The Crime Is The Same.
“Let’s start putting a spotlight on those who are paying to rape someone in an illicit massage business or parking lot or hotel room, because the crime is the same. It’s still a rape. There’s no consent on the part of the victim, ever,” Ronning said.
No consistent profile exists among the buyers that he’s encountered, Walter said. They’ve included men still living in their parents’ basement paying with five and 10 dollar bills, line cooks at national food chains and businessmen driving $85,000 SUVs. All of them assumed that the woman who they paid for sex wanted to be there.
“In reality, she’s got a human trafficker watching her every move threatening her, saying he’s going to kill her and her family…You are engaged in raping someone, whether it be a child or adult when you are paying for commercial sex in Billings,” said Walter, the FBI agent.
