NORRISTOWN, Pa. — A man and a woman have been ordered to stand trial in Pennsylvania on charges that they held a woman against her will and forced her into prostitution after luring her from California to the East Coast. Twenty-nine-year-old Kashamba John and 27-year-old Arianna Somerville, both of Decatur, Georgia, are both charged in Montgomery County with numerous counts including human trafficking, conspiracy and involuntary servitude. “This is a horrendous case where a young woman was subjected to unconscionable treatment,” Attorney General Josh Shapiro said in a statement Sunday. “The victim was lured from California, held against her will and forced into prostitution The state attorney general’s office said the 21-year-old victim was “lured from California, held against her will and forced into prostitution” in hotels in Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. Prosecutors allege that the woman was flown to Philadelphia in October 2016 “where she continued meeting dates for sex” at a King of Prussia motel.

Source: National Post November 05, 2017 23:18 UTC