{"id":435465,"date":"2022-04-22T02:14:35","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T23:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/sex-trafficking-victim-recounts-harrowing-escape-in-amazon-doc\/"},"modified":"2022-04-22T02:14:35","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T23:14:35","slug":"sex-trafficking-victim-recounts-harrowing-escape-in-amazon-doc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sex-trafficking-victim-recounts-harrowing-escape-in-amazon-doc\/","title":{"rendered":"#Sex trafficking victim recounts harrowing escape in Amazon doc"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a402090693bd\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a402090693bd\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sex-trafficking-victim-recounts-harrowing-escape-in-amazon-doc\/#%E2%80%9CSex_trafficking_victim_recounts_harrowing_escape_in_Amazon_doc%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Sex trafficking victim recounts harrowing escape in Amazon doc&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sex-trafficking-victim-recounts-harrowing-escape-in-amazon-doc\/#Sisters_in_trauma\" >Sisters in trauma<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CSex_trafficking_victim_recounts_harrowing_escape_in_Amazon_doc%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Sex trafficking victim recounts harrowing escape in Amazon doc&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Angela Williams was as good as dead.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At around 10:00 a.m. on Jan. 13, 2017, her estranged boyfriend, Tyree Wright, who doubled as her pimp, had tracked her down from Los Angeles to Las Vegas \u2014 where they\u2019d met and began their professional and quasi-romantic relationship three years prior.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That morning, Wright, then 36, showed up on the doorstep of what Williams thought was her safe haven condo, a hideout. He came bearing a bouquet of flowers as a peace offering for nearly choking her unconscious on New Year\u2019s Eve two weeks prior. The strangulation was one of many attacks Williams had been subjected to when she wasn\u2019t busy meeting the daily $2,500 \u201cquota\u201d Wright forced her to earn by having sex with countless other men.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/angela-williams-surviving-trafficking-5.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Williams finally escaped over 15 years of sex trafficking after her pimp and pseudo-boyfriend nearly beat her to death in 2017.\" class=\"wp-image-21990876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/angela-williams-surviving-trafficking-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/angela-williams-surviving-trafficking-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/angela-williams-surviving-trafficking-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Williams finally escaped over 15 years of sex trafficking after her pimp and pseudo-boyfriend nearly beat her to death in 2017.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Sadhvi Anubhuti<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But when she opened the door, Wright dropped the bouquet \u2014\u00a0and whipped out a metal nightstick.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat first hit of the nightstick stung so badly, and he kept hitting me over and over for so long,\u201d Williams, 38, from Houston, Texas, told The Post. Her story is featured in the new documentary \u201cSurviving Sex Trafficking,\u201d currently streaming on Amazon Prime.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wright repeatedly struck her with his weapon for 30 minutes, fracturing her skull, breaking her forearm, shattering her left hand, permanently damaging her finger and leaving more than 20 large welts all over her face and body. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember blacking out while he was beating me on the head with the metal baton,\u201d she said, noting that she still suffers from brain trauma. \u201cIf I would have taken one more blow I would have died, for sure.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"769\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Angela-Willimas-injuries-6.jpg?w=769\" alt=\"Wright's abuse left Williams with a number of wounds and permanent injuries, as well as lingering brain trauma and memory loss.\" class=\"wp-image-21990877\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Angela-Willimas-injuries-6.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1538 1538w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Angela-Willimas-injuries-6.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1153 1153w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Angela-Willimas-injuries-6.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=769 769w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Angela-Willimas-injuries-6.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=384 384w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Angela-Willimas-injuries-6.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\"\/><figcaption>Wright\u2019s abuse left Williams with a number of wounds and permanent injuries, as well as lingering brain trauma and memory loss. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After the attack, Wright left her to die, but a bludgeoned Williams managed to flag down a good Samaritan who drove her to Nevada\u2019s University Medical Center for treatment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The near-fatal incident marked her last day under a pimp\u2019s rule after 15 harrowing years. During that time, she was trafficked by a number of men \u2014 including former \u201cLove &amp; Hip Hop\u201d star and music producer Jamal \u201cMally Mall\u201d Rashid \u2014 across Texas, California, Nevada, Illinois, Massachusetts and New York City.\u00a0(Rashid is currently serving a jail sentence for operating his own prostitution service in Nevada.)<\/p>\n<p>Williams, now a single mother to a\u00a0three-year-old daughter, attributes her escape to New York-based human trafficking asylums Safe Horizon and LifeWay Network, which sheltered her in the suburbs of Manhattan during her recovery from sexual servitude.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wright \u2014 who is not her daughter\u2019s father \u2014 was ultimately arrested, and is now serving a prison 29-year sentence for sex trafficking, second-degree kidn<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ing and battery related to Williams. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/angela-williams-surviving-trafficking-2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Wright is now serving a more than two-decade term behind bars for his assault on Williams. \" class=\"wp-image-21990873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/angela-williams-surviving-trafficking-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/angela-williams-surviving-trafficking-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/angela-williams-surviving-trafficking-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Wright is now  behind bars for his assault on Williams. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Surviving Sex Trafficking<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sisters_in_trauma\"><\/span>Sisters in trauma<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The film, executive produced by actor Alyssa Milano, Daytime Emmy-winner Jeannie Mai and her husband, rapper Jay \u201cJeezy\u201d Jenkins, delves into the tales of women who have managed to escape sex trafficking. The odds were against them \u2014 only 1% of the estimated 45 million people globally who are trafficked are able to get out of the sordid trade.<\/p>\n<p>While gathering survivors\u2019 stories for the doc from June 2019 through August 2020, director Sadhvi Siddhali Shree \u2014 an Iraq War veteran and Jain monk \u2014 found solace in their testimonies as she confronted the sexual trauma.  At age 6, she was raped by a man who was hired to paint her family\u2019s home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was a very freeing and healing process for me,\u201d Shree, 38, told The Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I\u2019m still going through so much pain from that [assault],\u201d said Shree \u2014\u00a0who also directed 2017\u2019s award-winning doc \u201cStopping Traffic,\u201d about the unsung heroes who fight against sexual exploitation \u2014 \u201cimagine someone that\u2019s getting raped for profit 20, 30 or 40 times a day. How do these sex trafficking survivors heal from that mental and emotional anguish?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Sadhvi-Siddhali-Shree-Director-2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Shree said that directing the film offered her a sense of comfort as she continues to heal from her own sexual abuse. \" class=\"wp-image-21990888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Sadhvi-Siddhali-Shree-Director-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Sadhvi-Siddhali-Shree-Director-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Sadhvi-Siddhali-Shree-Director-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Sadhvi Shree said that directing the film offered her a sense of comfort as she continues to heal from her own sexual abuse. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Zack Tzourtzouklis<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The film also features Kendra Geronimo, a former s<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>per from Miami, who was kidnapped into sex slavery over a decade ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She, like Williams, im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely responded when she saw Shree\u2019s February 2019 call to action on Instagram, which read in part, \u201cIf you are a survivor and are willing to be interviewed and be a part of our project, please send a brief but personal resume of your life.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Kendra-Geronimo-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Geronimo learned she'd become pregnant by her sex trafficker after she fled his brothel and returned to her home in Florida.   \" class=\"wp-image-21990880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Kendra-Geronimo-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Kendra-Geronimo-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Kendra-Geronimo-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Geronimo learned she\u2019d become pregnant by her sex trafficker after she fled his brothel and returned to her home in Florida.   <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Zack Tzourtzouklis<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the doc, Geronimo claims her unnamed pimp had other women \u2014 who were his prostitutes and her fellow strippers \u2014\u00a0trick her into drinking a drug-laced beverage in order to abduct her to a brothel in South Carolina. <\/p>\n<p>There, he trapped her behind a locked door and bolted windows in her assigned room, where he regularly raped her at gunpoint or under the threat of physical abuse. <\/p>\n<p>After she was forced to work as a prostitute for three months, Geronimo hijacked her trafficker\u2019s room keys, sprinted out of the brothel and returned to Miami. However, shortly after arriving in Florida, she discovered that she was pregnant with her ex-pimp\u2019s baby, a boy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was like, \u2018No, this can\u2019t be it,\u2019\u201d Geronimo says of her pregnancy in the movie. <\/p>\n<p>But she credits her son, now a preteen, with saving her life.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was my purpose,\u201d says Geronimo, who now helms a nonprofit geared toward aiding law enforcement in the fight against sex trafficking. \u201cHe is what saved me from going back [to Miami] and overdosing on drugs and alcohol or going right back to [stripping].\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Shree, along with sex trafficking survivor turned nurse Rachel Fischer and fellow monk Sadhvi Anubhuti, also captured the survival narratives of sex trafficking refugees in the Philippines, India and Ethiopia. <\/p>\n<p>Shree said that connecting \u2014 and honoring \u2014 victims is crucial to their healing. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cConfronting the pain, rather than suppressing it, is the only way we can ever really be free.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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