A Maryland-based rapper has been detained in Florida following allegations of human trafficking, according to authorities.
Monriko Clements, also known as King Swuice, allegedly met a 23-year-old woman on a dating website and took her to Florida to sell her body for sex, investigators said. She would then keep the money she earned from commercial sex.
Clements had begun publicizing the woman, his former girlfriend, shortly after meeting her online, and began making arrangements. She had recently lost her job and Clements promised her quick money through prostitution.
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A Maryland rapper has been detained in Florida following allegations of human trafficking, according to authorities.
(Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office)
But after selling his services, Clements kept the $20,000 he earned.
According to police, the victim was able to free herself from Clements by jumping out of a moving vehicle.
“She jumped out of a moving car, risking injury and death because she couldn’t think of a better way to avoid the beatings,” Miami-Dade County State’s Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said at a news conference. Thursday.
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Monriko Clements allegedly met a 23-year-old woman on a dating website and took her to Florida to sell her body for sex.
(Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office)
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“For pimps, the victims are not human beings. They are simply a commodity,” said Fernández Rundle.
Clements is charged with one count of human trafficking and one count of obtaining support from the proceeds of prostitution. He was extradited to Florida after fleeing back to Maryland.
