what we see are gang symbols, because on a local level a lot of trafficking is run by the gangs. we also see pimps names. they want that symbol out there. that hurt a lot that time. today nicole meets with chris baker to remove the neck tattoo alex campbell forced on her at age 17. it was very painful. i fainted in the tattoo shop. and he was very angry with me for that. you feel that one pop when you pulled back? this is the second session we ve done on nicole s tattoo and it could possibly take one more to get the tattoo completely removed. baker wants the public to know how sadistic and brutal it is for pimps like campbell to brand a woman s neck. i have over 140 hours worth of tattoo work on my body, and not a single one on my neck because i know how painful it is. and people will pass out and even some people have gone into shock getting tattoos on their neck. a year ago baker knew nothing of human trafficking. i was in a church meeting when i heard about nicole
nicole didn t realize that worse would follow. that night campbell demanded that nicole have sex with him. i started crying. i was like, just feeling like i have to give you all my money, i have to sleep with men for you to get this money, and now i have to sleep with you also. like, isn t the money enough? angered by her reaction, she says, campbell exploded. he took out a belt and made me get naked, and beat me with the belt across my backside until i said that i would do what he wanted. for five years, campbell sold nicole online, in strip clubs, and on the streets of chicago. pocketing tens of thousands of dollars in cash. nicole says any thoughts of escape were banished one night when alex stripped her and another girl and zip tied them to a stripper pole. he had a tarp down, a blue
is take your son and drop him off at the fire station, the police station, or hospital and leave him there. nicole said something inside her shifted with that threat. not my child. i know what it s like to be abandoned. i would never do that to my babies. never. you could do what you want to me, but you re not going to hurt my baby, you re not going to damage him for the rest of his life. she called 911, and police quickly placed her in a domestic violence shelter. and i tried to rebuild my life from there. while nicole escaped sexual servitude, alex campbell simply graduated to new levels of trafficking. i ve been in federal law enforcement my entire professional career, and i don t think i have ever seen as malicious an actor as alex campbell. here is somebody who went above and beyond simply making money. this was about personal control. greed.
another girl and zip tied them to a stripper pole. he had a tarp down, a blue tarp, and underneath the tarp was bats and hammers and chains and torture items. campbell started by beating the other girl for being defiant. i remember, like, bruises forming on her legs that looked exactly like the bat, that looked exactly like the hammer. i was scared to death. i was so scared. i said, this is the day we re going to die. he s going to kill her. but then he made her go to work that night still. and she could barely walk. nicole says for five years, she endured campbell s sadistic brutality which included beatings while she was pregnant, but she says after she gave birth to her son, campbell made one threat too many. angry that nicole had fallen asleep in a motel after working a long shift, campbell awoke her
that s not your stuff. that is. it s in my room. it s my property. but more often than not, behind all the tough girl exterior, is a shattered young woman being horribly abused. why are you so protective of this guy? how are you? at first glance, nicole tinan looks like any 20-something midwest mom, but look closely, and you ll see a painful reminder of being enslaved. we didn t have a choice, and the tattoos was just a marking that showed that we were his. it was to say that we were a part of him. homeless at 17, nicole met her first pimp, cowering on a stoop in a subzero winter milwaukee. i was in shorts, basketball shorts, and a sweatshirt. i put the sweatshirt over my knees and i was sitting there. the pimp, who also had other teen girls under his control,