Sep 2nd, 2010
Indianapolis Escorts: Police: Woman Held Hostage, Forced Into Prostitution
Police: Woman Held Hostage, Forced Into Prostitution
2 Charged With Human Trafficking
POSTED: 5:06 pm EDT September 2, 2010
UPDATED: 6:54 pm EDT September 2, 2010
INDIANAPOLIS — A 19-year-old Indianapolis woman told police she was held against her will, beaten and forced into prostitution to pay off the drug debt of her mother’s boyfriend.
Chris Smiley, 27, and Ayannah Wills, 26, were charged with human trafficking, battery and promoting prostitution, while Latoya Harlin, 21, was charged with battery, promoting prostitution and criminal confinement, 6News’ Renee Jameson reported.
The woman told police she was taken hostage in February, when she was 18 years old, and forced to strip at a west side show club after her mother’s boyfriend did not pay Smiley for crack cocaine.
She said a few days later, when the club’s manager wouldn’t let her dance because she had a black eye, Willis threatened to kill her and rape her with a knife, police said.