ST. LOUIS – A U.S. District judge sentenced a St. Louis County woman on Thursday for prostituting a 17-year-old girl in 2018.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of Missouri, Carrie Little, 44, pleaded guilty in August to one count of coercion or enticement of a minor. She was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Beginning in 2018, Little recruited women to engage in prostitution, and among them was the 17-year-old victim. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Little had provided the victim with a place to live and then placed sexually suggestive and explicit photos of the victim in online ads for commercial sex.
Little took calls arranging sexual encounters and to arrange prices. After the encounter, the men paid Little or the victim, but the minor was required to give most of the money to Little.
The victim, now an adult, wrote a letter to the court saying, “There was a very toxic combination of verbal abuse, physical abuse, sexual exploitation, neglect, blaming, and much more that all resulted in mental strain and the feeling of shame, which a child should never have to feel.”
The victim said in her letter that Little began by having her take phone calls and post ads for others before bringing her on “dates,” “slowly preparing me for the worst,” she said.
The victim addressed Little and wrote, “I was sold to many men to perform sexual acts to make money for you. You controlled my every move, money, and everything else. You allowed my innocence and the chance of a normal childhood to be completely taken away for your selfish intentions.”
The St. Louis County Police Human Trafficking Task Force investigated the case as part of the FBI St. Louis Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force. The Hazelwood Police Department also investigated the case.
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