"To Audra Doody, the red flags were abundantly clear: the stream of male callers, the bruises, the large volume of discarded condoms, and the hotel bills paid in cash. But even amid increasingly obvious signs of sex trafficking, Doody alleges, staff at several Massachusetts hotels continued to turn a blind eye to her abuse, leaving her to suffer in silence."
""They are hosting most of it, whether or not they know what's happening," said Doody, co-executive director of Worcester-based nonprofit Safe Exit Initiative. "They profit so much off of this industry that they should be held accountable a little bit and just have better safety precautions for people," she added in an interview. "I know for me, there's a few times where I just was completely ignored by [hotel] staff.""
A survivor reports repeated, obvious red flags including frequent male callers, bruises, discarded condoms, and cash-paid hotel bills while alleging hotel staff ignored signs of sex trafficking. The survivor filed a federal civil suit under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act accusing several major hotel chains of knowing or should have known about trafficking and profiting. The lawsuit recounts trafficking by three men across multiple hotels in 2014–2015, control of daily life, and forced prostitution. The complaint asserts front desk staff avoided eye contact and housekeeping reacted dismissively, and calls for hotel accountability and improved safety precautions.
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