movie star. beneath the surface of annie s idyllic childhood, however, things at home were not always so peaceful. annie said her father was a restless, angry man, given to unexpected fits of rage who often lashed out at his family. it was not the most pleasant marriage. we feared him losing it. we feared him having breakdowns. we feared him losing control of his temper. he d haul off and hit me. kids seen that. at 17, craving her independence and freedom from the turmoil at home, she packed her bags and headed for the big city of minneapolis. i wanted a nice car. i wanted a beautiful home. i wanted beautiful clothes that i never had. it wasn t long before she and an under-aged girl met a pair of men at a minneapolis bar. the men wowed them with their
las vegas where she was sold as an escort. we went all over. i was in the summer at st. paul, nebraska, north dakota, south dakota, minot, aberdeen. she was working at a strip club in minneapolis when she met the man show she thought would be the love of her life. he walked in and it was many like my denzel washington came to rescue me. reporter: instead of being her safe orr, she said the man became her abuser. the charming man turned sadistic and violent on the first day he sold annie as a prostitute in vegas when i told him i m not giving you anything he proceeded to shove my face in to dog feces and said this is pimping, bitch. you have to submit to me. reporter: annie said every episode of extreme violence was immediately followed by demonstrations of love and promises of a better future. baby, we re going to get out of this lifestyle.
rolex watches, designer suits and fat wallets. walked in to the club and these men were at the bar than bought us drinks and think guy she ended up being with was a pimp. annie s friend was swept off her feet and in no time left with the pimp to hawaii. within a few weeks, she convinced annie to come for a visit. the first night that i went to hawaii i sold myself willingly with her. for annie, this was the first step in to a decade-long nightmare of prostitution. her story is not uncommon. the fbi identified minneapolis as one of the major hubs of child prostitution in the country. it s a recruiting ground. poppy wellman said she was just 15 when she was recruited at her after-school job in brooklyn park, minnesota. two girls kept coming in and they said would you like to hang out and i m looking at their clothes and the car and i m like, yeah.
walked in to the club and these men were at the bar than bought us drinks and think guy she ended up being with was a pimp. annie s friend was swept off her feet and in no time left with the pimp to hawaii. within a few weeks, she convinced annie to come for a visit. the first night that i went to hawaii i sold myself willingly with her. for annie, this was the first step in to a decade-long nightmare of prostitution. her story is not uncommon. the fbi identified minneapolis as one of the major hubs of child prostitution in the country. it s a recruiting ground. poppy wellman said she was just 15 when she was recruited at her after-school job in brooklyn park, minnesota. two girls kept coming in and they said would you like to hang out and i m looking at their clothes and the car and i m like, yeah. like annie, poppy grew up in an abusive home making her vulnerable to the girl s false
we went all over. i was in the summer at st. paul, nebraska, north dakota, south dakota, minot, aberdeen. she was working at a strip club in minneapolis when she met the man show she thought would be the love of her life. he walked in and it was many like my denzel washington came to rescue me. reporter: instead of being her safe orr, she said the man became her abuser. the charming man turned sadistic and violent on the first day he sold annie as a prostitute in vegas when i told him i m not giving you anything he proceeded to shove my face in to dog feces and said this is pimping, bitch. you have to submit to me. reporter: annie said every episode of extreme violence was immediately followed by demonstrations of love and promises of a better future. baby, we re going to get out of this lifestyle. we re going to be multibillionaires, millionaires. we re going to be the top genre of society.