New York financier Howard Rubin and his personal assistant charged with sex trafficking

"The indictment lays out allegations that encounters with paid sex workers were facilitated by Powers and included acts involving bondage, discipline, dominance, submission, and sadomasochism (or "BDSM"). The indictment alleges that during "many" of such encounters, Rubin "brutalized women's bodies, causing them to fear for their safety and/or resulting in significant pain or injuries, which at times required women to seek medical attention.""

""For many years, Howard Rubin and Jennifer Powers allegedly spent at least one million dollars to finance the commercial sexual torture of multiple women via a national trafficking network," FBI Assistant Director in Charge Christopher Raia said in a statement about the charges. "The defendants allegedly exploited Rubin's status to ensnare their prospective victims and forced them to endure unthinkable physical trauma before silencing any outcries with threats of legal recourse.""

Howard Rubin was arraigned and held without bail on a 10-count sex-trafficking indictment. Jennifer Powers, his personal assistant, was also charged. The indictment alleges the pair transported women to a New York penthouse described as a "sex dungeon" to engage in paid commercial sex acts including bondage, discipline, dominance, submission, and sadomasochism (BDSM). The indictment asserts Rubin "brutalized women's bodies," causing fear, significant pain, and injuries that sometimes required medical attention. Prosecutors say the defendants spent at least $1 million financing commercial sexual torture through a national trafficking network and used Rubin's status and threats of legal recourse to silence victims. Rubin pleaded not guilty and a judge denied a $25 million bond on public safety and flight risk grounds, ordering detention.

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