The victim, who was not identified in court documents that provided detail about her time in captivity, said she and two or three other females were held hostage. One of the accused, Chris Smiley, 27, Indianapolis, referred to the victims as “Team Smiley,” and advertised their services on Craig’s List and LiveLinks.
The unidentified victim told police she was taken hostage around March 1, and held about three weeks and forced into prostitution because her parents owed Smiley about $500 for crack cocaine.
Smiley first made the victim work as a stripper at the Wild Cheri, a strip club in Speedway, and he collected the money she made after each dance. But the club told the woman she couldn’t work there anymore when she showed up with a black eye that Smiley gave her.

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