Keches Legislation filed a lawsuit in opposition to Alternative Lodges Worldwide on behalf of a Massachusetts girl who alleges she was a sufferer of intercourse trafficking when she was held and exploited on their properties from 2016-2018.
The lawsuit goals to carry Alternative Lodges accountable for benefiting from and facilitating the actions of our shopper’s traffickers by failing to take cheap measures to forestall or cease it. Our shopper alleges that Alternative’s actions ignored the plain trafficking taking place on their properties and have been motivated solely by revenue.
“The resort business has lengthy been conscious of intercourse trafficking occurring on their properties and have chosen to revenue off the enterprise fairly than put in place cheap measures to guard people and the neighborhood. Intercourse trafficking is extra frequent than we might prefer to imagine and the bravery of survivors like our shopper permit us to not solely convey to gentle its existence, however will drive business huge adjustments,” says Michael Glennon, lead legal professional on the case.
As one of many largest hospitality corporations on the planet, Alternative Lodges operates well-known resort chains like Radisson, Consolation Inn, High quality Inn, Econo Lodge, and Rodeway Inn. The criticism made by Keches Legislation says staff and workers at Alternative properties noticed clear indications of trafficking, together with frequent male guests, extreme requests for towels and bodily indicators of abuse on the sufferer.
Glennon has dealt with sexual abuse instances and high-profile instances of youth and grownup intercourse crimes and different types of victimization. He has filed instances in opposition to resort manufacturers on behalf of survivors of intercourse trafficking and exploitation.
If you’re a survivor of intercourse trafficking, contact Keches Legislation.
