A 32-year old Watsonville man has been arrested for sex trafficking a young woman from Gilroy, California for over five years. The young woman had been severely beaten countless times and even hospitalized throughout the relationship due to the abuse. The many years of exploitation came to a head when the abuser threatened physical harm to the victim as well as her father, which was reported to Sheriff’s Office detectives assigned to the Santa Clara County Law Enforcement to Investigate Human Trafficking (LEIHT). Sheriff’s Office detectives were able to develop information and gather enough evidence to arrest the abuser.
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