William Foster launched nonprofit to save sex trafficking victims but prosecutors say he was actually luring teens into prostitution

The revelations about the founder of “Foster’s Care” is the latest cautionary tale about the dark motives of so-called “white knight” saviors. The full criminal complaint against William Foster is reproduced below. 

Foster is facing federal sex trafficking charges after he recruited girls from mostly foster homes into a life of prostitution.

William Foster

He “used displays of a fun and wealthy lifestyle as a way to recruit new females,” letting some of the girls and women drive high-end cars and wear designer clothes, shoes and handbags, the complaint said. Foster would also place the females on a “lemon diet” and funded cosmetic surgery for some, including breast augmentation, buttock injections, rhinoplasties and rib removals, according to the federal complaint.

The Washington Post reports:

It was a hot mid-August night in Broward County, Florida, when a recovering heroin addict said she first encountered one of William Foster’s recruiters outside a nightclub.

A week later, the young woman met Foster, 48, at a strip club, where she told him about her struggles at her “dysfunctional” home. Foster told her she should pack her belongings and move in with him until she could get back on her feet. That same night, she packed a bag and Foster drove her to one of his three homes in South Florida, telling her he would save her.

Instead, he allegedly forced the woman, identified as “Victim 3,” into sexual servitude as an exotic dancer and prostitute as part of a 15-year enterprise that targeted teenage girls in foster care and vulnerable young women, according to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

She wasn’t the only woman Foster allegedly enticed with the promise of safety. Prosecutors said in a Nov. 14 criminal complaint that the South Florida man paid to set up a website for a nonprofit called Foster’s Care, Inc., that promised “a comprehensive restoration program for victims of Human Sex Trafficking,” and “protection in partnership with police and FBI.”

In reality, law enforcement officials say Foster, who faces sex trafficking charges, offered women flashy sports cars and luxury designer clothes while withholding the cash they made performing sex work while under his control. Now, two of the women who worked with him also face charges for their role in his operation.

Victim 2 says she was 17 years old when she was introduced to William Foster at the Gold Rush strip club in Miami.

 

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William Foster launched nonprofit to save sex trafficking victims but prosecutors say he was actually luring teens into prostitution

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