Leslie Campbell kidnapped 14 yr. old girl and sold her for sex

[Sister Iroz]

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo35/Special2bme/Story-38.jpgSAN ANTONIO -- A teenage girl who police say was kidnapped in San Antonio and sold for sex has been reunited with her family.

The 14-year-old girl was staying at a San Antonio homeless shelter. She told police she was walking near the shelter on Monday, March 23, when two people lured her into their car then sold her for sex.

The teen says she was driven to Corpus Christi by a man named Leslie Campbell. She told investigators Campbell took her to a strip club where he made her apply for a job using a fake ID with the picture of his ex-girlfriend. The girl said she worked at the club for one night.

According to investigators, the teen got away from the 48-year-old while he showered at a friend's apartment. After wandering around, she finally spotted and flagged down a police officer for help.

Investigators said the teen had grabbed documents from Campbell that later helped officers track him down.

According to police, the teen had injuries and marks on her body. Investigators said Campbell had expectations of how much money the girl should bring in each night, and that when she didn't meet those expectations, she was beaten.

The girl was checked out by doctors at a Corpus Christ hospital and was then reunited with her family.

Campbell was arrested and charged with aggravated kidnapping. He told police the girl made up the entire story.

http://www.woai.com/news/local/story/Police-say-teen-kidnapped-sold-for-sex/yOITPfNP5UmonffKnqXq9g.cspx?rss=68

[sanityslipping]

I'm so glad the girl was wise enough to take the opportunity and run. Who knows what the hell would have happened to her if she didn't preform well enough a few too many times.

She's lucky to be alive. The escape attempt, had it failed could have cost her her life, but it's a good thing she took the chance.

[Wicked Doll]

Smart cookie, she even knew to grab documents that would aid the investigation. Thank goodness she got away.

[runecire]

This could have turned out so much worse. Glad she is OK. Smart girl.

What was she doing living in a homeless shelter to begin with? Were her parents also there? Did I miss something?

[Dakota Valkyrie]

A strip club that hired a 14-year-old as an exotic dancer is now suing the girl, saying the seventh-grader swindled them into breaking state law.

The San Antonio teen allegedly exposed her breasts while working at Cheetah Club in Corpus Christi, a violation of state law.

Alan Yaffe, the club’s attorney, said the club didn’t know the girl was a minor.

“She came (into the club) with 6-inch stiletto heels and a miniskirt and looked just like a model from a Miss America’s contest,” Yaffe said.

Yaffe also disputed the sequence of events that authorities say brought the 14-year-old girl to Club Cheetah, where she exposed her breasts — a violation of state law.

Police say Leslie Campbell, 48, kidnapped the teenager in San Antonio in March, took her to Corpus Christi, sexually assaulted her over the course of a week, gave her a false identification card and forced her to strip at the club.

Police say the girl, who has not been identified, escaped from Campbell’s home and has been reunited with her parents in San Antonio.

Campbell was arrested and remains in Nueces County Jail on charges of aggravated sexual assault and aggravated kidnapping.
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The suit seeks unspecified damages from Campbell, the girl and her parents, as well as a declaration from a judge that it did not intend to hire a minor.

“We’re the victims here,” Yaffe said.

Authorities also arrested Jeffery Shawn Martinez, a manager at the club, on charges of employment harmful to a minor and sexual performance of a child. He was released on bail.

Martinez’s attorney, Fred Jimenez, said his client is not guilty.

“The minor walked in there with a fake ID and presented herself to be 22 years old,” Jimenez said. “She looks very mature.”

Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission Sgt. John Mann disagreed.

“I’ve seen this young lady’s picture, and I assure you she is a 14-year-old seventh-grader,” Mann said. “I personally think any reasonable and prudent person could tell you that is an underage girl.”

Mann said he expects his agency to take legal action against the club.http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6489658.html

[Valasca]

What do they intend to sue for? She's a minor and therefore can't work yet to give them money.
Dumbasses.

[MissKerosene]

The strip club thinks they are the victims??? FFS how messed up do you have to be to sue a 14 year old who is a real victim, who was kidnapped and abused grrrr and forced into going to that club in the first place!!

Sick,sick,sick! And good on this brave girl for her courage and survival!

[Death Bed]

The stupidity of people never ceases to amaze me.

[myra manes]

Wow, talk about fucked up .. :motz:
I hope they convict the bastard ..

I'm glad she was smart enough to take off when the coast was clear ..

[penelopejo]

http://www.myfoxdfw.com/dpp/news/weird/Club_Sues_14_Year_Old_Stripper


CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A Texas strip club that hired a seventh-grader as an exotic dancer is now suing the teenager, saying she conned them into employing her.

An attorney for the Cheetah Club in Corpus Christi says managers didn't know the girl was a minor when she exposed her breasts, a violation of state law.

"She came (into the club) with 6-inch stiletto heels and a miniskirt and looked just like a model from a Miss America's contest," attorney Alan Jaffe told the San Antonio Express News.

It turns out the girl had been kidnapped, police say, and forced to work at the club. Leslie Campbell, 48, is accused of snatching the girl from her San Antonio home and taking her to Corpus Christi, where he allegedly sexually assaulted her for a week.

Police say the unidentified girl managed to escape while her captor was taking a shower. She is now reunited with her parents back in San Antonio.

The club's lawsuit also names her parents and the kidnap suspect as co-defendants. The parents, according to the suit, failed to "properly supervise" their daughter.

I find that last statement funny. She was kidnapped, according to her and her parents, and they failed to properly supervise her....lol

[Death Bed]

There is a story about this somewhere in the True Crime section too, about the girls kidnap.

[Athena]

Now, that's just retarded. Take solace in the fact that your club made god knows how much off some 14 year old titties and let sleeping dogs lie instead of revictimizing this family.

Speaking of revictimizing, how dumb is this girl?!? I was 13 for the first week of my freshman year... and she's a 14 year old 7th grader? Sounds like supervision IS an issue, just not in the context of the lawsuit.

Now, had she not been kidnapped and forced, I'd be behind this suit 100%.

[Lazlo]

Don't those places require Picture I.D. and Birth Certificate? Sounds like lack of due diligence on the part of the club to me.

[Reeseshaven]

how dumb is this girl?!? I was 13 for the first week of my freshman year... and she's a 14 year old 7th grader?

well depending on when her birthday is she may be right on track in school. here in FL if you must be 5 by Sept 1st to start school.

My daughter will be 12 in October, however she is only going into the 5th grade.... due to the fact of her late birthday, and that her "birth" family gave her no education, so she repeated kindergarten. This little girl didn't even know basic colors.... man she's come along way...

So 14 and in 7th grade doesn't mean she is dumb.... I'm just saying

[TwinsPlus1]

Now, that's just retarded. Take solace in the fact that your club made god knows how much off some 14 year old titties and let sleeping dogs lie instead of revictimizing this family.

Speaking of revictimizing, how dumb is this girl?!? I was 13 for the first week of my freshman year... and she's a 14 year old 7th grader? Sounds like supervision IS an issue, just not in the context of the lawsuit.

Now, had she not been kidnapped and forced, I'd be behind this suit 100%.

That's not nice at all.

Maybe she has a developmental disability or something. I was 14 as a Freshman, turned 14 in August before school started- but I'm fortunate and so are you.

[Athena]

well depending on when her birthday is she may be right on track in school. here in FL if you must be 5 by Sept 1st to start school.

My daughter will be 12 in October, however she is only going into the 5th grade.... due to the fact of her late birthday, and that her "birth" family gave her no education, so she repeated kindergarten. This little girl didn't even know basic colors.... man she's come along way...

So 14 and in 7th grade doesn't mean she is dumb.... I'm just saying

Fair enough. I didn't take into consideration the fact that some states have retarded laws that potentially hold children back.

Boy... I could really get myself in trouble with this one, so I'll just leave it. :tongue2:

[petrina]

well, maybe the club is not money hungry (haha, a non-money-hungry strip club) and they are suing as a pre-emptive strike, thinking they will be prosecuted or sued for hiring her.

and, since she is a minor, they can sue her parents. tho usually people like to sue either for preeptiveness above or insurance companies. and idk if homeowners insurance would cover your daughter getting kidnapped and pimped.

[Pazuzu]

Ex-NBA player and several others charged.....



Former NBA All-Star Alvin Robertson faces sexual assault of a child and sex trafficking charges alleging he was among seven people who kidnapped a 14-year-old girl who was forced into prostitution and made to dance at a strip club, authorities said Friday.

Robertson was taken into custody Friday in Bentonville, Ark., said Bexar County Sheriff's Deputy Ino Badillo. Robertson lives in San Antonio.





NBA notebook: Ex-NBA player Alvin Robertson faces charges of sex trafficking

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Published: Friday, Feb. 26, 2010 11:23 p.m. MST
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SAN ANTONIO — Former NBA All-Star Alvin Robertson faces sexual assault of a child and sex trafficking charges alleging he was among seven people who kidnapped a 14-year-old girl who was forced into prostitution and made to dance at a strip club, authorities said Friday.

Robertson was taken into custody Friday in Bentonville, Ark., said Bexar County Sheriff's Deputy Ino Badillo. Robertson lives in San Antonio.

The arrest comes as part of an investigation that began last April when a 14-year-old girl waved down a police cruiser in Corpus Christi and told authorities she had been abducted from San Antonio, Badillo said. She told police she was driven around the city and forced to have sex with various men before being driven to Corpus Christi and forced to dance at a strip club.

The girl escaped her alleged captor, Leslie Campbell, while he was showering, Badillo said. The 49-year-old Corpus Christi man pleaded guilty last month to sexual assault of a child.

Badillo said he didn't know the circumstances of the girl's abduction, but her parents previously had reported her as a runaway. He said the girl was able to identify several of her assailants and the locations she was taken in great detail.
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Robertson's girlfriend, Raquel McIntosh, 41, of San Antonio was arrested early Friday on charges of sex trafficking of a minor and forcing a sexual performance by a child, Badillo said. Directory assistance had no listing for McIntosh, and Badillo said he didn't know if she had an attorney.

Robertson was sentenced to three years in prison in 2002 for a probation violation involving a rape accusation. His longtime former girlfriend later recanted the allegation. In 1997, the year after he retired from the NBA, he was sentenced to a year in jail after pleading no-contest to a string of misdemeanors stemming from quarrels with another former girlfriend.

The seventh overall pick in the 1984 draft, Robertson averaged 14 points over 10 seasons — six with the Spurs — and was voted to four All-Star games.


http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700012599/NBA-notebook-Ex-NBA-player-Alvin-Robertson-faces-charges-of-sex-trafficking.html?s_cid=rss-43

[koochie]

holy crap, do these f'ing sports *stars* think they are really above the law? it's sickening.

[Athena]

You know, there was just a documentary about this on MSNBC that I couldn't pull myself away from over the weekend. Stories about average American teenage girls that are abducted and forced into the sex trade by their captors, and about how the family has such difficulty getting help from the police because the girls are simply classified as runaways... even if they didn't run away.

In one story, a girl and her cousin were both kidnapped while walking to a local store. The cousin managed to escape the house they were taken to after several days and contacted her uncle, the girl's father. She then got picked up and directed the dad to the house where his daughter still was. He called police saying, "My daughter was kidnapped and I'm outside the house." He was told to wait for police. 30 minutes later, they called back and were again told to wait for police. Dad said fuck that, grabbed a tire iron out of the trunk and busted their door down. Unfortunately, there were more of them then there were of him, so he got beaten badly, but his daughter got free.

Dude who kidnapped, raped and planned to traffic them only got 8 years.

But, yeah, if these girls can't escape or their family can't find them, they can't rely on help from the police.

After seeing that documentary, I'll never look at "at-risk runaways" the same again. God knows how many of them are actually abducted sex-trafficking victims.