8 women held hostage in a Georgia mansion by suspected human sex trafficker, who women met on SD/SB site, Seeking Arrangements. Arrested at the home was **** *****. Police said he's been charged with false imprisonment and trafficking of persons for labor.

Only putting the caveat on there because the police and media have abused the "trafficking" claim too much so without more than the headline you never know. Which is bad.

I am with you, if true (and it does appear to be legit) getting a psycho off the streets is a good thing, BUT with all the media fueled hysteria about human trafficking, this gives them reason to double down on not only hookers and johns, but SDs and SBs as well.  

Nevertheless, I'm glad they are all ok ad this guy is in jail.

I didn't read the article so don't know the ages or nationalities, but it is always in the best interest of the "provider" to claim they were forced into it.  

"What we believe was happening is these women were basically lured there with a promise of either financial help or a modeling career or some kind of career advancement," said the Sandy Springs Police Sgt."

This guy belongs behind bars for a long time.

The words "trafficking" has again been used to hype and exaggerate because it has became a word de jour for BS.

According to the article it was not CAGE nor CHAIN nor any kind of hardware (guns, knives etc...) that kept the women from leaving.

sugar arrangements are technically legal though

What is Human Trafficking?

...the police needs.  Won't post it here, however if you read one of the articles you can find his handle.  The man has a stuff tiger in the foyer of his home, is showing off the bling and the thousands of dollars in pics and videos.  Don't forget the cars and gifts for the ladies.  Not generalizing when I am saying his pimp hand was strong and he is a thug!

I agree... I'm all for ending trafficking but unfortunately the government, on both sides of the aisle just take a hammer to everything and make it easier to exploit women with their utopian bs while also hiring escorts.... smh.

Robin and Steffi provide the clearest thinking on a subject.  Beauty and brains remains the ultimate aphrodisiac.

It's the same reason why you see so few busts of independent SWs: too much effort for one bust.  LE likes to go after agencies because it's more bang for the buck.  

I'm with you and would even go farther -- perhaps; depends on your meaning "any of us" (taking that as any in the hobby world). The expansion of fabricated charges/inflated charges is not good any anyone in the society -- it's the path to authoritarianism and brutality.

Ever consider that the two behaviors are not inconsistent?

Well, strictly speaking, as I understand how the SB-SD relationship works, they do not engage in prostitution any more than the woman who marries for financial security does.

and blurring those legal distinctions is not better for anyone than is the blurred lines between trafficking and consensual prostitution.

Especially when they use SM to their own demise. For years local, state, and fed LE have been telling anyone who will listen, they are going after the low hanging fruit, not to mention wasn't the heat already on in that town?

They are legal.  Courts have found them legal.  You can give your girlfriend gifts and pay her rent, etc.

but we all know better. No one believes the whole "I don't charge for sex, only for time and companionship" except perhaps the most naïve hookers and johns.

My understanding, and I'm not a lawyer or legal expert, is the legal distinction here is that with the escort the only exchange is cash directly so the claim it's not for sex but only for time is ambiguous. In the other scenario the girls gets non-cash benefit (though we all know cash if fungible) and prostitution is about the "for money/cash" criteria.  

Minor differences win court cases.   Here the problem is the legal definition of a girlfriend.  There isn't one.  Instead they try to define a prostitute.  It has to be pretty narrow because otherwise it encroaches on actual girlfriend relationships.

I guarantee you the court can and would find many SB's guilty of solicitation if LE were to put in the time and energy to make the arrest, and in fact there are a few cases where an SB was arrested for prostitution. one of them that comes to mind is when an ex husband found his ex wife's profile on SA and made a complaint to his local PD and they created a sting and arrested her.

Are you SURE the courts have ruled on this and if so can you provide a link?

You have to read the case law backwards.  Why, because mistress relationships don't usually end up in court as prostitution charges.  Rather case law is developed around prostitutes claiming mistress relationships and palimony cases where mistresses are demanding financial support.

It's all going to hang on is the relationship only sex for financial consideration or is there enough else going on in the relationship to raise reasonable doubts about the claim that it's sex for money. In the escort world we know the "it's for my time" claim doesn't create the reasonable doubt for a non-guilty finding.

If the answer is ZERO, I suggest you do a bit more research before continuing this little discussion.

Where's the "exploitation" part? were the women forced to perform sex acts? dig trenches?  cook hamburgers? removal of organs?

The Donald will not let the Liberals in government infringe on the rights of escorts or their clientele.  The Donald will not send the FBI after sugar daddies or sugar babies.  The Donald is working on make America Great Again.