Marietta hotel the latest named in federal sex trafficking lawsuits – By Alexis Stevens (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution) / Aug 17 2020
Employees of a Cobb County hotel where police have responded to numerous calls over the years knew sex trafficking was taking place, newly filed federal lawsuits allege. Instead of helping victims, the suits claim, hotel employees helped the traffickers hide from police and profited from the crime ring.
The two lawsuits, filed last week, are the latest targeting metro Atlanta hotels for their alleged roles in trafficking. The same hotel is named in both suits — the Days Inn by Wyndham on Northwest Parkway in Marietta. Police have been called to investigate trafficking and numerous other crimes over the years.
“Without a venue, or crime scene, a sex trafficking venture ceases to exist,” one of the lawsuits says. “Defendants, for a fee, provided the crime scene, a private and anonymous venue for the 15-year-old (victim) to be sold for sex at their hotel.”
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