Sex Trafficking Survivor Sues Brooklyn Center Hotel Owners

A Minnesota woman who says she was forced into sex trafficking as a teen has filed a federal lawsuit against the owners of several Twin Cities hotels, including the Brooklyn Center Super 8.

The unidentified woman, named only as T.S. in the lawsuit, said she was trafficked for sex in 2013 when she was 15 years old and had run away from home.

“T.S.’s path to the subject Super 8 Hotel began when, as a 15-year-old girl, she was ensnared by sex traffickers who deceived her into thinking he planned to take care of her,” the lawsuit read. “After acquiescing to her traffickers demands under the constant threat of violence, she began to find herself forced to do increasingly depraved things, in increasingly depraved locations, such as the subject Super 8 Wyndham Hotel.”

She was often forced to commit acts with seven to 20 men per day, the suit said.

The suit claims that hotel employees were aware T.S. was being trafficked but did nothing to stop it.

Traffickers would sit outside T.S.’s hotel room to monitor her, force her to dress provocatively in ways that were inappropriate for her age and the weather, have a high volume of men coming to the room regularly, request extra towels and sheets, and force her to sit in a car while housekeeping services were provided, the suit alleged.

Likewise, the suit also alleges that the hotel allowed traffickers to rent rooms without providing personal information and use cash or non-traceable payment methods.

One of the defendants, The Wyndham, denied the allegations in a court filing, saying it “lacks knowledge or information sufficient to form a belief as to the truth” of the T.S.’s sex trafficking claims.

Police Raids

The hotel is one of four that law enforcement raided last week in a sprawling investigation into human and drug trafficking.

Police said they have now arrested 28 people on allegations of human trafficking, drug sales or manufacturing and gun possession. Likewise, the operation has identified 17 girls and women as victims of human trafficking at the four hotels.

Related: Police: 17 Human Trafficking Victims Rescued in Brooklyn Center Hotel Raids

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