Seattle, Washington (KPTV) — A man has been indicted this week on several charges after a woman made a harrowing escape from him in Seattle. Burt, 31, is accused of taking the 20-year-old victim from her home in California to traffick her for sex in Seattle, according to court documents obtained by FOX 13 Seattle. Fearing for her life, she rushed upstairs with Burt after her and then leaped from the third-story window, according to the records. According to the US Attorney’s Office, Burt then chased them in his car and fired rounds at the van. According to the US Attorney’s Office, sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion is penalized by a mandatory minimum of 15 years in jail and up to life in prison.

Source: CNN April 28, 2023 17:04 UTC