Ft Worth Man Sentenced to 30 years in prison + 30 years supervised release for #SexTrafficking

Marcus Choice Williams, 36, of Fort Worth, Texas, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey to 30 years in prison followed by 30 years of supervised release for various felony offenses related to a conspiracy to traffic women for prostitution, the Department of Justice announced. Williams was also ordered to pay $1,100 special assessment fee.

Court documents showed that Williams operated an interstate prostitution ring, including adult escort websites, headquartered in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and operating in Boston and the Washington, D.C. metro area. Williams recruited vulnerable women—specifically, single mothers from troubled backgrounds—and, in some cases, used a combination of deception, fraud, coercion, threats, and physical violence to compel the women to engage in prostitution, requiring each young woman to secure a daily quota of money, and, if operating out of town, to wire the funds to him. Williams made thousands of dollars in profits, while the victims received next to nothing.

“The court’s sentence clearly reflects the seriousness of these awful sex trafficking crimes,” said Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division. “The victims suffered physical assaults, sexual abuse, and daily degradation all because of this defendant’s greed and callous disregard for them as individuals. We are committed to prosecuting sex traffickers and vindicating victims’ rights, as they were vindicated today.”