measure to ensure guest safety at the Quality Inn.
“The Harboring Defendants further maintained reservation systems, guest-complaint databases, and Wi-Fi records that documented unusually high foot traffic, short-term male visitors, and repeated disturbances associated with R.B.’s trafficking,” the suit states. “Despite access to this information, Defendants took no corrective action and continued profiting from the venture.”
Choice Hotels did not immediately respond to comment about the lawsuit.
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