Alena Okhotina of Los Angeles pleaded guilty yesterday to one count of
trafficking a person into servitude, in exchange for the dropping of other
federal charges.
Investigators say that in 2003, Okhotina paid six thousand dollars to obtain a
fraudulent visa for her niece, then forced her to have sex with men in Las
Vegas and Los Angeles.
Her niece, who was 18 at the time, told investigators Okhotina hid her
passport, destroyed her plane ticket home and subjected her to regular
beatings, threats and rape by strangers.
The niece was freed after she called police. She has since returned to Russia.
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