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Posted on 7/2/24 at 2:15 pm to Crow Pie
Blaming the owners/operators/franchisees that operate hot sheet motels instead of the pimps/trafficking organizations is as American as apple pie. It's another form of legal wildcatting by the plaintiff's bar.
The US Congress passed Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA), which created a private right of action for victims to sue their alleged traffickers. Pimps are generally judgment proof: the biggest pimp of all, Uncle Sam, takes their assets if pimps catch a charge. The TVPRA was later amended to include a private right of action against persons or entities that "knowingly profited from trafficking activities."
If you add up the TVPRA, state laws copying it, and common law torts (I'm not sure what duty a property owner really has to protect hoes against pimps or hoes against johns or hoes against other hoes), you have a potent mix of legal justifications for instituting a cash grab under the guise of a lawsuit.
What's attractive to the plaintiff's bar is that they are practically holding the major hotel chains by the balls, especially since there is some level of self-insurance that gets hit before any liability, excess or umbrella policies would (assuming that coverage exists).
Setting aside that the plaintiffs (aka the ex-hoes) will have a tough time proving actual damages, the facts that are unearthed by the litigation process are going to be incredibly damning/embarrassing for the hotel chains. So more often than not, the hotel chains pay up to avoid the litigation process.
The plaintiff's bar gets paid (and so do their pet congress critters). Meanwhile, the darkness and depravity on the edge of town will keep on keepin' on.
The US Congress passed Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA), which created a private right of action for victims to sue their alleged traffickers. Pimps are generally judgment proof: the biggest pimp of all, Uncle Sam, takes their assets if pimps catch a charge. The TVPRA was later amended to include a private right of action against persons or entities that "knowingly profited from trafficking activities."
If you add up the TVPRA, state laws copying it, and common law torts (I'm not sure what duty a property owner really has to protect hoes against pimps or hoes against johns or hoes against other hoes), you have a potent mix of legal justifications for instituting a cash grab under the guise of a lawsuit.
What's attractive to the plaintiff's bar is that they are practically holding the major hotel chains by the balls, especially since there is some level of self-insurance that gets hit before any liability, excess or umbrella policies would (assuming that coverage exists).
Setting aside that the plaintiffs (aka the ex-hoes) will have a tough time proving actual damages, the facts that are unearthed by the litigation process are going to be incredibly damning/embarrassing for the hotel chains. So more often than not, the hotel chains pay up to avoid the litigation process.
The plaintiff's bar gets paid (and so do their pet congress critters). Meanwhile, the darkness and depravity on the edge of town will keep on keepin' on.
Posted on 7/2/24 at 2:18 pm to Crow Pie
quote:are the clerks at the motel supposed to call the cops every time they see a black guy with tattoos and a trashy white woman or something? are they supposed to be watching all of the security cameras 24/7?
Yeah....lets blame the motel not the actual traffickers. The insanity in this nation grows daily.
it's so funny
eta: also, how many of these people are "traffickers" and not just local pimps? words like "trafficking", "rape", etc. are basically meaningless now.
This post was edited on 7/2/24 at 2:20 pm
Posted on 7/2/24 at 2:31 pm to Shexter
Idk anything about trafficking, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
Posted on 7/2/24 at 2:40 pm to Shexter
That's exactly what I'd think those places are for.
Posted on 7/2/24 at 2:40 pm to Shexter
Burn em down to the fricking ground
Posted on 7/2/24 at 3:04 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
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eta: also, how many of these people are "traffickers" and not just local pimps? words like "trafficking", "rape", etc. are basically meaningless now.
Posted on 7/2/24 at 3:10 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
quote:"Obvious Prostitute" short-listed for a hip Los Angeles band name.
The street view picture of the Red Roof Inn off of Sherwood Forest Boulevard in Baton Rouge had an obvious prostitute standing in front of the building.
Posted on 7/2/24 at 3:44 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
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are the clerks at the motel supposed to call the cops every time they see a black guy with tattoos and a trashy white woman or something?
No, but if a 14 year old girl walks into the lobby with a 50 year old man who's obviously not his daughter...........
Posted on 7/11/24 at 10:17 am to SHPMustang
quote:
Blaming the owners/operators/franchisees that operate hot sheet motels instead of the pimps/trafficking organizations is as American as apple pie. It's another form of legal wildcatting by the plaintiff's bar
Now they're saying customers have been complaining for years and management ignored.
They now have an interactive map showing the actual customer reviews at each location.
Even Red Roof in Sulpher, LA has a bad review.
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"Words can't explain!!!! Prostitutes everywhere inside and outside the motel. Crack heads hanging out outside and all night everyday."
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/sex-trafficking-red-roof-inn-b2577544.html
quote:
Customers staying at Red Roof Inn hotels across the country complained about the presence of prostitution for years, an investigation by The Independent has found.
An analysis of customer reviews posted online found hotel guests suspected or claimed to have witnessed prostitution at 177 Red Roof Inn locations. In many of those hotels, customers claimed the prostitution was so blatant that hotel management must have been aware of it — and even ignored guests who flagged concerns to staff.
"This place is a complete dump. Infested with drug dealers and prostitution. What’s sad about it is that management is 100 percent fully aware of what’s going on," reads one review for the Red Roof Inn Hampton Coliseum and Convention Center in Virginia.
“The girl next door was a prostitute and openly told us that she specialized in couples and all night there was bumping and banging in the room loud enough to startle us out of our sleep.. all of these things were complained about with no resolve,” wrote another for a Red Roof Inn in Dayton, Ohio.
Posted on 7/11/24 at 5:03 pm to Shexter
Thank you for sharing this very informative article.
It really illustrates just how much of a turkey shoot this is for the plaintiff firms that do this sort of work.
It really illustrates just how much of a turkey shoot this is for the plaintiff firms that do this sort of work.
Posted on 7/11/24 at 5:09 pm to Edward Rooney
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Weird how Martin Mull use to do commercials for them and he just died Sat.
Not Gene Parmasean
Nooooooooooooo
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