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

Tue, 10 Dec 2019 20:05:54 +0000

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. He “used displays of a […]

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READ Nevada Legislature’s Motion to Dismiss the Rebekah Charleston Anti-Brothel Lawsuit

Thu, 09 May 2019 22:42:56 +0000

At the end of April, the Nevada legislature filed a Motion to Dismiss Charleston v. State of Nevada, an idiotic, ideologically-motivated lawsuit challenging Nevada’s laws and ordinances permitting legalized prostitution in licensed brothels. As we reported last month, the state and its governor, Steve Sisolak, (both named alongside the Nevada legislature in the complaint) filed […]

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Avenatti indicted on 36 counts by fed grand jury; accused of ripping off mentally ill paraplegic; faces 335 years in prison

Thu, 11 Apr 2019 18:26:57 +0000

“Celebrity attorney” and carnival barker Michael Avenatti has been slammed with a new 36-count indictment by a federal grand jury in California that accuses him of embezzling clients— including a mentally ill paraplegic — for millions of dollars, shorting the IRS of millions more, swiping millions of dollars in employment taxes from his coffee company — and […]

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Adult industry scores major win in 2257 federal record keeping lawsuit

Wed, 23 May 2018 02:19:09 +0000

Below is today’s statement from the Free Speech Coalition on the tremendous legal victory that is U.S. District Judge Michael Baylson’s decision in the 18 U.S.C. §§ 2257 and 2257A lawsuit. The adult industry has pursued this cause since 2009. Today the court ordered plaintiffs’ attorneys and the U.S. Department of Justice to propose a decree […]

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