She met him on Facebook. Days later, BART police rescued her, severely injured, at Lake Merritt

"OAKLAND - The ordeal for a Bay Area woman started when she started talking to a man on Facebook Dating and agreed to meet him at the Coliseum BART station, according to court records. It ended days later, at the Lake Merritt BART station, when police stopped the woman and her male companion and told her to remove her sunglasses and ski mask. When she did, they saw her horrifying injuries - broken bones in her face, both eyes bruised and swollen shut, and a missing tooth, according to police and the woman's own testimony."

"Her alleged attacker, identified by police as 30-year-old Devin Budd of East Palo Alto, had spent the last several weeks barely escaping serious legal consequences in other incidents of alleged domestic violence and sexual assault. But this time, prosecutors brought a multi-count felony complaint against him, charging Budd with human trafficking, rape, sexual abuse, and assault of the woman over a six-day span last June, court records show. Budd remains jailed without bail, and has an upcoming court date set for November."

"The lone witness at Budd's preliminary hearing was his alleged victim, known in court only as Jane Doe. She testified that Budd took her phone, refused to allow her to contact her mother, and would tell her things like "don't make me kill you" when she attempted to resist sexual advances or his orders to prostitute herself in East Oakland. She said he provided condoms and instructions on how much to charge "customers,""

A Bay Area woman met a man on Facebook Dating and agreed to meet him at the Coliseum BART station. Days later at Lake Merritt BART police removed her sunglasses and ski mask and discovered broken facial bones, swollen shut eyes, and a missing tooth. Prosecutors allege Devin Budd subjected her to multiple sexual assaults at an Alameda hotel, forced her into sexual servitude over six days, and beat her severely. Budd allegedly confiscated her phone, prevented contact with her mother, threatened "don't make me kill you," provided condoms and pricing instructions, and forced her to wear a ski mask in public. Budd remains jailed without bail with a November court date.

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