East Texas pimp gets life sentence for trafficking Houston women, girls
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David Mearis, 44, of Houston.Texas DPS
An East Texas pimp who trafficked children and adults in an “eight-year reign of terror” in Houston was ordered Monday to serve a life sentence in federal prison.
David Wayne Mearis, 45, of Orange, was given five concurrent life terms to be followed by 25 years of supervised release if those sentences are ever set aside. U.S. District Judge Kenneth M. Hoyt also sentenced him to pay nearly $1 million in restitution to multiple victims.
The man an FBI official referred to as a “career pimp” was convicted in October 2019 by a federal jury of forcing several girls into prostitution and grooming teen victims for gigs that endured into their adult years. He threatened, abused and peddled his victims online and on the streets day and night including one who was developmentally disabled. He operated in north Houston and the infamous Bissonnet Tr
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states. in particular the trafficking of minors. the law is designed to allow state prosecutors and victims to sue social media networks and online advertisers who knowingly keep trafficking material on their sites. now, before those companies were protected because the material was posted by a third-party. this law changes that protection. today signing was a huge victory for many of the women and families who have been fighting for years to stop sex trafficking online. at 1.1 of the women involved in the event broke out into a little dance. another woman who lost her 16-year-old daughter to trafficking became emotional as she shared her story. it means so much to our family. to lose your child who has been trafficked, which is modern-day slavery in our country. and the law has already had an impact. even before it was signed it led to the shutdown of backpage.com. it was an online market place
prosecution went back to andrea constand. with her, it was no mistake. you will see when she takes the stand. you will hear from andrea constand. alex and christine. thank you, jean. a federal lawsuit accuses three michigan state basketball players of raping a female student in 2015. claims the university discouraged her from reporting it to police. the alleged victim who was 18 at the time claims a de facto policy of not reporting allegations against sports stars. the third allegation against an msu basketball player since 2010. the university is under investigation over the handling of the larry nassar case. and seven top officials at the classified ads backpage.com arrested this morning after a grand jury issued a 93-count