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>>> SO FAR THIS MORNING, WEVE
BEEN FOCUSING ON THE WOMEN. BUT WHO ARE THESE MEN BUYING
YOUNG GIRLS AND WOMEN FOR SEX?
REBECCA, CHELSEA AND GABBY SHARE
SIMILAR STORIES OF THE MEN THEY ENCOUNTERED, A BUYER WHO SAYS HE
PAID FOR SEX OVER TWO DOZEN
TIMES SAT DOWN WITH OUR ATLANTA
AFFILIATE, WXIA, AS PART OF A NATIONAL INVESTIGATION.T OF A
NATIONAL INVESTIGATION. OUR PRODUCERS COULD NOT SPEAK
WITH THE MAN TO INDEPENDENTLY
CONFIRM HIS STORY AND HIS
IDENTITY IS ALSO HIDDEN.
BUT HIS ADMISSION IS GLARING. >> I COME FROM A BACKGROUND OF
CHRISTIAN PARENTS, CHRISTIAN
FAMILY.
I
IVE GOT TWO KIDS.
I HAD THE NICE HOUSE IN THE SUBURBS.E NICE HOUSE IN THE
SUBURBS.
I HAD IT ALL.
FIRST FIVE, SIX, SEVEN YEARS OF MARRIAGE WERE GOOD.VEN YEARS OF
MARRIAGE WERE GOOD. HAVE OUR SECOND CHILD AND MY
WIFE DOESNT SEEM TO BE REALLY
INTERESTED IN ME.
I WANTED THAT PHYSICAL
AFFECTION.
AND I WASNT GETTING IT FROM
HER.
ONE OF THE THINGS A LOT OF
PEOPLE ASK ME IS, HOW COULD YOU BE THIS GUY AND BE MR. DAD, YOU
BE THIS GUY AND BE MR. DAD, MR. SUBURBIA OVER HERE AND KEEP
THEM SEPARATE?
THEM SEPARATE?
GUYS ARE REAL GOOD AT BOXES.
WE PUT EVERYTHING INTO A BOX. BUT THEY DONT THINK MENTALLY.
BUT THEY DONT THINK MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY, HEALTH-WISE, I
NEEDED TO BE CLEANED OF IT.
IT WAS ONE OF THE WORST DAYS IN
MY LIFE TO HAVE TO TELL THEM
WHAT I HAD BECOME.
THE WORST WAS TELLING MY WIFE,
MY EX-WIFE.
MY EX-WIFE.
I HAVE TO SIT THERE AND TELL PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN YOURELL
PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN YOUR CHEERLEADER ALL YOUR LIFE, WHO
HAVE HELPED YOU GET THROUGH THE
DEATH OF PARENTS AND SIBLINGS.
TO HAVE TO TELL THEM WHO YOU
ARE.
ARE.
ITS DEVASTATING.
I HAVE TWO CHILDREN THAT I HAVE
TO, AT SOME POINT IN TIME,
EXPLAIN WHY THEIR MOM AND DAD
GOT DIVORCED.
IF YOU WANTED IT, YOU CAN GET IT.YOU WANTED IT, YOU CAN GET
IT.
YOU CAN FIND IT ANYWHERE YOU
WANT TO.
AND IF YOU THINK ITS NOT HAPPENING IN YOUR TOWN, ITS
HAPPENING RIGHT AROUND THE
CORNER.
CORNER. ITS EVERYWHERE.
ITS EVERYWHERE. >> CHILLING.
>> CHILLING. REBECCA, CHELSEA AND GABBY ARE
WITH ME ONCE AGAIN.
EVERYWHERE.
EVERYWHERE. EVERYWHERE.
EVERYWHERE. YOU THINK ITS ONLY GOING TO BE
OVERSEAS OR MAYBE TIMES SQUARE,
RIGHT?
RIGHT?
NOT IN MIDDLETOWN, AMERICA. CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR AVERAGE
CLIENT?
CLIENT?
IS THAT WHAT YOU CALLED THEM? >> THEY WOULD BE CALLED BUYERS.
>> DESCRIBE WHAT THEY WERE LIKE.
>> WELL, THEYRE EVERYONE.
DENTISTS, DOCTORS, LAWYERS,
TEACHERS, POLICE OFFICERS,
OFF-DUTY, IN DIFFERENT CITIES.
PASTORS.
PASTORS.
IT COULD BE ANYBODY. BUT VAL RICHIE, AN INCREDIBLE
PROSECUTOR OUT OF WASHINGTON
STATE, HAS SHOWN THE AVERAGE
BUYER IS A CAUCASIAN AMERICAN
MAIL AGE 25 TO 65 WITH
DISPENDIBLE INCOME.
DISPENDIBLE INCOME. >> DID YOU HEAR THAT STORY, MY
WIFE, YOU KNOW, SHE IS NOT
AFFECTIONATE ANYMORE.
AFFECTIONATE ANYMORE. SHE DOESNT HAVE SEX WITH ME
ANYMORE.
ANYMORE.
WHAT DID YOU HEAR?
>> DEFINITELY.
I HEARD ABOUT THEIR KIDS OR THEIR GRANDKIDS.EIR KIDS OR
THEIR GRANDKIDS. THEIR FAMILIES.
THEIR FAMILIES. YOU KNOW, WHETHER YOURE A BUYER
OR YOURE BEING SOLD, I THINK,
YOU KNOW, AT THE HEART OF IT,
LIKE, PEOPLE NEED TO BE LOVED
AND FEEL, YOU KNOW, ACCEPTED BY
OTHERS.
OTHERS. AND SO, I WOULD SAY ITS A LIFE
LONG HEALING PROCESS FOR ANYBODY
ON EITHER END.
>> ITS INCREDIBLE.
A LOT OF MARRIAGES HIT TROUBLED TIMES AFTER CHILDREN COME.UBLED
TIMES AFTER CHILDREN COME. AND THATS WHAT THERAPY IS FOR.
THATS WHAT TALKING IS FAR, WHAT
THE DIVORCE IS FOR.
THE AVERAGE MAN DOESNT RUN OUT
AND BUY ANOTHER WOMAN.
IN OUR HEADS, GABBY, I THINK WE
LIKE TO THINK OF, THESE ARE
DEVIL MEN, RIGHT?
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> THEYRE NOT, NECESSARILY.
>> NO.
>> NO.
NOT AT ALL. PRETTY MUCH EVERY MAN THAT CAME
THROUGH THE DOOR WAS PRETTY MUCH
MARRIED, WITH KIDS.
THEY WERE ALSO ON BREAK FROM
THEIR JOB OR SOMETHING LIKE
THAT.
THAT.
>> THEY JUST SWING BY ON A LUNCH
BREAK.
>> PRETTY MUCH.
PRETTY MUCH.
THATS EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID.
NEVER DID I REALLY FEEL ANY EVIL
FROM THEM.
JUST, THEY WERE SEARCHING FOR SOMETHING OUT OF DESPERATION AND
ADDICTION.
ADDICTION.
SO, AGAIN, THESE ARE THESE GUYS THAT ARE WELL-TO-DO CITIZENS.YS
THAT ARE WELL-TO-DO CITIZENS.
AGAIN, DISPOSABLE INCOME WAS
SOMETHING I ALWAYS KIND OF TOLD PEOPLE.NG I ALWAYS KIND OF TOLD
PEOPLE.
NO, NO. ITS THAT PERSON CLOCKING IN AND
OUT AT BEST BUY THATS BUYING
AND DRIVING THIS -- DRIVING THIS
BILLION-DOLLAR INDUSTRY.
BILLION-DOLLAR INDUSTRY.
THIS IS MEN WITH MORE MONEY THAN
THE AVERAGE.
>> $750, RIGHT? THATS A LOT OF MONEY FOR A
ONE-TIME ENCOUNTER.
ONE-TIME ENCOUNTER. >> $750.
>> $750. $300 TO $750.
NOBODY HAS THAT.
>> WOULD YOU HAVE REPEAT
VISITORS?
VISITORS?
>> LOTS OF CLIENTS CONTINUE TO PAY BEYOND THAT.TS CONTINUE TO
PAY BEYOND THAT. EVERY CITY HAS A DIFFERENT RATE.
I WAS TRAFFICKED FOR SIX YEARS.
AND I DEFINITELY EXPERIENCED
EVIL.
EVIL.
I HAD MEN WHO WERE EVIL. SERIAL RAPISTS WHO WOULD LOCK
YOU IN ROOMS FOR HOURS.
MEN WHO WERE PARTYING ON
COCAINE.
COCAINE.
IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO PERFORM.IFFICULT FOR THEM TO
PERFORM.
THEY WOULD GET ANGRY AT YOU, AND
BEAT YOU UP.
AND YOU WOULD BE BEATEN UP BY YOUR TRAFFICKER FOR BEING BEATEN
AND NOT SELLABLE.
THE LONGER THAT YOURE IN IT, THE HIGHER INCIDENTS OF VIOLENCE
AND RAPE.
AND RAPE. >> WERE YOU BRANDED BY YOUR
TRAFFICKER?
TRAFFICKER?
>> I HAD THREE IN SIX YEARS.
I WAS TRADED AND SOLD BETWEEN THREE DIFFERENT MEN.D BETWEEN
THREE DIFFERENT MEN.
TWO TRAFFICKERS TALTTTOOED THEIR NAMES ON MY BACK.ALTTTOOED THEIR
NAMES ON MY BACK. AND I ESCAPED -- FOUR ATTEMPTED
ESCAPES.
ESCAPES.
ONE TIME THEY CAME TO MY MOMS HOME IN SOUTHERN OREGON TO FIND
ME.
ME.
YOURE AFRAID.
ITS NOT JUST ABOUT RUNNING WHEN YOU HAVE A CHANCE. RUNNING WHEN
YOU HAVE A CHANCE. ITS LIKE, ARE THEY GOING TO GO
AFTER MY FAMILY?
ARE THEY GOING TO GO AFTER MY
DAUGHTER?
DAUGHTER?
ONE RAN TO MY DAY CARE AND TOOK MY DAUGHTER.Y DAY CARE AND TOOK
MY DAUGHTER. I CALLED TO PUT THEM ON A DO NOT
PICK UP.
PICK UP. AND THEY BEAT ME TO IT.
THEY GOT TO HER BEFORE I CALLED.
ITS NOT JUST ABOUT RUNNING.
THEY HAVE SO MUCH AGAINST YOU.
>> THE DAUGHTER THAT WAS
THREATENED WHEN YOU GUT PULLED
INTO THIS, THE FIRST NIGHT THAT
YOU WONDERED WHETHER SHE WOULD
BE HURT IF YOU DIDNT GO ALONG,
CAN YOU TELL THE AUDIENCE WHAT
SHE IS DOING NOW?
>> SHE IS A FRESHMAN AT U.C.
BERKELEY.
BERKELEY.
SHES A POLITICAL SCIENCE MAJOR.
SHE HAS A PARTIAL TRACK
SCHOLARSHIP.
SHE RUNS HURDLES FOR U.C.