Four women who say they were for years victims of sex trafficking are suing a group of Atlanta-area hotels where they allege some employees were complicit in the crime.
The women, identified as Jane Does 1-4 in a lawsuit, say they were trafficked at a Red Roof Inn in Smyrna, a Suburban Extended Stay in Chamblee, a La Quinta Inn in Alpharetta, and an Extended Stay America in Atlanta between 2010 and 2016.
The suit filed in federal court in Georgia on Monday alleges that the sex traffickers paid some of the hotels' employees to turn a blind eye to their criminal conduct. It also claims that some employees acted as “lookouts” for the traffickers, alerting them when other guests grew suspicious or police were called.
Extended Stay America did not respond to inquiries. The other chains issued statements condemning human trafficking and saying they are working to prevent the crime in their hotels. At least two of the individual hotels named in the suit, the Red Roof Inn and Suburban Extended Stay, were franchises at the time of the alleged trafficking.
McDonough said it wasn’t just hotel employees who were complicit. “It goes up to the hotel owner, up to the brands,” he said. “Our position is they knew or they certainly should have known.”
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